Grenfell Tower changed everything. 72 people died because UK construction had no forensic proof that workers were competent. Paper certificates. Tick-box training. Zero audit trail.
SkillForge Global emerged in response to a fundamental gap exposed by the Grenfell disaster: the complete absence of forensic evidence for worker competence before incidents occur.
Following the Grenfell Tower fire (2017) and subsequent Building Safety Act 2022, UK construction faces unprecedented scrutiny. CDM prosecutions have tripled since 2019, HSE fines average £750K–£1.2M per incident, and firms face criminal liability for competence failures.
Yet current verification systems—paper certificates, tick-box training records, subjective assessments—provide no forensic proof of capability. When HSE investigates a scaffolding collapse or confined space fatality, employers cannot demonstrate that workers possessed documented competence.
The SkillForge Thesis
We’re not a VR training company. We’re building compliance infrastructure.
Virtual Reality is the capture mechanism, not the product. Our platform generates audit-ready forensic documentation that serves as legally admissible evidence for HSE investigations, CDM prosecutions, and insurance claims.
SkillForge works within existing regulatory frameworks—Building Safety Act 2022, CDM 2015, BS 7121, LOLER—to provide construction firms with the same rigorous documentation standards used in aviation (black box recorders) and healthcare (clinical competence logs).