Accreditation
CARES is accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) to provide product and management systems certification:
i. Product certification - ISO/IEC 17065:2012 and BS 8902:2009 to provide product conformity certification.
ii. Management systems certification - ISO/IEC 17021:2011 to provide management systems certification
to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001
CARES is a Notified Certification Body and a European Technical Approval Body under the Construction Products Regulation for the following:
- Reinforcing and prestressing steels
- Post-tensioning systems
- Structural Steels
- Precast concrete products
Such certification by CARES can be used by manufacturers in support of CE marking.