Code for Construction Product Information CCPI

The UK government 'Construction Products Reform Green Paper 2025' published 26 February 2025, describes the Code for Construction Product Information (CCPI) as 'A code initiated by the Construction Product Association (CPA) as a direct response to Dame Judith Hackitt’s ‘Building a Safer Future: Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety’ (the Hackitt Review) which sets out to create and promote urgent and positive culture in addition to, behaviour change in the way the construction product manufacturing and industry manages and provides information on their products.'

The the Construction Products Association (CPA) came about on 1 March 2000 following the merger of the National Council of Building Materials Producers and the Association of Construction Products and Suppliers. The CPA describes itself as, ‘...a single voice to promote and campaign for construction product manufacturers and supplier sin the UK.’ It represents the UK’s manufacturers and distributors of construction products and materials. Members can be companies trade associations, affiliate members or associates.

Today 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 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.

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, it seeks to move the industry to a place where product information is clear, accurate, accessible, up-to-date and unambiguous. It is though not a guarantee of product information and should never be used as such and the processes and information are subject to change.

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 being 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 helping to give specifiers, clients and more confidence regarding the information provided on the construction products they select.
• 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.
• As the Building Safety Regulator and National Regulator for Construction Products (NRCP) get established, CCPI is an effective way for companies to show that they are conforming with the CCPI and, through their on-going Registration with the Code, committed to continuous improvement of their product information.

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