Architects and Engineers

Design professionals have been finding the unbiased performance information in Agrément Certificates of great value in their work for over 40 years and both professions are represented on both the BBA's Technical Advisory Committee and Governing Board.

Selecting BBA approved products is a sure way to avoid problems at a number of stages in the building process and queries about the performance of key products. Specifiers can be sure that BBA approved products will meet the criteria set out in the relevant Agrément Certificates as manufacturers are subject to surveillance and Certificate Review to ensure the approved specification is always being met by the manufacturer.

This is not the same as test certificates you may be presented with by some manufacturers: these mean on a particular day, a version of the product in question was tested. You may not necessarily be offered that version. Products change for a variety of reasons, frequently to make them cheaper and the continuing validity of test Certificates when the product has changed is open to some question.

With Agrément Certificates, you always get the quoted product performance – or, to put it another way – BBA Approved Products won’t let you down