GA Civils Ltd are awarded ISO accreditations 14001, 9001 and 45001
30th July 2021
To achieve ISO accreditation, GA Civils underwent a long and extensive evaluation process that included an in-depth assessment of our quality management systems, a management system documentation review, and an audit of our processes and compliance. Our decision to work towards ISO accreditation demonstrates our promise to providing high-quality, trusted services to our clients, and our ongoing commitment to developing our ethical management systems ISO 14001:2015 is the International Standard for Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and was designed to help businesses and other organisations to reduce their environmental impact. Protecting the environment is an important business issue. Many organisations now require suppliers to have specific environmental management plans. Implementing ISO 14001:2015 helps us to demonstrate to our customers and stakeholders that our business is committed to reducing its environmental impact. The ISO 14001:2015 standard provides us with an internationally recognised certificate that demonstrates our pledge to reducing waste, improving our resource efficiency, as well as cutting our waste management costs. ISO 14001:2015 is also the most important standard in the ISO 14000 series of environmental management standards that have been developed to recognise companies that are committed to reducing their environmental impact. Essentially, our ISO certifications demonstrate that we have robust, clearly defined procedures in place in all our business areas such as risk management, handling of documents and data, environmental awareness, and strong business continuity processes.
Achilles UVDB Audit
20th June 2021
We are proud to have achieved Silver status in our recent annual Achilles UVDB audit. This is in recognition of GA Civils' objective to give our customers a deeper assurance of working with us.
We are a Living Wage Employer
19th January 2021
GA Civils has been accredited as a Living Wage Employer. Our Living Wage commitment sees everyone working at GA Civils receive a minimum hourly wage of £10.55. This is significantly higher than the government minimum for over 25s, which currently stands at £7.83 per hour.
We work in and around London, a region where nearly a fifth of all jobs (19%) pay less than the real Living Wage - around 749,000 jobs. Despite this, GA Civils has committed to pay the real Living Wage and deliver a fair day’s pay for a hard day’s work.
Since 2011 the Living Wage movement has delivered a pay rise to over 160,000 people and put over £800m extra into the pockets of low paid workers.
GA Civils awarded Thames Water Framework
23rd July 2020
We are delighted to be successfully appointed as an approved supplier to Thames Water Utilities on their Lifecycle and Welfare Framework. This will see us provide essential works to improve Thames Water Assets through refurbishment and replacement works. In addition to the civils work we are already undertaking for Thames Water, we will be able expand our excellent offering into this additional area of business.