NBS and CPI announce partnership

NBS and CPI set to improve the quality and standard of product information within the construction industry

Yesterday, NBS, a leading specification and construction product platform for the construction industry, announces its partnership with CPI Ltd, the independently governed, not-for-profit organisation responsible for the Code for Construction Product Information (CCPI).

The collaboration with CPI aims to raise standards in product information and marketing across the construction industry and drive positive culture change. Ultimately, it supports the Code in its mission to move the industry to a place where product information is clear, accurate, accessible, up-to-date and unambiguous.

The partnership between NBS and CPI will help to bring clearer, unambiguous product information and marketing to the fingertips of architects and designers working on construction projects.

It will see NBS integrate new functionality into its platform to help specifiers easily identify and select products and systems that have been assessed to conform with the CCPI and are registered with CCPI.

NBS Source users can now filter listings to show only products and systems with CCPI assessment, enabling them to select from options which are conforming with the CCPI.

Commenting on the partnership, Dr Stephen Hamil, Innovation Director, NBS, said “At NBS our mission is to use the power of connected data to add value and enable a safe, efficient, high-quality construction sector. We’re always looking to improve the way information is delivered to end-users, helping to ensure that specifiers can be confident in the integrity of crucial product data.

“Partnering with CPI, we’re allowing specifiers to have better access to clear, reliable, and assessed product information, so they can be more confident in design decisions.”

Amanda Long, Chief Executive of CPI, said “At CPI, we firmly believe that improving standards across the construction industry requires a collaborative effort. Partnering with NBS is the first of many such collaborations we would like to develop to engage the industry in every corner. Working with NBS will help us to reach out and provide specifiers with greater confidence in the product information and marketing that they need to make informed choices, reducing risk throughout the supply chain. By working together, we can drive the culture change urgently required across the sector in relation to prioritising product information and marketing that conforms with the CCPI.”

Additionally, NBS has built a custom area within the NBS Source platform, dedicated exclusively to showcasing systems, and products that are registered with the CCPI and the that have achieved CCPI assessment.

The CPI assessment process includes critical mechanisms, such as Leadership and Culture assessment and ongoing CPI Registration obligations for the company responsible for the product information. These do not exist elsewhere in the construction sector. The CCPI and its third-party assessment process provide valuable review and ongoing engagement to help users and specifiers have more confidence that they are working with product information and marketing that is conforming with the CCPI and that the manufacturers responsible are committed to continually updating and improving their product information and marketing.

Nigel Blacklock, Technical Director at manufacturer Bauder, who is registered with the CCPI and has been awarded the CCPI Assessed Mark for its flat roof waterproofing systems, said “Increasingly we’ve seen specifiers request third-party assessment of the product information and marketing associated with our products. The CCPI mark is a mark of trust and, crucially, having a digitally-supplied format via NBS Source makes it even easier for specifiers to spot our assessed systems and specify with greater confidence.”