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National Highways Sector Schemes (NHSS)
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Gaining NHSS
The National Highways Sector Schemes (NHSS) are bespoke quality management systems based on the ISO 9001 standard and are for organisations working on the UK road network.
National Highways Sector Schemes (NHSS) are based on ISO 9001 with additional requirements for highways activities. Developed in conjunction with all parts of the highways industry and the United Kingdom Accredited Service, they were designed to provide an industry benchmark and to give assurance to clients that standards were being consistently applied.
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NHSS
NHSS – everything you need to know
NHSSs are comprehensive quality management programmes that are tailored to each unique roadways specialisation. NHSSs are primarily intended for use by organisations involved with the UK’s road system as an addition to ISO 9001. They are based on the current ISO 9001:2015 framework.
Through the use of appropriately qualified and trained personnel, they hope to ensure that work is completed to the greatest standards of professionalism.
A technical advisory council composed of representatives from the industry and other interested parties, including highway authorities, trade associations, and certifying agencies, develops and oversees each. The committees may add more specialists as necessary.
NHSS schemes come under eight main categories:
- Highway assets including design
- Fencing including vehicle safety restraints
- Electrical and land drilling
- Road surfaces, surface marking and paving
- Manufacturing, structures, fasteners and coatings including stockholding
- Temporary traffic management
- Landscaping and natural environment (including ecology)
- Tunnel management, incident management including vehicle recovery
Earlier this year On The Go Traffic Management successfully retained their ISO 9001 & NHSS certification with Compliant. Discover more about their journey here.
To get started you must first be evaluated by a certification body authorised by UKAS such as the British Assessment Bureau.
It is possible to add NHSS certification as an extension to your existing ISO 9001 certification if it was obtained through a registered national accrediting authority, an authorised UKAS certification body, or both. This is where we come in. We support a range of clients in gaining their ISO certification through the development of audit proof management systems and support on audit days. For more information get in touch with our friendly team today.
Our Dedicated Process and Post Certification Options
Discover our post-certification support, including spreading your ISO certification payments and how the ongoing support can benefit your business.
Research & Analysis
- We customise the standard in a way that works for your business.
- We assist you in putting your documented management system in place
- Then make sure it’s compliant with your chosen standard(s)
Assessment
- We will carry out a document review first to check that you have a system
- Then we will carry out onsite assessments to check that you do what you say your system does
Certification
- We will provide you with an opportunity to resolve any findings via our detailed report
- Once these have been rectified, certificates are issued and registration to applicable schemes are completed
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Having a reliable ISO consultant that you trust is essential in making the process as straightforward as possible.
Compliant customise the standard in a way that works for your business. We support both SMEs and Large Corporates. Compliant delivers National Highways Sector Schemes (NHSS) certification.
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Trusted Clients
M A Stanton and Sons
Andy Stanton - Director
“Compliant delivered carried out a superb job on our management system and helping achieving certification to UKAS ISO 9001 and the NHSS 16 highways sector scheme – thanks”
O’ Brien’s Demolition
Michael O’Brien – Managing Director
“The Compliant team were asked to support us on all aspects of health and safety and subsequently proved to be an immense help towards the recertification of all of our UKAS ISO certifications”
O’ Brien’s Specialist Crane Division
Callum O’Brien - Director
“Compliant delivered on time and in budget all of our UKAS ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 international certifications. They even helped us attain a grant towards the overall cost of implementation. Good job well done and efficiently.”
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Malcolm Stock – Director
“We found Compliant to be an extremely efficient business in both the financial and deliverable sense of the word. They helped us achieve UKAS ISO 9001 and 14001 with the NHSS 12 sector scheme in quick time and at an excellent price – thank you”
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Paul Croft
“Compliant have been great from day one, very thorough, very knowledgeable and helpful. I would definitely recommend them.”
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Trusted Clients
M A Stanton and Sons
Andy Stanton - Director
“Compliant delivered carried out a superb job on our management system and helping achieving certification to UKAS ISO 9001 and the NHSS 16 highways sector scheme – thanks”
O’ Brien’s Demolition
Michael O’Brien – Managing Director
“The compliant FM team were asked to support us on all aspects of health and safety and subsequently proved to be an immense help towards the recertification of all of our UKAS ISO certifications”
O’ Brien’s Specialist Crane Division
Callum O’Brien - Director
“Compliant delivered on time and in budget all of our UKAS ISO 9001, 14001 and 45001 international certifications. They even helped us attain a grant towards the overall cost of implementation. Good job well done and efficiently.”
Contract Options
Karl Hinds – National TM Manager
“We found Compliant to be an extremely efficient business in both the financial and deliverable sense of the word. They helped us achieve UKAS ISO 9001 and 14001 with the NHSS 12 sector scheme in quick time and at an excellent price – thank you”
WHY INVEST NHSS
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If your organisation provides services covered by NHSS to Highways England under the Specification for Highways Works (SHW), you must be certified under all the relevant schemes for the work you are carrying out.
The Schemes aim to make sure that work is carried out to the highest standards with properly trained staff. The Schemes place a strong emphasis on health and safety. If you use sub-contractors, they must be certified under the appropriate scheme.
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Compliant understand that our clients are involved in running their companies on a day to day basis. The need to retain finance within the business is paramount.
Compliant can spread the costs of implementation across the 24-month life cycle of the certification from as little as £68.75 plus VAT per month.
We can establish the exact timeline and scope for all the standards with a comprehensive Gap Analysis from £199 plus VAT.
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- The International Standard for Quality Management Systems
- Helps organisations ensure that they meet the needs of customers and other stakeholders
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