Any construction product within the European Economic Area (EEA) must comply with the EU Construction Products Regulation (CPR). This law states that all products traded or sold in Europe must bear a CE mark, when a harmonised standard exists for this product.  A CE mark indicates that a product complies with the regulation.

 In general, most companies need to be aware of CE Marking in circumstances such as construction of new buildings, modifications to existing buildings, the equipment running the building (such as compressors, HVAC etc), the equipment within a building (manufacturing), and the products manufactured.

 This intensive one-day course will give you an informative overview of the CPR and the CE marking process, and will answer questions such as;

-What is CE marking and does it apply to you?

-What if no standard applies to your product?

-The impact on the manufacturing process - responsibilities of various parties involved.

 This highly informative course will examine these issues and more, and all attendees will receive full course notes to refer to at any time.

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Course Content

Robin Byrne, Head of UK Office, NSAI

• ‍Overview of the Construction Products Regulations
• What do you do if there is no standard that applies to your product?
• Do you know what the European Technical Approval (ETA) is? What is the process of applying for an ETA?
• How do you identify if a HEN (Harmonized European standard) applies to your product?
• The manufacturing process will be impacted by the CE standard. Understand the cost implications, the improved quality control requirements and will you need to be prepared to adapt again in the near future?
• Conformity Assessment Procedure - what is self-declaration and does it apply to you?
• Exploring the liability issues in the chain, from manufacturing to specifying to building?
• Work example of a product’s Declaration of Performance
• KCA and UKNI marking

Q&A

Keith Pheasey, Business Development Manager, ARC Management Systems

• What are the legal issues surrounding the CE standard?
• Examining the timelines, grace periods and delays outside your control.
  What do you need to do?  - With a variety of existing directives and standards, how do you identify the applicable ones to your business?
• Understanding the cost and testing procedures for products and production facilities
• What is the procedure if no test facilities exist for your product in Ireland?  
• Worked example of a product's CE marking.

Q&A

Who Should Attend?

This online course would be of interest to senior management, building material product suppliers and manufacturers, specialist contractors, technical directors, quality managers,main contractors, sub-contractors, architects, designers, specifiers,engineers, legal consultants, relevant associations, local authorities,government departments and universities.

Certification

On completion of this one-day training course, you will receive your Certificate of Attendance. Please note certificates are issued at the close of the training course to participants on completion of the course. Please check directly with your association or awarding body to see how many points they will award.

Cost

This training course costs €485 EARLY-BIRD (Normal rate €585). PLEASE NOTE THE EARLY BIRD RATE CLOSES 3 WEEKS PRIOR TO COURSE DATE. The course cost includes all course documentation and Certificate of Attendance.