NHBC is marking the first anniversary of its service for innovative products and systems – NHBC Accepts.
The service, which was launched last July, is designed to enable quicker assessment of a home for warranty and reduce the risk to the builder of delays in their project.
NHBC Accepts has now accepted a range of products and systems, which over the course of the year have helped in the delivery of more than 5,000 high quality new homes across the UK.
Any product or system with the NHBC Accepts logo will have been rigorously assessed to ensure it can meet NHBC’s robust standards, giving confidence to developers, investors, lenders and homeowners.
NHBC Innovation Manager Richard Lankshear said: “We know from feedback that once a product or system is given the NHBC Accepts green light that this creates confidence in quality, long-term durability and traceability.
“We actively assess construction quality both on-site and off-site to verify that each product is suitable and acceptable to meet the standards set to obtain our ten-year NHBC Buildmark warranty.
“With the demands on the industry to increase the volume of new homes and the simultaneous challenges around materials and skills, we are at a critical stage in the development of MMC. We are proud to be using our scale, expertise and knowledge of house building to work with manufacturers to provide the confidence that innovative products and systems can meet and sometimes exceed the same high standards of quality and durability as traditionally-built homes.”
Chris Hornby, Senior Technical Manager at Wienerberger, manufacturer of the Porotherm Cellular Clay Block System – one of the systems approved by NHBC Accepts, added: “We are very pleased to be part of the NHBC Accepts story. An accepted system demonstrates that, subject to appropriate design and installation, it can be used in homes covered by NHBC Buildmark. Crucially the systems it accepts will help instil faith in the quality credentials of MMC across the wider industry.”
