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British Board of Agrément www.bbacerts.co.uk

Joe Blaisdale External Affairs Manager, BBA

[email protected]

BBA - J Blaisdale 21.09.2013

http://www.bbacerts.co.uk/

mailto:[email protected]

BBA Role

To provide the cost effective reassurance of installed product performance and encourage safe innovation by:

Impartial assessment and approval of construction products and systems Inspection and certification of production facilities Inspection and certification of installation competence


BBA History Established 1966 Non profit distributing – limited by guarantee and run by an independent Governing Board Issued over 5000 certificates 9000 registered installers 30,000 inspections per annum Over 95% funded by industry


BBA International Since 1968 member of European Union of Agrément (UEAtc) Founder member in 1990 of European Organisation for Technical Assessments (EOTA) In 1996 founder member of World Federation of Technical Assessment Organisations

As a result dealt with over 800 manufacturers in more that 30 countries


BBA Business areas


Product Approval &

Certification Broad Scope of

accreditation

Inspection Factory & Site

Installer schemes Cavity Insulation Loft Insulation

Specialised Testing / Research

Thermal Durability

Habitability

ISO Systems Certification

ISO 9000 ISO 14000


BBA products and services


Assessment of fitness for purpose - Factory production process - Installation & performance in use - Test / evaluate product performance - Relevant regulations / requirements - Additional aspects e.g. durability - Regular surveillance factory / site

- Certificate review

BBA Agrément Certificates


Independent UKAS accredited test facility Wide range of testing - Windows, doors & roof lights - Roofing membranes / systems - Paints & coatings / cladding - Pipes & conduits - Bridge deck waterproofing

- Thermal insulation

BBA Test Services


Notified Certification and Test Laboratory for CE marking on insulation products Comprehensive range of testing - Thermal transmittance rigs - Room sized elements / small samples

- Rotate for walls, ceilings, roofs - static for internal /external walls

- Registered laboratory for Keymark - voluntary supplement to CE - Heat flow metering, emissivity, specific

heat capacity

- Computer modelling / condensation risk analysis of elements / systems

BBA Thermal Performance Testing


Even highest quality products can fail due to poor installation practices Significant growth in installer schemes - driven by regulation / manufacturers

consumers - BBA has

- over 40 years experience - 30 full time inspectors

- Managed installer schemes: - Approved system and installer - wall insulation external / cavity - loft insulation - high friction road surfacing - bridge deck waterproofing - windows, doors, conservatories

BBA Inspection services


- UK Energy Act 2011 - reduce UK carbon emissions - 34% by 2020 / 80% by 2050 - reduce UK energy costs

- projected to rise 33% by 2030

- Improve energy efficiency of buildings - no upfront cost - payback through energy bills

- Works must be carried out: - as part of Green Deal Plan - by approved Green Deal installer(s) against standard (PAS 2030) - BBA accredited by UKAS to assess to standard – 300 registered

BBA priorities The Green Deal


- 1st July 2013 sale of construction products in Europe

controlled by Construction Products Regulation (CPR) - When a construction product placed on the market it must

have CE Marking if: - is covered by harmonised standard (hEN) or: - it conforms to European Technical Assessment (ETA)

BBA priorities CE Marking

- ETAs issued by Technical Assessment Bodies (TABs) - designated by governments and listed by European Commission - BBA is a designated Technical Assessment Body

http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newapproach/nando/

- and is UK spokes body to European Organisation for Technical Assessment (EOTA) http://www.eota.eu/en-GB/content/latest-news/2

http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newapproach/nando/

http://www.eota.eu/en-GB/content/latest-news/2/

Steps to CE marking

• Step 1 – complete application form

– BBA Customer Centre [email protected] – On-line www.bbacerts.co.uk

• [email protected]

• Step 2 – submit Manufacturer’s Technical File (MTF) - Product description / Intended scope of use / Factory production control system The MTF must be very precise for registration with European Commission and EOTA BBA’s experienced project managers Brian Chamberlain Head of Approvals – Engineering [email protected] Will help prepare the MTF and • Step 3 – BBA consults other designated EOTA members on the way to ETA / CE

marking before submitting the application


Application for

European Technical Assessment

The BBA will prepare a service agreement for preparation and submission of the technical file plus a contract for delivery of the European Technical Assessment on the basis of the information supplied by you in the attached application form. Part One of the form is provided to register your application with EOTA. It is important that your requirements are fully and precisely defined within this document as failure to do so could result in errors or omissions in the contract. If there is insufficient space for any of your entries on the form please insert extra pages. If you consider that any of the questions do not apply to your product, mark as ‘not applicable’. Please do not leave any sections blank. Information supplied by you will be treated in confidence and will not be disclosed other than as required to any third party that the BBA instructs or consults or in connection with your application under statute; or by English law. Where appropriate, reference should be made to the relevant EOTA document. Please contact your BBA Area Business Manager or our Customer Centre if you have any queries.

Bucknalls Lane, Garston, Watford WD25 9BA

Tel: +44 1923 665300 Fax: +44 1923 665301

e-mail: [email protected] www.bbacerts.co.uk


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Steps to CE marking

• Step 4 – the designated EOTA members will produce a methodology* to deliver the ETA – programme of tests, calculations etc. – existing data may be considered *The European Assessment Document (EAD) Step 5 – draft methodology finalised with comments from Applicant (Manufacturer) / European Commission • Step 6 – work programme carried out according to EAD

• Step 7 – ETA drafted and circulated for comment (applicant / EOTA)

• Step 8 – Comments resolved – ETA Issued


What happens next?

You can: - draw up a Declaration of Performance* - obtain a Certificate of Conformity (for your system of factory production control**) *Annex III of the CPR **Annex V of the CPR

We can help here too Contact [email protected]

You can now put on the product and can sell anywhere in Europe


ANNEX III DECLARATION OF PERFORMANCE

No. ……………………………

que identification code of the product-type: …………………………………….

nded use or uses of the construction product as foreseen by the manufacturer, in accordance wit ble harmonised technical specification: ………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………

e, registered trade name or registered trade mark and contact address of the manufacturer as re nt to Article 11(5) of Regulation (EU) 305/2011: ……………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………….

e and contact address of the authorised representative whose mandate covers the tasks specifie 12(2) of Regulation (EU) 305/2011: ………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………

mber of the applicable system or systems of assessment and verification of constancy of perform struction product as set out in Annex V of Regulation (EU) 305/2011:

………………………………………………………………………………………...…

mber of the harmonised standard (dated reference): ……………………………………..……………………………………………………

and identification number of the notified body: ……………………………………………………………………………………… r of the certificate or assessment report: ………………………………………………………………………………………

mber of the European Assessment Document (dated reference):

………………………………………………………………………………………….. r of the European Technical Assessment (dated reference): ……………………………….………………………………………………………..

of the Technical Assessment Body: …………………………………………………………………………………………

and identification number of the notified body: ………………………………………………………………………………………… r of the certificate: …………………………………………………………………………………………


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