Header image

EWS | DIGEST CLC warns of looming product-testing crisis Failure to assess products in time could damage ambitions for housebuilding, building safety and net zero MADE IN GERMANY High Grade Expansion Joints from ELAFLEX For piping systems of building services, you need compensators to absorb thermal expansion, reduce vibration and noise. ERV rubber expansion joints from ELAFLEX, setting standards for decades and offering the ideal solution. Type ROTEX is an EPDM Rubber Bellows ( PEEK reinforced ) for both LPHW and MPHW to 130 C constant temperature. DIN 4809 approved, no obligation to dismantle this type within 10 years. Many other ERV types available, e.g.: ERV-R: WRAS Approval Type TA: fitted with a white PTFE lining for extensive chemical resistance, FDA approved ERV-GR: for Acids, Alkali and aggressive chemicals ERV-W: white Nitrile ( NBR ) to foodstuff standards ERV-GS: ISO 15540 ( fire resistant ) Email your enquiry to: sales@elaflex.co.uk A shortage of testing capacity could mean crucial construction products will no longer be available to the UK market from January 2023, according to the Construction Leadership Council (CLC). The UK is due to drop the European CE Mark in just over a year, in favour of the new UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA) mark for product compliance. However, a shortage of UK-based test facilities is causing alarm across the construction sector. The CLC has written an open letter to government ministers pointing out that a failure to assess products in time for the new deadline could damage their ambitions for housebuilding, infrastructure, building safety and net zero. The inability to certify radiators in the UK, for instance, could delay the construction of more than 150,000 homes in a single year, and will delay the switch to low carbon heating, the CLC wrote. The UKCA mark deadline has already been pushed back to January 2023, but most industry observers say this will not avert the testing capability, and for some tests to be done overseas. Housebuilding could be hit by a lack of producttesting facilities Infrastructure plan to prioritise green projects Projects to support the development of carbon-reducing sectors, such as hydrogen and heat pumps, will sit at the heart of the National Infrastructure Commissions (NICs) advice to government about future investment. The NIC said it would focus on tackling unanswered questions pumps for home heating, the role of hydrogen in heat, and the future of the gas grid. It has produced a report that prepares the way for the UKs second National Infrastructure Assessment in 2023, which encourages all industries to make better use of digital Check out our configurator: ervconfigurator.elaflex.co.uk The report says there has been limited progress on the transition to low carbon heating for homes because of a stop start approach ELAFLEX Ltd. Riverside House, Plumpton Road Hoddesdon, Herts EN11 OPA Ph. 01992 45 29 50 E-mail: sales@elafl ex.co.uk www.elafl ex.co.uk Ad_2020_ERV_90x270_Ltd_EN.indd 1 8 December 2021 www.cibsejournal.com CIBSE Dec21 pp08-09 News.indd 8 costed policy recommendations to government for investment in consider the affordability of the investment, and how costs and 20.07.2020 10:43:40 26/11/2021 13:54