What are the qualification areas offered by OPQIBI?
OPQIBI qualifications cover the fields of construction and development engineering: building, infrastructure (artworks, VRD, etc.), the environment (ecological engineering, biodiversity, pollution, waste, water, etc.) , energy performance and renewable energies.
What missions can give rise to qualifications?
The qualifications mainly concern AMO, programming, audit/diagnosis, study, project management, cost control or OPC missions.
What are the qualification criteria?
The criteria, like the qualification process, are defined in standard NF X50-091[1]. Each candidate structure must, on the one hand, satisfy legal, administrative, legal and financial criteria (compliance with administrative and insurance obligations in particular), and on the other hand technical criteria. These relate to human resources – assessment of skills and’experience of employees – on the material resources – the necessary equipment and software – and on the production references. To this may be added, depending on the qualifications, methodological criteria.
It should be noted that a newly created structure or in the process of diversification, in the event that it does not yet have a reference or in insufficient numbers, may be assigned a probative qualification, if it meets the legal, administrative and legal criteria. and means (human and material).
How are requests for qualifications evaluated?
The instructions are carried out by professional professionals mandated by the OPQIBI. Once their instructions have been completed, they present the results to committees composed equally of representatives of project owners, engineering service providers and institutions who decide whether or not to award qualifications.
When’a community launches a project, what is the added value for it of the qualification system OPQIBI?
OPQIBI qualifications allow communities to secure their choices of engineering service providers by relying on an independent, transparent and rigorous evaluation system.
It is important to emphasize that qualification certificates are officially recognized as proof of the technical and professional abilities of candidates that may be required by public buyers.[2]. In their calls for tenders, communities can therefore ask candidates for contracts that they have one or more OPQIBI qualifications. They can also use the online directory (www.opqibi.com) made available to them to search for qualified engineering service providers or check that a service provider actually holds a qualification.
Faced with environmental issues and new expectations in terms ofAndsustainable management of the’water, OPQIBI recently set up a specific qualification for studies linked to the reuse of treated wastewater (REUT). For what ?
To deal with the consequences of climate change on water resources (droughts, water shortages), the Reuse of Treated Wastewater (REUT) presents itself as an effective and essential solution. The new qualification (OPQIBI 0808) is part of a context of regulatory developments and a desire for massive investment in order to move from 1 to 10% of treated water reused in France by 2030[3]. It should enable communities to find competent design offices to support them in projects linked to the reuse of wastewater, such as’irrigation, green spaces or urban cleaning.
A parallelAndon, you are working on setting up a qualification dedicated to the butwork supervision for renovation projectsnovation buildings.
Yes, this qualification will respond to an essential need: structuring the intervention of project managers within the framework of the renovation, a crucial step between the diagnosis and the’execution of works by companies. Currently, there are qualifications for diagnosticians/auditors and for construction companies, but none for project management. This future qualification will fill a gap in the chain of actors involved in renovation, while meeting the objectives set by public authorities, particularly in terms of reducing the energy consumption of buildings.
Stéphane Mouchot, general director of OPQIBI
[1] General requirements for supplier qualification bodies
[2] Order of March 22, 2019 establishing the list of information and documents that may be requested from candidates for public contracts
[3] Water Plan 2023
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