DEVELOPMENT IN THE BUILDING PRODUCTREGULATION STANDARDS AND NEWOPPORTUNITIES FOR MATERIALS SUPPLIERS

摘要

Two different trends of the greatest importance for the development of building productrnregulation standards can be seen. The European harmonisation of testing and classification of buildingrnproducts according to the Construction products directive, CPD, and the introduction of performancernbased requirements in national building codes. Both these trends offer opportunities to materialrnsuppliers.