The implementation of the Eurocodes and compulsory CE marking in all EU member states from 2013, together with design standards and the increased sophistication of products are all increasing the need for third party verification services.

However manufacturers are also using product assessment as a cost effective method of differentiating their product and accessing new markets.

As specifiers increasingly look for added assurance, they can be confident that design data covered by SCI Assessed has been produced using the appropriate procedures to the latest standards and that performance values quoted by manufacturers have been derived correctly.

When published standards do not provide procedures for a particular product or situation, SCI uses its technical expertise to develop suitable methods for calculating design values.

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