Vernon reflects on 150 NFDC site audits

“My first audit was carried out on 12 November 2011 for Connell Brothers at a Site in Manchester for C & D Consultancy, then owned by John Woodward; the building was a typical 60s concrete monstrosity opposite one of the most iconic buildings in Manchester – the circular Central Reference Library, based upon the Royal Albert Hall in London.

For me the poignancy was the memories this project evoked, at ground floor level there was a Duncan and Foster Coffee House where my friends and I from our Grammar School would go after the library closed at 9 O’clock and resume conversations/flirting with girls from the local grammar schools – happy and innocent times.”

“Since that first Audit I started audits in my own company name, QMSC, and have carried out audits all over the country, including Glasgow, Cardiff, London, Liverpool, Harlech and Ruthin (North Wales), Pontefract, Leicester, Nottingham and of course Manchester.

Over the years I have seen the audit progress to CHAS/SSIP and now NFDC SSIP, both adding benefit for members and streamlining the process for me as an auditor – progress.”