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CPD Guidance paper M EVEA standardisation
seminar 20/09/2005 By Karine Iffour

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Construction is big in EU, and SMEs are big in
Construction

• Construction, the largest sector in term of
  employment in Europe.
• In 1996, more than 26 mio of workers were
  directly or indirectly.
• 2mio of companies are in the construction sector
  in Europe.
• 97 of construction companies employ less than 20
  employees and 93 less than 10.
• In 1990, the turnover of the 10 largest European
  companies only accounted for 5,75 of the total
  European market.

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The Highly regulated Construction sector
ENVIRONMENT
SAFETY
HEALTH
REGULATION
Individual products
Construction works
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Directive 89/106/EEC (21/12/1988) on construction
products

• First mandate in 1995 First standard in 2000
• Article 7 of the Directive 89/106/EEC
• 1.To ensure the quality of the harmonized
  standards applicable to the products, they must
  be established by the European organizations of
  standardization according to mandates' that the
  Commission gives them within the procedure
• 2. The standards thus established must, taking
  into account the interpretative documents be
  expressed, as much as possible, in terms of
  performance of the products.
• 3. As soon as the standards are established by
  the European standardisation organisations, the
  Commission publishes the references in the
  Official European Journal series C.

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The Essential requirements of this Directive.

• 1. Mechanical resistance and stability
• 2. Safety in the event of fire
• 3. Hygiene, health and environment
• 4. Safety of use
• 5. Protection against noise pollution
• 6. Energy saving and heat insulation

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CE marking

• A passport to free circulation in Member States
• internal market for products
• products are fit for their intended use
• facilitate the free circulation of goods
• Helps the competitive position of the sector

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Systems of Conformity Attestation

• Certification of the conformity of the product by
  an approved certification body
• Declaration of conformity of the product by the
  manufacturer

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Guidance Paper M ?

• Written under NORMAPME influence
• The guidance Paper M is an interpretative
  document dealing with conformity in the framework
  of the CPD.
• Issued on the 4th of May 2005
• Why?
• Conformity issue in the CPD is not always very
  clear.
• Framework of the article 13.5 needed to be
  clarified
• Cost should be limited

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Guidance Paper M historyNormapme believes
regarding CE marking for SMEs

• Pr EN 14351-1 issue art 13.5 of the CPD non
  and small series production definition.
• Choice for SMEs
• CE marked with simple procedures
• No CE mark requirement

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Guidance Paper M contents

• Definitions
• Initial Type Testing
• Factory Control Production

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Interesting points for SMEs

• Non series production definition
• Cascading
• Shared ITT results
• Usage of descriptive data performance
• Self attestation
• placed on the market definition
• FCP

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Non series production

• These are products of individual design that
  are ordered for and installed in one and the same
  known work. They should neither be part of a
  range of equal products, which is manufactured in
  series of the same kind combining usual
  components in the same way, nor should they and
  their field of application (e.g. dimensions,
  weight) be offered on the general initiative of
  the manufacturer (e.g. by means of published
  catalogues or other ways of advertising).
• Under these conditions, individual (and
  non-series) production comprises products that
  are
• individually designed and manufactured, upon
  request and for specific purposes, needing to
  readjust the production machines for their
  manufacture in order to be used in the work
  concerned or
• custom-made for a specific order to obtain
  one or several end use performances different
  from products manufactured in series, even if
  produced according to the same manufacturing
  process/system design.

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CE marking is not compulsory in the following
cases

• Member States are not obliged to take measures
  for applying CPD provisions and CE marking to
  building elements made on the works and to those
  construction products that are manufactured off
  the works but incorporated in them without
  beforehand having been placed on the market, i.e.
  directly by the manufacturer as a part of a
  service comprising more than just manufacturing
  and delivering the product".   (Article 4.9.3,
  note 19)
• For products which play a minor part with respect
  to health and safety for the application of
  article 4(5) of the CPD  Guidance paper
  M insists on the fact that such a products' list
  should be proposed by CEN technical Committees.
  (Article 4.13, note 22).
• For single application products (4.9.3)

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Easier access to CE marking for individual and
non series product placed on the market

• Self-attestation of conformity by the
  manufacturer for individual and non series
  production provided that products do not have
  important implications for health and safety
  (art. 4.9.3). In case where products would
  have important implications for health and
  safety, standard specifications should contain
  specific provisions regarding ITT (Initial Type
  Testing), if self-attestation can not be
  considered as sufficient. In such a case,
  provisions should permit these products to be CE
  marked without disproportionate testing (article
  4.9.3).

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Reduction of ITT (Initial Type Testing) costs

• Guidance Paper M presents the several means of
  reducing test costs (articles 4.10 to 4.16) 
• -Conditions where "shared ITT results" can
  apply
• - Cascading  process ITT already performed
  on an end product by companies can be used,
  under contract, by a manufacturer producing the
  same product, assembling the same components and
  regarding the same process
• -Conditions where descriptive performance data
  can be used in order to define product
  performances without testing.
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• Guidance Paper M also reminds the NPD (No
  Performance Declared) option, which can be used
  to facilitate CE marking for products placed on
  the market in Member States without specific
  regulations. In such a case, tests are
  not required (article 4.3).

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Factory Control Production

• Where products covered by a hEN or ETA may be
  produced as single application, the FPC clauses
  need to be written in a way which gives
  exemptions from those requirements which apply to
  series production only.

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Although CE marking helps trade it is hard to
find ones own way in this labyrinth

• Therefore Construction Companies need to be
  conform to some quality standards.

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The key interrelated elements of competitiveness

• Quality
• Markets
• Equitable market conditions
• Construction Process
• Environment
• Regulatory framework
• Human resources
• Technology
• Structure of the sector
• Illegal practice

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COST OF QUALITY

• of Turnover/value
• Cost of Failure 7
• Cost of Appraisal 2.5
• Costs of Prevention 0.5
• TOTAL QUALITY COST 10

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THE LOWEST BID OFTEN MEANS CONTRACT

• TQM a way to work at low cost
• Low quality can add 10 to project costs

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