The industry has welcomed the Construction Products Association’s (CPA) new Code for Construction Product Information (CCPI), according to results of its industry-wide consultation, which received positive feedback from 35 trade associations and 180 individual provider and user organisations of construction product information.
The CPA was tasked by Dame Judith Hackitt and the government to tackle the shortcomings identified in Chapter 7 of the ‘Building A Safer Future’ report relating to product information. MRA Research undertook the consultation and invited trade associations, manufacturers, distributors, specifiers and users of product information to comment on the proposed new CCPI and its 11 clauses.
While findings confirmed that the industry does welcome the Code, comments suggested that more clarity was needed in some areas, particularly around the training and competence requirements, and on what exactly was required to comply with the different clauses.
Commenting on the findings, Adam Turk, chair of the CPA’s Marketing Integrity Group (MIG), said: “We are delighted with the breadth and depth of response received. The published results are slightly later than planned but given the importance of the Code, we wanted to make sure all responses were included in the analysis. Strenuous efforts were also made in reaching out to organisations directly to ensure everyone across the industry had the opportunity to comment.
“The overwhelming support and constructive feedback has reassured us that the Code is absolutely the right step forward for the industry, while also giving us a lot of insightful input to enable the MIG to review the wording of the clauses in line with these detailed responses.
“Whilst changes have been made around the clarity and detail within the Code, I can confirm that the 11 clauses remain principally close to those presented in the report.”
The Code has now been finalised and is in the process of being handed to the Construction Product Information to carry out pilot test cases and also be recruit a new non-executive board of directors to develop an independent governance structure.
