A digital future to protect the standards of safety in construction

StableLogic designed CSCS Smart Check to validate cards through NFC, QR codes, and secure manual input. This ensures compatibility across physical and virtual cards and delivers fast, reliable verification of identity, qualifications, and expiry dates.

2. Mobile Apps and Web-Based Access

Smart Check is accessible via dedicated iOS and Android mobile apps, used widely on construction sites, as well as a browser-based web application. Both provide real-time access to accurate cardholder data, enabling quick checks at the point of entry.

3. Secure and Scalable IT Partner API

StableLogic developed a comprehensive Card Verification API that allows approved IT partners to integrate Smart Check into their operational systems. This API includes:

• Real-time card validation
• Secure authentication and token management
• Rate-limiting controls
• Structured error handling
• Access to full qualification and training records
• Photo-based identity verification

The project included extensive security enhancements to CSCS’s digital ecosystem. This involved: 

• Multiple rounds of penetration testing and vulnerability remediation
• Improved access control, credential rotation, and monitoring
• Secure development practices and infrastructure hardening
• Ongoing risk management and audit processes
• Enhanced operational controls across CSCS and partner systems

Smart Check required coordinated technical alignment across dozens of card schemes. StableLogic supported CSCS in managing collaboration with scheme operators, delivering migration plans, and ensuring consistent adoption across the industry. 

Results

The CSCS Smart Check project delivered a transformative improvement in how construction workforce verification is performed:

• Standardised card checking across all CSCS-participating schemes
• Significantly faster onsite verification, reducing site delays
• Stronger fraud prevention, with secure reading mechanisms and real-time data
• Clearer visibility of qualifications, helping ensure compliance and safety
• Reduced administrative overhead for employers and card issuers
• A scalable foundation for digital transformation, supporting deeper integration with partner systems

Security governance has also significantly strengthened, driven by continuous testing, review, and improvement cycles.

The Future

CSCS and StableLogic continue to evolve the Smart Check ecosystem, with future enhancements planned, including: 

• New API capabilities for schemes and employers
• More advanced fraud prevention features
• Additional mobile functionality for cardholders
• Enhanced dashboards and analytics
• Ongoing compliance updates aligned with legislation such as the Building Safety Act

StableLogic remains CSCS’s trusted partner, supporting ongoing innovation and the long-term evolution of Smart Check across the UK construction sector.