Category " CE Mark"

New EN 1090-2: 2018 Standard required for steel structures and aluminium structures under the CE Mark and Construction Products Regulations has just been published in June. One Notified Body have already specified that they will be assessing Factory Production Controls(FPC) to the 2018 version from 31st Dec this year. This may affect your next Surveillance visit Having just printed out the new Standard,...


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Can you prove that your nice new building and steelwork is legally compliant? From 1 July 2014, the harmonised standard, BS EN 1090 Execution of steel and aluminium structures, made it an offence to supply fabricated structural steelwork or aluminium to site, that does not conform to the standard and carry the CE Mark. Clients and Contractors are only permitted to use firms that are CE Marked with...


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A client, who achieved CE Mark & EN 1090 for Structural Steelwork under the Construction Products Regulations, has just reported:Doubled Sales in the last 6 months. Last month, their sales were 3 times last year's averageandIncreased their pricingAdditionally they report that their largest Client, who are national retailer, have reduced the number of Approved Fabricators from nine to the three...


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Construction Products Regulations (CPR) and EN 1090 for Steel Fabrications, have been put into focus by the first floor collapse at an Audi car showroom. The showroom had only been completed in summer 2014, just after the Regulations had come into force. Around one third of the 200 metre by 100 metre floor collapsed on 1st June at the Milton Keynes Audi showroom. The area was used to store cars...


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CE Mark under the Construction Products Regulations (CPR) and EN 1090 is now the law and is required for Steel fabrication being sold (or “placed on the market”). Under EN 1090, there is a requirement for Responsible Welding Coordinator (RWC). The availability of a suitable trained RWCs has been a significant hurdle for Steel fabricators needing to comply with the CE Marking. The training and qualification...


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Charter 4 is very pleased to announce better support Scottish Companies wanting to achieve or maintain Certification to the relevant Management Standards. These include API Q1 & Q2 & Monogram (Oil & Gas), ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and CE Mark for the Construction Products Regulations. Charter 4 Solutions, can now provide consultancy to assist Clients achieve and support Certification to the relevant...


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ISO Management Standards is a generic term, which covers compliance to an expanding range of Management related International Standards. ISO have published over 22,000 standards. However most are technical standards related to product specifications. The expansion into Management System Standards was started with the publishing of ISO 9001 Quality Management Standard in 1987. Since then the Management...


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The  CE Marking for Structural Steelwork under the Construction Products Regulations will be implemented in 1st July 2014, which is about a years away. It is a major concern for many Structural Steelwork Fabricators, because after the implementation date, most Structural Steelwork will require CE Marking.   As part of the Factory Production Control, there is a requirement for each company...


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