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06/10/08 Bureau Veritas awarded UKAS accreditation for lab quality

Bureau Veritas has had all of its eight materials testing laboratories recognised for quality after achieving multi site accreditation under the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS)...Read more

01/10/08 Global Earth

18th and 19th October Taking the opportunity of its 180th Anniversary, Bureau Veritas are sponsoring the third edition of Global Earth on the 18th and 19th October 2008 at Unesco, Paris... Read more

19/09/08 Launch of accredited legionella training courses

Bureau Veritas has launched two new accredited training courses to help those with managerial responsibility for premises or plant meet the requirements of L8, the Approved Code of Practice, Legionnaires’ disease: the control of legionella bacteria in water systems....Read more

04/09/08 First Dynamic Simulation non-dwelling EPC in the UK

Bureau Veritas and Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES) are delighted to announce the lodgement of the first Dynamic Simulation non-dwelling Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) in the UK. The building in question is Exchequer Court , London EC3...Read more

19/08/08 Leading the way on Environment Agency MCERTS programme

Leading experts in the field of ambient Air Quality, Bureau Veritas, has recently been successful in defining a joint programme of certification of particulate matter analysers for a number of UK and European manufacturers. ...Read more

14/08/08 Find out about the latest Health and Safety legislation

Bureau Veritas launch the summer edition of their Health and Safety newsletter, Awareness. Published quarterly. Awareness will provide you with up to date, relevant articles, ranging from prosecutions to new legislation, as well as topical news...Read more

07/08/08 Bureau Veritas strengthens Air Quality team in the North West

Bureau Veritas' Health, Safety and Environment Division has announced the appointment of Andrew Bean. Andrew joins as Technical Director for Air Quality...Read more

25/07/08 Bureau Veritas to manage site laboratory at Priors Hall, Corby

Priors Hall is a 385 hectare brown and green field site that is situated to the east of Corby, Northamptonshire. Forming part of the strategic growth and regeneration of Corby the Priors Hall development includes the construction of over 5000 homes and associated facilities...Read more

17/07/08 Stop Press - Bureau Veritas launch third Newsletter

Welcome to the third issue of the Bureau Veritas newsletter. You will be able to read about the controversial topics surrounding carbon footprinting and how you can take appropriate action, as well as an update on the REACH legislation and what you need to do for pre-registration. ...Read more

17/07/08 Bureau Veritas host Health and Safety in Construction & Best Practice Seminar

Bureau Veritas hosted a morning seminar focusing on health & safety in construction and best practice in managing construction waste and contaminated land. ...Read more

14/07/08 Carbon Footprinting - Business Performance Reporting or Hot Air?

Organisations from all business sectors continue to embark on identifying what is their Carbon Footprint and can their activities potentially move towards or even attain the holy grail of being Low Carbon, Carbon Neutral or Zero Carbon. So what do these buzzwords mean?...Read more

09/07/08 Bureau Veritas Certification host ISO 27001 Seminar

Bureau Veritas Certification held a seminar on ISO 27001, where expert speakers from Orsyp Consulting discussed the origin of the standard, its content, implementation, common problems, benefits and advantages, and the certification process....Read more

04/07/08 Five firms develop a global environmental rating of existing buildings

A Global Green Rating approach is currently being developed by five leading international firms to help owners and property managers assess, rate and benchmark the environmental performance of their existing properties...Read more

27/06/08 Bureau Veritas sponsored Sustainability Award at the Inspire Awards

Atkins Inspire is an annual event in association with everywoman to encourage, recognise and reward exceptional women working in the built environment ...Read more

19/06/08 Bureau Veritas expands vibration consultancy service

On June 12th, Bureau Veritas completed the acquisition of vibration consultancy, JMDynamics. Based in Glasgow, the company specialises in vibration and pipework fatigue issues within the oil and gas industry...Read more

05/06/08 UKAS grant first worldwide accreditation for ISO/IEC 17020 to Bureau Veritas

Bureau Veritas has become the first organisation in the world to be awarded the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) ‘Type A’ ISO/IEC 17020 for offshore verification services...Read more

27/05/08 Launch of Construction Newsletter

We are pleased to introduce the first issue of Core Construction, a newsletter covering emerging topics in construction. – which we hope you will find an informative and interesting read...Read more

23/05/08 Web-based solution for REACH compliance

As the deadline for pre-registration draws near (1 June-1 December 2008), our state-of-the-art web-based solution, the Chemical Compliance Register (CCR), can help you becoming REACH compliant...Read more

02/05/08 Defra re-appoints Bureau Veritas for major Acoustics and Air Quality contracts

Bureau Veritas has been successful in recent public tenders by being re-appointed by Defra for the provision of Acoustic Advisory Services to their noise and nuisance teams, and separately for air quality monitoring services...Read more

30/04/08 New report recognises Bureau Veritas as a leader in CRS assurance

A new report by independent research firm Verdantix examines the credentials of organisations providing assurance on Corporate Social Responsibility reporting by FTSE 100 companies...Read more

22/04/08 Nestlé's Creating Shared Value report assured by Bureau Veritas

At a recent joint Nestlé-UN Global Compact event in New York, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Chairman and CEO of Nestlé, presented the company's first Creating Shared Value report, including new figures on the impact of its business activities on the environment and society across the world...Read more

15/04/08 Exceptional growth continues in Aberdeen

The Oil and Gas Division of Bureau Veritas in Aberdeen has once again recorded substantial increases in borh staff numbers and organic growth, with increases of 20% per year over the last five years...Read more

07/04/08 HBG Nuttall invite Bureau Veritas to join a select group of preferred suppliers

HBG Nuttall, one of the UK's largest construction and civil engineering companies, has recently invited Bureau Veritas to join a select group as one of their most valued suppliers by signing a vendor accord. to provide construction materials testing and associated works...Read more

01/04/08 Industry Division of Bureau Veritas attains ISO 17020 accreditation

The Industry Division of Bureau Veritas Inspection Ltd has been awarded accreditation as a 'Type A' body in accordance with the recognised International Standard ISO/IEC 17020:1998 General Criteria for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection...Read more

26/03/08 An exceptional performance in 2007 with forecasts for high growth in 2008

On March 26 2008, Bureau Veritas released its full Annual Results for the year 2007. Consolidated revenues reached 2,067 million euros in 2007, an increase of 12% of which 9.6% was organic growth and 5.2% external growth (impact of acquisitions) with a 2.8% negative impact from currencies...Read more

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