Core Maintenance Services Achieves Chas Elite Accreditation

Core Maintenance Services, the specialist provider of mechanical and electrical maintenance services, has achieved CHAS Elite accreditation, the highest level available through the Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme. The accreditation provides clients with independent assurance of the company’s health and safety, compliance and risk management standards, while reducing the prequalification burden for new contract opportunities.

CHAS Elite incorporates the Common Assessment Standard, the construction industry’s leading prequalification framework, and assesses organisations across 13 areas of risk management, including health and safety, environmental management, quality, financial stability, equality and diversity, information security, modern slavery and corporate social responsibility. As more public and private sector organisations adopt the framework within their procurement processes, CHAS Elite is becoming an important benchmark for contractors.

For Core Maintenance Services’ clients, CHAS Elite confirms that the systems, policies and procedures supporting every engineer on site have been independently assessed against recognised industry standards, giving clients confidence that robust management systems are in place. It also reduces the duplication that often accompanies tendering, with a single assessment satisfying many prequalification requirements and helping to simplify supplier selection.

Tom Lyons, Operations Director at Core Maintenance Services, said, “CHAS Elite goes well beyond the health and safety standards clients already expect from us. It assesses how we manage risk, governance and compliance across the whole business and confirms that our systems and processes have been independently verified.

“For clients, that provides confidence from the outset. Whether we’re working for a facilities management provider, property owner or principal contractor, they know the business behind every engineer has already been through that scrutiny. That reassurance is there before we even arrive on site.”

The accreditation sits alongside Core Maintenance Services ISO 9001:2015 certification for quality management, reflecting a consistent, externally audited approach to quality and operations. These independent certifications strengthen Core Maintenance Services position as a trusted partner for organisations across the UK, delivering planned preventative maintenance, reactive engineering, statutory compliance and specialist technical services across commercial buildings nationwide.