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BBA Launches Dedicated Client Portal
The BBA's dedicated Client Portal is a dedicated digital workspace that enables customers and BBA teams to work collaboratively on certification projects. [...]
The Rules We Make
In every part of life there are rules, even having no rules is sort of a rule! There doesn’t seem to be getting away from [...]
A day in the life of a BBA Technical Assessor: Life on (the Construction) Site. Meet Gary.
No two inspections are ever the same. No two customers, no two building projects, no two complete combination of products and systems used. [...]
Industry Voice: Treatment of clay shrinkage via non disruptive expansive geopolymer injection.
Geobear was originally founded in the 1980s in Finland, known then as URETEK. Since that time the proprietary URETEK geopolymer injection solutions developed by the [...]
WEBINAR: Going LEAN – The benefits of LEAN methodology for Product Certification and Testing
Going LEAN: The benefits of LEAN methodology for Product Certification and Testing. Date: 7th September 2021 Duration: Approx. 30 mins Presenter: Dennis Chacko - [...]
BBA joins NHIC Net Zero Carbon Parliamentary Debate on 14 September 2021
The National Home Improvement Council is the umbrella organisation for repair, maintenance and home improvement sector in the UK. Representing over 100,000 businesses across 100s [...]
A day in the life of a Technical Assessor: From Raw Material to Finished Product, and beyond.
Product innovation is an exciting process, in any organisation’s eyes. For the people doing the innovation, the goals of product [...]
From Supporting Excellence, to Sporting Excellence
Some of the standards that we set today can be perceptive, meaning one person’s high quality is another person’s average, whereas other standards leave no [...]
Keeping Quality-focus consistent, through periods of change.
Claire Aizlewood, Quality Manager at the BBA, talks to us about the importance of a focus on quality, especially during a time of change, and [...]
When Industries meet Standards: Keeping quality above all.
In every environment, there exists a degree of poor performance, mediocrity, and then that level that sets the bar for everyone else to measure what [...]
UKCA Marking Deadline extended to 1st January 2023
The Government announced today (24th August 2021) that the deadline to transition from CE to UKCA Marking has been extended to 1st January 2023, giving [...]
A Day in the Life of a BBA Technical Assessor: What to expect from Factory Surveillance Visits
When you produce a product or system, is that production a single production run, or do you intend to run that process more than once, [...]
Quick Read: 5 Critical Things you may not know about an Agrément Certificate
Do any of these common misconceptions around the Agrément Certificate sound familiar? Have you thought this yourself? ‘The Product is Covered - fullstop!’ ‘I don’t [...]
Going the extra mile – Products that have been the perfect fit
From early wooden structures to the modern steel structures that dominate most city skylines, the evolution of the construction industry and the products that we [...]
Bundled BBA services that save you time and money
The BBA is probably most commonly known as an organisation that Certifies products and systems destined for the construction market. But did you know that [...]
Building Standards: Holy Grail or Fail? Navigating the complexities and ambiguities in the Construction Industry
In most industries, the term ‘standards’ typically refers to a set of documents that aim to define the common specifications, methods, materials, procedures that are [...]
July 2021: New & Withdrawn Certificates
Across the month of July, we issued a total number of 14 Certifications, ranging from Insulation, membranes and steel components. Congratulations to all the companies [...]
WEBINAR: Sustainability – How Mushrooms are Being Used in Construction (Yes, Mushrooms)!
Sustainability: How Mushrooms are Being Used in Construction (Yes, Mushrooms)! Date: 10th August 2021 Duration: Approx. 30 mins Presenter: Ehab Sayed - Founder and [...]
When Prototype Failure turns into Product Superstar: Establishing project and market suitability.
It takes a lot to shift the course of an industry. For every truly disruptive product that comes along, there are dozens that try and [...]
Project Suitability: When ‘out-of-the-box thinking’ requires heightened level of product verification
When one thinks of project suitability, first thoughts usually fall on a simplified version of whether a product has the ability to do a specific [...]
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Latest Case Studies
Industry Voice: Treatment of clay shrinkage via non disruptive expansive geopolymer injection.
Geobear was originally founded in [...]
From Concept to Manufacture: How Nulok Global answered the call for installation demand, using innovation to master product differentiation
In today’s crowded landscape, the [...]
A Lifetime’s Engagement: NorDan’s Agrément Journey with the BBA
Undertaking a product commitment like [...]
