Benefits at a glance
Your subscription includes all the services we offer and all the advice you will need, including the full use of our Human Resources and Industrial Relations advice, specifically tailored to the construction industry. This makes the use of a ‘for-profit’ organisation unnecessary and negates the need for subscription to additional organisations.
We do this against the background of rival trade associations who purport to offer similar services and it is vital that our members are able to properly compare and contrast the actual services provided, and to measure the influence and standing which Scottish Building Federation has in Local Association areas and nationally.
At a glance, membership of Scottish Building Federation offers you the following:
Direct Benefits
Networking & Representation
Direct Benefits
- Recognition as a reputable company with a high profile and a mark of quality.
- Increased chance of contact and enquiry from members of the public and prospective clients, through referrals from Scottish Building Federation and searches on the website.
- Change is inevitable, therefore Scottish Building Federation supply up to the minute information on a regular basis via various mediums such as the Monthly Bulletin which contains all the latest information including legislation changes and updates, as well as information on Scottish Building Federation news and activities.
- Website – www.scottish-building.co.uk , giving access to all the latest information and news.
- A range of offers developed specifically for Scottish Building Federation members, including financial services, special deals on insurance, discounted training courses and exclusive discounts with Yellow Pages.
- Specialist advice from experienced individuals offering real life experiences and advice at the end of the phone and online.
- Scottish Building Federation arranges a number of events thoughtout Scotland which provide excellent networking and social opportunities to meet new contacts and clients, exchanges news and views and becomes involved with the Federation at both local and national levels.
- Membership support service through regular member contact and availability of services.
- Debt recovery service.
- Free credit checks and public record searches.
- Active Committee Structure.
- Technical Services.
- Health & Safety advisory services offering Health and Safety advice leading to reducing risks through protecting people.
- Includes advice of Health & Safety policy statements, risk assessment advice etc.
- Employment affairs services.
- Working Rule Agreement expertise.
- Redundancy advice and guidance.
- Employment tribunals support.
- Employment legislation – keeping you right.
- CIS – the tax system for the construction industry.
- Industrial Relations practical advice and help.
- Legal advice and specialist expertise.
- Complaints Conciliation Service & Advice.
- Adjudication Nomination Service.
- BuildSeal Guarantee Scheme – Consumer Reassurance.
- Constituent Body for the sale of SBCC Ltd Contract Documents.
- Homeowner / Occupier Consumer Friendly Contract – easy to follow industrial contract.
- Contractual advice and comprehensive support.
- Training and education – raising the standards and plugging the skills gap. Scottish Building offers high quality training.
- Apprenticeship registration and support.
- Relevant, affordable and beneficial training courses and seminars
- Promotional Help.
- Yellow Pages Corporate Advertising.
- Van stickers – your mark of quality.
- Public Relations and profile raising through regular press and media coverage.
- Representational Services.
- Code of Good Conduct and Practice which members agree to abide by and is backed with a disciplinary procedure ensuring the highest standards of workmanship, integrity and courtesy.
Over the years, Scottish Building Federation has strengthened working relationships with a wide range of kindred bodies to ensure that Scottish Building Federation is a powerful voice for construction within Scotland. The continual development of relationships with the media and politicians ensures that Scottish Building Federation is a key point of contact for comment and lobbying within the construction industry. Liaising with Local Authorities, key clients and public bodies, among others, allows us to explain the importance of the Federation and express the views of our membership at a variety of forums and levels. A few of these relationships are referred to below.
Networking & Representation
- Affiliated organisations, partnerships & liaison with other leading industry bodies such as CITB, SQA, Colleges, RICS etc.
- Construction Licensing Executive (CLE) – combating the cowboys. Scottish Building Federation runs the building industry scheme.
- Lobbying – fighting members’ corners in places like the Scottish Parliament.
- External liaison and exerting pressure to strengthen the wider industry’s future.
- Local Authority meetings with all local councils throughout Scotland.
- Support the work of the Cross Party Group for Construction in the Scottish Parliament.
- Common contractual conditions – being part of the SBCC.