CSCS Smart Check: Verification and Insights

Jul 07, 2026

The usage statistics and verification insights from CSCS Smart Check from Q1 and Q2 have now been published.

CSCS Smart Check has now been used to carry out more than 11 million card checks across 440,000 individual CSCS cards. Site teams are increasingly relying on the tool to confirm a worker’s card status at the point of access, rather than checking physical cards manually.

Skilled and Advanced Skilled cardholders account for a substantial share of that activity, making up 42% of all scans recorded in the period.

The system’s reach now extends well beyond CSCS’s own channels. Some 140 employers are actively using the Smart Check API to plug card verification directly into their existing site access and induction platforms, while 27 IT partners are integrated with the system, building it into the software tools already used across the sector.

Read the full usage statistics and insights from the first half of the year.

Learn more about how the CSCS Smart Check API helps meet Building Safety Act requirements by allowing seamless and consistent card verification that can be built into existing site access systems.