The aim of the Code for Construction Product information (CCPI) is to raise standards in construction product information and marketing and drive positive culture change in the manufacturing and supply sector in relation to product information and marketing. Ultimately, we seek to move the industry to a place where product information is clear, accurate, accessible, up-to-date and unambiguous.
The CCPI assessment process includes critical mechanisms, such as our Leadership and Culture and ongoing Registration elements, which do not exist elsewhere in the construction sector in assessments for manufacturers and their product information. These, along with other aspects of CCPI Registration, such as our Issues Portal, provide valuable elements of assessment and on-going engagement to help users and specifiers have more confidence that they are working with manufacturers and suppliers that are committed to continually improving their product information by registering and conforming with the CCPI. Please note, conformance with CCPI is not a guarantee of product information and should never be used as such.
There are two separate Codes – one for Manufacturers and the other for Merchants & Distributors. For Manufacturers there are eleven Clauses of the CCPI which cover a wide range of matters from responsibility for product information, to clarity of performance claims made, general information and competency.
For Merchants & Distributors there is a four-clause Code of the CCPI (see below for more information) covering a range of responsibilities, including requirements to have audit trails for all product information, documented sign-off process, and have a company policy in place to promote the Manufacturers CCPI to its suppliers.
The aim is that clients, specifiers and users will make preference to work with products that conform to CCPI.
The CCPI will provide:
- Independent third-party assessment based on a ‘trust and approve’ process underpinned by our Leadership and Culture assessment and on-going Registration with the requirement to continuously improve product information and respond to any issues raised regarding registered product information.
- Participating companies will benefit fundamentally from organising their systems and processes in relation to product information and improving their marketing practices – supporting compliance with anticipated new regulatory requirements and giving specifiers and clients greater confidence in product information management and marketing in conformance with the Code.
- A focus on culture, leadership and ethics, CCPI will support an environment for healthy challenge within organisations helping to generate product information and marketing practices that meet the standards of the CCPI and that are continuously improved.