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Date posted: January 3, 2020

IAF Resolution 2019-16 – Withdrawal of IAF MD 3:2008 Advanced Surveillance and Recertification Procedures states that: The General Assembly, acting on the recommendation of the Technical Committee, resolved to immediately withdraw IAF MD 3:2008 Advanced Surveillance and Recertification Procedures (ASRP), Issue 1, Version 2, issued on 01 February 2008. Certification ...

Date posted: January 3, 2020

Following discussions at the IAF Technical Committee, and with the migration process for ISO 45001:2018 now in its closing stages, IAF has confirmed the following to be observed by certification organisations. The end date for the migration period is 31 March 2021 (last day of the month) in accordance with ...

Date posted: January 3, 2020

This document intends to provide clear instructions to certification bodies that currently offer accredited certification for BRCGS Storage and Distribution categories 3 and 4, and aim to include in their schedule of accreditation the same categories for BRCGS Agents and Brokers scheme. The UKAS assessment process will be based on ...

Date posted: December 11, 2019

UKAS will be undertaking a Pilot Assessment Programme for the accredited certification to ISO 19650-2 ‘Organization and digitization of information about buildings and civil engineering works, including building information modelling (BIM) — Information management using building information modelling — Part 2: Delivery phase of the assets’. The pilot assessment programme ...

Date posted: November 29, 2019

This technical bulletin affects scheme owners for all new conformity assessment schemes (CAS). UKAS has formalised its process for evaluating CAS. New CAS are usually evaluated together with an application for accreditation for a scope to include that new CAS and this will continue. However, new CAS are also evaluated ...

Date posted: November 29, 2019

There are now only 12 months to go before the completion of the largest standard transition UKAS has ever undertaken. As such we felt it would be an opportune time to update our customers and stakeholders on progress. With around 1600 organisations to transition to the new version of the ...

Date posted: November 28, 2019

We will soon be launching electronic certificates of accreditation on Monday 9th December 2019. This initiative stems from our strategic priorities and marks the start of the modernisation and improvement of our online services for both customers and stakeholders. UKAS accreditation certificates are about to become much more visible as ...

Date posted: November 28, 2019

Using a UKAS accredited organisation as a supplier is a key step in ensuring confidence in your supplier chain, however there are a few things you may want to consider to be sure you are making exactly the right choice for your business. Download our [wpfilebase tag=fileurl id=1744 linktext='Choosing a ...

Date posted: November 28, 2019

UKAS Policy Reminder on Reporting Deviating Samples ISO/IEC 17025 requires that the condition of samples to be evaluated on receipt and that the laboratory shall consult the customer for further instruction should there be doubt over the suitability of a test item. If the customer requires the item of concern ...

Date posted: November 25, 2019

UKAS is an active partner in the EMPIR Examples of Measurement Uncertainty Evaluation Project 17NRM05. Known as EMUE, this project aims to promote the harmonized evaluation of measurement uncertainty according to internationally recognized standards and guides across a broad range of measurement disciplines. The overall objective is to provide a ...