In 1997 a group of health and safety and procurement professionals from across Great Britain worked with the Association of London Government (ALG) to develop CHAS. In 2001 CHAS became a web-based system.
CHAS started with two main aims.
- To improve health and safety standards across Great Britain.
- To reduce duplicated safety applications for both suppliers and buyers.
These days we have more than 400 public and private sector buyer organisations, such as councils, housing associations, NHS trusts, including a growing number of large private companies who employ sub-contractors.
CHAS and Constructionline
Constructionline is the Government's national register for suppliers. In the same way CHAS offers a tool for use in the health and safety element of pre-qualification, Constructionline provide the pre-qualification tool for use in financial standing, technical references and other areas. The CHAS management group supports the principles of a single register and so works jointly with Constructionline.
Following agreement by the then Department of Trade and Industry, CHAS and Constructionline formed a "mutual working agreement". This describes how we will work together to provide an improved service for buyers. You can get details of that agreement by contacting us.
Both CHAS and Constructionline have their own independence and identity but our schemes are linked.
For more info visit the CHAS Website