As a FORS accredited company, not only will you be recognised as a forward-thinking operator, but accreditation could also give you that all important competitive edge. FORS is graduated into three levels enabling you to demonstrate, to customers and other companies, your progress through the FORS journey.
Bronze accredited companies are legally compliant operators that are following good practice. This is the entry level of FORS accreditation.
Silver and gold FORS accredited companies are high-quality operators that are committed to becoming safer, greener and more efficient. Gold is the highest FORS award, followed by silver and then bronze. To progress an operator must meet all the requirements of lower awards. Progression to silver or gold accreditation is not mandatory but may help complying with more rigorous procurement conditions.
Silver requirements are aimed at dramatically improving the overall safety of operator's fleet vehicles which in turn ensures compliance with the Standard for construction logistics: Managing Work related Road Risk (WRRR) and actively monitor fleet efficiency through the base lining of data.
Gold requirements primarily involve best practice measures, including operators promoting the FORS standards to their supply chain and demonstrating meaningful improvements against the baseline data gathered in FORS silver.
Silver and gold FORS operators shall provide an annual submission of data to their certification body for review. Variations in approach to a requirement are acceptable provided that they meet its general ethos and are agreed with the certification body.
The FORS Terms and Condition have also been revised, please click here to view both the existing and revised versions.