The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has suspended the companies after they could not comply with an independent audit process
These five BESA members suspended comes after another 14 companies were suspended in 2025.
The current five suspensions had failed to meet the BESA’s Competence Assessment Standard (CAS).
BESA members must maintain technical and professional standards
Failing to adhere to the CAS means failure to adhere to business practices, financial solvency, insurance, health & safety, or technical proficiency.
David Frise, CEO of the BESA, said: “BESA has never been afraid to robustly defend its remit and constitution,” said chief executive officer David Frise. “We do not suspend members lightly but take our wider responsibilities to the industry and its ultimate clients – building occupants – extremely seriously.
“It might seem counterintuitive for a membership body to suspend or reject companies, but membership needs to stand for something. We would always favour quality over quantity, and we now have more companies waiting to join – so sticking to our principles is working.”
BESA keep standards high and supports firms
In November last year, the BESA released a statement regarding the implementation of the Building Safety Act, and how many Small- and Medium-Enterprise (SME) construction firms face in adapting to it..
Their statement was based on research from the BESA second annual survey, and found that while 88% of surveyed professionals knew of the Building Safety Act, most found that the new legislation is “overwhelming and daunting.”
Rachel Davidson, BESA director of specialist knowledge, said: “This is critical because those companies are the lifeblood of the industry. There are also a lot of people who still think the legislation only applies to HRBs (higher risk buildings).
“A lot of this comes back to leadership and culture,” said Davidson. “78% of companies tell us that this is important to them but fewer than half report having taken enough action. Unless there are consequences, clients will continue to think compliance is optional.
“It is also important to reassure people that they don’t need to know or understand everything about the Act – they should focus on the parts they can control and their specific roles and responsibilities.”
Writing for PBC Today, Rund associate director Stuart Binnie agreed, writing: “The Building Safety Act 2022 fundamentally transformed the way construction projects are procured and delivered, with more detailed designs required at an earlier stage. As the regulation has only been in existence for a few years, there is also a lack of precedent in the industry when it comes to meeting its series of three critical Gateways, each of which presents its own challenges.”
