Explore the newly published BS 99001:2022 with our Executive Briefing and Infographic. You can now download BS 99001:2022 Executive Briefing and BS 99001:2022 Infographic.
What is BS 99001 - Quality management systems in the built environment about?
Quality failings in the built environment sector have raised some fundamental concerns. BS 99001:2022 tackles these by providing additional requirements to those in the generic quality management system standard BS EN ISO 9001:2015.
BS 99001:2022 has been developed using the identical clause structure to BS EN ISO 9001, allowing the new Built Environment sector specific requirements in BS 99001:2022 to be implemented alongside those in the generic QMS standard.
If you already have a copy of BS EN ISO 9001, then you can simply purchase your copy of BS 99001:2022 to use alongside it. Alternatively, you can purchase PD 99001 - a single document containing all the clauses of BS EN ISO 9001 followed in turn by the respective clause content from BS 99001:2022.
Who is BS 99001 - Quality management systems in the built environment for?
- Architects and designers
- Construction organizations at all tier levels
- Contractors
- Decommissioning and recycling experts
- Manufacturers who prefabricate for the industry
- Structural engineers
- Skilled tradespeople e.g. bricklayers, carpenters, roofers
- Project managers
- Suppliers of raw materials e.g. cement, concrete, timber etc.
- Surveyors
What does BS 99001 - Quality management systems in the built environment cover?
BS 99001:2022 provides additional quality management system requirements to those in BS EN ISO 9001:2015 that are tailored to the needs of organizations operating in the built environment sector, specifically:
- Rather than being organization-based it addresses multi-organizational, project-based ways of working
- Its requirements tackle specific known areas of concern in the sector that go beyond the generic requirements in ISO 9001
Why should you use BS 99001 - Quality management systems in the built environment?
- It can help you demonstrate a commitment to providing a high level of quality assurance on projects; along the supply chain; and in day-to-day operations.
- It can help assure quality at all stages in a project and thereby increase the fundamental suitability, safety, and durability of built assets.
- It can help rebuild trust and confidence in the industry as a whole.
- It can help individual users to develop their expertise and efficiency, increase client confidence and get more business.
- It can strengthen risk management.
- It distils current industry thinking and expertise into one trustworthy document that tackles all the issues.
- Its widespread use can bring a cohesiveness that will raise standards across the sector.
To learn more about what BS 99001:2022 covers and its benefits, listen to The Standards Show podcast episode here.
BS 99001:2022 contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goal 3 on good health and well-being; Goal 8 on decent work and economic growth; Goal 9 on industry, innovation and infrastructure; Goal 11 on sustainable cities and communities; and Goal 12 on responsible consumption and production.
