
Cairnhill Structures | Accreditations | BCSA Gold Award
Cairnhill Structures has struck gold through its ongoing commitment to achieve sustainability.
The company is the only steel fabricator in Scotland to be awarded the British Construction Steelwork Association's Sustainability Gold Award.
Cairnhill was already well ahead of all its major competitors through having been awarded the BCSA's Silver Award for meeting stringent sustainability targets over a two year period.
Now the Silver Award has been upgraded to the Gold Award, the Association's highest accolade for companies striving towards sustainability.
The official citation on the Gold Standard Certificate reads:
"This is to certify that Cairnhill Structures Ltd has been successfully audited under the Steel Construction Sustainability Charter by demonstrating that it has the following management systems in place:
- a published sustainability policy
- monitoring of progress towards sustainability using specific management targets
- a programme of involvement with their local community on social issues and with the steel construction community generally
- an accredited H&SMS to OHSAS 18001
- IIP accreditation or a structured programme for personnel training, development and communication
- a published equal opportunities policy
- an accredited EMS top BS EN ISO 14001
- use of environmental impact assessment for process improvement
- a policy to manage energy and vehicle fuel usage in the business
- a policy to question whether suppliers have published sustainability programmes
- an accredited QMS to BS En ISO 19001
and has achieved Gold Standard."
Cairnhill Structures is committed to continuing its sustainability programme which has attracted widespread support throughout the industry and strikes a chord with major customers who share Cairnhill's environmental crusading spirit.