Ms Sarah Neary:

To comply with SR 21, manufacturers need to have a factory production control process in place. There is also a regime of testing involved, including initial type testing and continuous testing on a frequency which is set out in the standard recommendation. The EU construction products regulation requires that manufacturers declare their performance against key parameters. As part of the transaction around the purchase of hard core this declaration must be provided by the manufacturer. It is then possible to check if the hard core meets the specification required, providing greater surety that one is getting what one paid for and that it meets the right specification.