Understanding Your CARES Certificate

The outcome of a satisfactory assessment by CARES is the issue of a CARES Certificate of Approval to all approved companies.

CARES does not issue general certificates of approval and each CARES certificate has a closely defined scope of approval:

Each certificate of approval states:

• The name of the company
• The factory to which the successful assessment applies.
• The products or services covered by the approval, including
  • product standards and/or CARES assessment schedule,
  • processes/products/size range.

When verifying that a product is CARES approved it is important to ensure that the product type, process and size are included on the certificate and that the certificate is of the relevant type..

CARES issues four different certificate types:

• Quality Management System Certification
  
  
• Product Conformity Certification
  
  
• Product Installation Certification
  • This type of certificate is for specialist post-tensioning contractors and covers the installation of post-tensioning systems. In addition to the general information, the Product Installation Certificate includes:
    • The relevant CARES Assessment schedule, which denotes the type of post-tensioning: slabs, highway structures or remedial grouting.
    • The type of post-tensioning system (internal/external/bar systems, bonded or unbonded).
    • The name of the post-tensioning to be installed.
      
      
• Technical Approval Certification
  • This type of product certification is for non-standard products. The certification comprises two parts:
    • The Technical Approval Report which contains all the relevant product details, including limitations on use and installation requirements. The technical approval report refers to the supporting Technical Approval Certificate.
    • The Technical Approval Certificate is issued annually after successful regular surveillance inspections and periodic product testing. The Technical Approval Report is invalid if not supported by a current Technical Approval Certificate.
      
      

Further information please contact:  Lee Brankley CARES Pembroke House, 21 Pembroke Road, Sevenoaks, Kent. TN13 1XR. England. Tel: +44 (0)1732 450000 Fax: +44 (0)1732 455917 E-mail: leebrankley@ukcares.com

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