Merger of SpeCC into QSRMC

The Merger

QSRMC Ltd and SpeCC Ltd are pleased to announce that with effect from 24 April 2009 the SpeCC Registration Scheme for Specialist Concrete Contractors is to be merged into the Quality Scheme for Ready Mixed Concrete.

QSRMC assessors will continue to carry out the audits of the SpeCC registered contractors and members of the SpeCC governing board will continue to steer the service as members of a scheme committee within QSRMC and with two seats on the QSRMC governing board.

SpeCC

SpeCC Ltd operates the SpeCC Registration Scheme which is a quality, environmental and health and safety management system for specialist concrete contractors involved in the construction of concrete framed buildings.

The purpose of the registration scheme is to assist registered companies achieve continuous improvement in the quality of their service and to assure their customers of the performance standards which are in place.

Under the chairmanship of Professor Peter Hewlett, the members of the SpeCC governing board represent major firms of consulting structural engineers, property developers and construction managers.

SpeCC Ltd’s address is: Riverside House, 4 Meadows Business Park, Station Approach, Blackwater, Camberley, Surrey GU17 9AB.

QSRMC

The Quality Scheme for Ready Mixed Concrete Ltd is a rigorous, independent quality assessment and certification service to assure purchasers of concrete that their suppliers operate to the highest standards. Also trading as Construction Products Certification (CPC), QSRMC provides similar services for other products and services including mortar, screeds, cement, fly ash, ground granulated blast furnace slag (a cement replacement material), masonry units, precast concrete products, aggregates, asphalt mixes, asphalt laying, environmental management, and safety.

Under the chairmanship of Henry Webber CBE, the members of the QSRMC governing board represent, in equal numbers, purchasers and producers of ready mixed concrete. They include representatives of consulting engineers, the Institution of Structural Engineers, the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Highways Agency, the National House- Building Council and civil engineering contractors, alongside representatives of national and regional ready mixed concrete suppliers.

QSRMC technical staff have previously provided the SpeCC assessment services under contract. So following the merger, assessment services to SpeCC registered firms will continue seamlessly.

QSRMC is a management system (ISO 9001 and ISO 14001) and product certification body accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service, and an approved body notified by the UK to the European Union under Article 18 of the Construction Products Directive (89/106/EEC) to provide factory production control and product certification as required by European standards. These certification services are provided by QSRMC and by QSRMC trading as CPC. Following the merger, QSRMC will also trade as SpeCC.

Professor Peter Hewlett, Chairman of SpeCC Ltd, said today:

“The number of SpeCC registered members has increased substantially over the last three years reflecting a growing acknowledgement of the status that our registered contractors have within the industry. Merging with QSRMC creates a combined capability based on a natural synergy that will underwrite future certification activity and offers complimentary opportunity to our mutual clients.”

Henry Webber CBE, Chairman of QSRMC, said today:

“The Quality Scheme for Ready Mixed Concrete exists to help both purchasers and producers. The scheme’s expertise, rigorous standards and added value all combine to make QSRMC the gold standard which is unequalled in the UK. The new partnership with SpeCC is a logical development for both organisations. By linking the quality management of concrete production and concrete construction there will be gains for all, not least for construction clients.”