Overview
With UK government target of constructing 300,000 homes per annum against a backdrop of increasing construction costs, poor quality conventionally constructed homes and a huge construction skills shortage, the demand for innovative methods of construction has never been greater.
Buildoffsite Property Assurance Scheme (BOPAS) was developed to address concerns and perceived risks associated with innovative construction. Consequently, BOPAS is recognised by mortgage lenders as providing the necessary assurance that properties that are innovatively constructed or constructed using modern methods of construction (MMC) will be readily mortgageable for a minimum of 60 years.
Here you will find details of organisations that have been BOPAS accredited or progressing the accreditation process, their approved construction technologies, together with the accredited scopes of; design, manufacture, construction and /or project management.
Our Partners
Buildoffsite
Since its creation, Buildoffsite has sought to promote, support and increase the adoption of offsite & pre-manufactured solutions for the built environment. Working with their membership, government, key industry stakeholders & partners, they seek to deliver permanent, positive transformation and impact through collaboration.
By ‘normalising’ offsite & Modern Methods of Construction, Buildoffsite enables greater project delivery and strives to remove the perceived challenges to offsite adoption. Buildoffsite brings the industry together through their event programme, Client Group and Sector Working Groups.
LRQA
LRQA are a leading global assurance provider bringing together unrivalled expertise in inspection, certification, brand assurance, cybersecurity and training.
By combining strong values, decades of experience in risk management and mitigation and a keen focus on the future, LRQA support their clients as they build safer, more secure, more sustainable businesses.
From independent inspection, certification and auditing; to training and technical advisory services; to real-time assurance technology; to data-driven supply chain transformation, our innovative end-to-end solutions help our clients negotiate a rapidly changing risk landscape – making sure they’re shaping their own future, rather than letting it shape them.
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BLP Technical Services (UK) Ltd
BLP TS (UK) Ltd’s expertise in assessing the quality of design, materials, construction and workmanship is based on a 30+ year history of successfully providing technical assessments on behalf of several latent defect (warranty) providers. The technical assessments include a detailed assessment of all materials and components used in the design and include a design life assessment of all the products used with a service life defined for each component.
These techniques are applied to both traditional and modern methods of construction.
This unique assessment methodology underpins the durability assessment principles and allows a confident prediction of the minimum 60 year durability assessment of the structure demanded for a BOPAS accreditation.
BLP TS (UK) Ltd provides services to support offsite manufacturing via the BOPAS scheme and continue to be the leader in the provision of Life Cycle Costing and the management of a component life database to support the non-structural component failure cover and act as the UK risk manager for the Integrated Project Initiative.
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Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Co-Founder)
Although not a formal member of the BOPAS team, the RICS were very much part of the initial development of BOPAS.
The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is a global professional body promoting and enforcing the highest international standards in the valuation, management and development of land, real estate, construction and infrastructure.
With offices covering the major political and financial centres of the world, their market presence means they’re ideally placed to influence policy and embed standards at a national level.
Working at a cross-governmental level, delivering a single, international standard that will support a safe and vibrant marketplace in land, real estate, construction
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