Driving the gold standard for quality within the construction industry, The British Board of Agrément (BBA) is delighted to announce the latest certificate achievements by its clients. Alongside its familiar Agrément certification, the BBA has a wide range of other product, people and process certification schemes. These help its customers ensure they meet the highest UK standards and can also create new benchmarks for innovations where no standards currently exist. The BBA’s product testing team not only tests in support of BBA certification, but also provides standalone product testing services for manufacturers as they improve existing, and develop new products.
Established in 1966, the BBA has a long history of enabling a safe and sustainable built environment through the independent third-party certification of products, people and processes. With a reach of over 70 countries, the BBA also supports international manufacturers who are entering the UK market by ensuring their products are compliant with UK regulations and fit-for-purpose for UK projects. Its wide range of services means that the BBA can monitor products throughout their lifecycle, from championing innovations to ensuring correct use of products on site and maintaining standards via its certificate maintenance programme.
Recent certificates awarded include:
- Ryse Energy UK Ltd – Ryse Energy G-11: BBA MCS (Microgeneration Certification Scheme) awarded for its small-scale wind turbine with applications in agriculture, as well as commercial and community energy projects worldwide.
- Cobalt Balcony Systems Limited – Cobalt Modular Hybrid Balcony Systems (MMC): Agrément Certificate awarded for Cobalt Balcony Systems with Leviat Thermally Insulated Connector, for use in reinforced concrete (RC) or steel-frame structures as a projecting cantilever open balcony, mechanically connected to the floor slab of low- or high-rise domestic buildings.
- Industrial Nature UK Limited t/a IndiNature – IndiBreathe Flex Insulation: Agrément Certification for its three hemp and jute insulation products for use in timber frame constructions, pitched roof constructions and suspended timber intermediate and ground floors respectively.
- Smartroof Ltd – BS EN ISO 9001: 2015+A1:2024 Quality Management Systems certified Management System ISO 9001 for the design, manufacture and supply of the Smartroof product range.
- Marley Limited – Marley Solar Tile: Agrément and MCS Certification Marley Solar Tile is a system of roof flashing kits and solar panels, for use as electricity generation from sunlight, in new and existing pitched roofs of domestic and non-domestic buildings of between 20 and 60° in pitch, subject to the loadbearing capacity of the roof construction.
- Scot-Steel Buildings Ltd – Structural steel kits and components: UK Certification of Conformity of the Factory Production Control for the execution of steel structures and aluminium structures – Part 1: Requirements for conformity assessment of structural components.
As a UKAS-accredited body, the BBA has an impartial role in ensuring its customers products, people and systems are fit-for-purpose in an ever-evolving construction industry.
Katy Roberts, Sales and Marketing Director of the BBA says: “The BBA is committed to playing its part in driving quality, safety and innovation throughout the construction supply-chain. Our broad service offering doesn’t just include our well-respected Agrément Certification, but other product certification schemes such as MCS and HAPAS, and also schemes for certifying the people who are using the products on projects and the processes that organisations within the industry are relying on. “
For a full list of the latest BBA certifications, click here.
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