A raft of contractors, developers and housebuilders are backing the Code for Construction Product Information (CCPI) after signing a pledge to work with their strategic suppliers and manufacturers to drive CCPI conformance and raise industry standards.
Barratt Developments PLC, Berkeley Homes PLC, Mace Group, Morgan Sindall Group, Murphy, Persimmon Homes and Skanska UK are the first companies to become CCPI demand-side supporters.
This means these companies are committing to supporting the CCPI and requiring their strategic suppliers and manufacturers of construction products in their supply chain to ensure those products are either verified by the CCPI or undergoing the CCPI verification process.
The pledge includes a focus that CCPI conformance will be delivered as soon as possible and has a timebound commitment for delivery by December 2026 at the latest.
The announcement has been welcomed by industry organisations wishing to support this effort to raise standards including the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF), the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) and the Construction Products Association (CPA).
Dame Judith Hackitt, author of the Building a Safer Future Review and chair of the Industry Safety Steering Group, said, “It is great to see demand side companies take this lead and setting expectations for the supply chains. This is exactly what we need to see to drive the take up of CCPI.”
Amanda Long, chief executive of CPI Ltd, the not-for-profit organisation set-up to independently verify CCPI conformance, commented, “I warmly congratulate the first CCPI supporters on their leadership and strongly encourage others to join them. CCPI supporters recognise that they need to deploy products that are supplied with clear, accurate, accessible, up-to-date and unambiguous product information.
“Products that are verified against the CCPI will help enable companies to have greater confidence in the construction product information on which they base important decisions in the construction process. Watch this space for further CCPI Supporters announcements to come!”
CCPI now has approximately 48 companies either already through or in the process for the CCPI Organisational Assessment, and approximately 46 product sets (including approximately 700 products) product information either verified or in process of verification.
