ISO Standards

[benedmonds]

Has any one done:

ISO14000 ISO 14001 ISO 9001

What's involved?

What does it cost?

How long does it take?

It's a prerequisite for a tender?

[ScottF]

We went through it with a firm called Interface this year ISO 9001 and ISO 14001: Quality and Environmental Management Certification . It's run by a chartered forester mate of mine ansd they undertstand the industry well. It took a few months to get everything in place, but they were very good at holding my hand through the process and they've haelped me develop some very useful systems and processes. As much as anything it makes you consider how you do things and how you might be able to do them better. It's an ongoing process.

 

In terms of how much it costs it would depend entirely on the scale and complexity of your business. What I would say is that many local authorities or business development agencies offer financial assistance for this sort of thing and it might be worth looking into.

 

As for whether it will help, that will depend entirely on the sort of work you're doing and who you're doing it for. If your work is largely domestic or small-scale commercial it might not be worth it, but if you want to get into larger-scale projects, anything to do with infrastructure or large-scale land management, it's very much becoming a prerequisite. It certainly smooths out stages of some of the more onerous PQQs.

 

Try Paul Chadderton at Interface and tell them I suggested you contact them.

 

 

Scott