Accreditations & Achievements

In the constantly changing and increasingly complex field of Building Regulations, helpful, practical and accurate guidance is essential in reducing uncertainty and delays, minimising costs and speeding the development process.

With Planning delays and short development programmes, fundamental design issues such as fire safety, accessible design and energy conservation must be right FIRST time.

As specialist Approved Inspectors, Assent staff work closely with the development team providing expert advice and problem solving from inception to completion. We believe this has led to the repeat business and word of mouth recommendation that has been the cornerstone of our company development so far.

Assent gives you

• Our expertise, experience and commitment
• A commercially aware, responsive and helpful service
• A national service delivered locally from 11 offices supported by our network of home based surveyors.

BLP (Building Life Plans Ltd), part of the Thomas Miller Group, has been providing building defects insurance since 1999.

Our policies are underwritten by Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty, an AA rated global insurer, and are underpinned by an independent technical appraisal aimed at minimising defects right from the design stage.

BLPSECURE is our 10 or 12 year housing warranty insurance policy for residential developments. It runs from the date of the first legal completion or in Scotland the date of entry on the Premises.

the cost of reinstating the Premises in the event of a defect occurring in the structural parts.
The Structural Parts includes the parts of the Premises, which are essential to the structural stability and waterproofing, such as walls, foundations, windows and roof.

In the event of a structural claim, we also offer additional areas of cover, including:

• Our expertise, experience and commitment
• A commercially aware, responsive and helpful service
• A national service delivered locally from 11 offices supported by our network of home based surveyors.

Constructionline is the UK’s register of local and national construction and construction-related suppliers pre-qualified to work for public and private sector buyers. It is owned by the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (formerly the DTI) and supported by the Office of Government Commerce and the Department of Communities and Local Government. Its aim is to provide savings to public and private sector procurers and the construction industry as a whole by streamlining procurement procedures.

This is a formally recognised pre-qualification scheme which gives clients a confidence assessment of a company where factors such as Quality, Insurances, Health and Safety, Finances, Customer Satisfaction Levels etc are assessed on an ongoing basis. Constructionline saves us time and frustration by simply removing the need to complete endless PQQ forms every time we tender.

Constructionline demonstrate to buyers that we are fit-to-supply and prequalified to government standards. At the heart of what Constructionline do is their national online database, the UK's largest register for prequalified contractors and consultants. In terms of efficiency, time and cost saving and best practice, Constructionline is proven to deliver for public and private sector organisations alike. Its service is recommended by the OGC Common Minimum Standards and The Local Government Task Force.

By providing an up-to-date register of pre-qualified suppliers for construction contracts, Constructionline is a commonsense solution that 8,000 buyers from over 2,000 organisations are already making the most of. We pre-qualify all of our suppliers to government standards, and maintain relationships with a range of industry, E purchasing and Government Partners to ensure that we remain relevant to procurement professionals within the construction industry