Posted By Bob Could I please ask the construction specialists amongst you a simple question - CHAS assesses the Health & Safety competence of contractors but what exactly does Constructionline do? Thanks in anticipation, bob

Posted By Michael Battman Exactly the same. They are competing schemes.

Posted By Anthony Mullen CHAS and Constructionline are designed to give buyers a choice of legitimate suppliers. With Chas they inspect your overall attitude to Health & Safety through policies and reactions and this year it's introduced an environment questionnaire. Constructionline is more of the same but with customer feedback scores added. It's basically remote H&S assessment relying on truthful answers, a lot of firms get a third party to complete the questionnaires and receive their certificate without meeting the satisfactory levels but they've essentially ticked the right boxes.

Posted By Bob Thanks everyone for letting me have your views. I am however confused by Michael's answer 'they are exactly the same'. On the Health & Safety section of the Suppliers Application Form it clearly states 'Constructionline does not assess the information in any way. You cannot use registration with Constructionline to claim compliance with Health and Safety standards'. Hence my original question. Bob

Posted By Bob Yes Anthony, they certainly do collect an awful lot of info but if they don't assess it what exactly do they do with it. Back to my original question - what exactly is constructionline's role, what is its purpose? Bob

Posted By Michael Battman 'Exactly the same', was probably too precise. 'They are similar tools', would be a better phrase. Sorry for the confusion.

Posted By Bob Thanks Lee, you've said that twice now. So let me check that back with you - Constructionline is simply a database containing information on the individual suplliers on their register. The Health & Safety info is not assessed or verified(unless you include CHAS in your application) . Therefore suppliers can claim anything they like and buyers are supposed to rely on this. Fantastic scheme!

Posted By Bob Hi Some time since I was involved with these to schemes but as I remember Constructionline was set up to provide information re viability of companies re financial standing etc to help buyers when sorting out tenders. It did not at that time have any H&S data about companies etc. CHAS was set up to provide buyers with information re the H&S systems within companies etc. They are two distinct schemes although a few years ago there was a move by Constructionline to include CHAS information in their data. John C Eureka!!!! Thanks John for tackling my question directly. Everything now makes a lot more sense!!! (Looking at at all the other posts in this thread it seems I was not the only one who was confused) Regards, Bob

Posted By Bob Thanks for this Anthony, most helpful. Bob