The Steel Fabricator Certification (SFC) qualification will soon be mandatory for all Steel Construction New Zealand (SCNZ) fabricator members.
Launched in 2014, SFC is an industry-led quality assurance scheme that aims to reduce risk for specifiers. It ensures participating structural steel fabricators are capable of manufacturing product to the specified quality standard by certifying that companies have the appropriate personnel and quality management systems in place.
Members of industry organisation SCNZ voted unanimously to introduce the compulsory requirement at its AGM in Napier on September 16. Bob Hawley, SCNZ Chair and Managing Director of structural steel fabricator Red Steel Limited, says: "New Zealand’s structural steel fabricators have shown overwhelming support for the SFC scheme and to raising industry standards. We are committed to providing compliant product of the highest quality for building and infrastructure projects up and down the country. "This new resolution means that SCNZ membership will be much more than simply paying an annual fee; members will first have to qualify then ensure they maintain their standard," says Mr Hawley.
