SER Certification Workshops
11 June 2025
SER Certification workshops dates and details of topics to be covered in the workshops.
SER certificate signing update
08 November 2021
Introduction of electronic certificate signing and submission of unsigned certificates with confirmatory signature forms
Application fee changes
17 June 2021
Fees for applications to join the SER scheme are changing from 1 July 2021.
CROSS - Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures
31 March 2021
CROSS has expanded its remit to include reporting on fire and structural safety from 31/03/2021.
Certification Performance Criteria B8.1 and B8.2
29 January 2021
Information regarding the withdrawal of Certification Performance Criteria B8.1 and B8.2.
Re-appointment as a Scheme Provider
14 December 2020
We are very pleased to tell you that SER was recently granted Ministerial approval by the Scottish Government to continue in its role as the Scheme Provider for the Certification of Design (Building Structures) scheme for a further six years.
Certification of the design of Rigid Inclusion Ground Improvement Systems
14 December 2020
This content is now available as Appendix A of Certification Practice Note 10 - Piling
Withdrawal of Approved Certifier Registration Mark
04 July 2019
As of June 2019, the Scottish Government's Building Standards Division have withdrawn permission for Approved Certifiers and Approved Bodies to use the current Approved Certifier Registration Mark.