As a NATSPEC Product Partner, you have an advantage over your competitors thanks to your Branded Worksection. You can leverage your product and differentiate it from your competitors’ products by using a unique selling point such as the National Construction Product Register (NCPR).

The NCPR is an online database of construction products with valid evidence of conformity. When your product’s documents are authenticated by the NCPR, this assures the client that your product conforms to relevant standards. Manufacturers submit their product’s certifications to NATSPEC, who verify the evidence of conformity and then list the product in the NCPR database. The NCPR, which is separate from the Product Partners program, complements your Branded Worksection perfectly.

Submitting your product to the NCPR provides confidence to the architects who use it, and saves them valuable time. For architects and specifiers, finding current and valid evidence of conformity for a product can involve hours of research and double-checking. Up-to-date certificates are often difficult to track down, and documentation can end up being fraudulent. Products in the NCPR, however, have verified evidence of conformity that is easily available in the database. Architects and specifiers using the NCPR can feel sure that they are specifying products that conform to all relevant regulations and standards.

An industry-wide focus on product conformity improves quality in the built environment. Including your product in the NCPR database means you are part of this movement. High quality also means improved safety, both of which are crucial in an architect’s work. A listing in the NCPR shows architects that your product prioritises industry quality and safety.

Ensuring product quality and conformity has the added benefit of greatly reducing the risk of litigation. Architects using non-conforming building products run the risk of facing legal action as such products can cause significant problems, including costly rework, replacement and safety concerns. Using the documentation collated by NATSPEC in the NCPR significantly decreases the likelihood of future legal issues connected to your building projects.

Designers, specifiers, authorities and contractors require reliable information for confident decision making. Different conformity assessment paths provide different levels of confidence that the product conforms to requirements. The level of confidence required should be related to the level of risk associated with the application of the product. For products where the risk of failure is considered high, or the consequences have health and safety impacts, third party certification is recommended.

The NCPR offers major advantages for architects and specifiers, making it a valuable sales and marketing tool for Product Partners. When you list your product in the NCPR, architects can easily check its evidence of conformity. This improves quality and safety, reducing the risk of litigation. This is all in addition to the time- and cost-saving benefits of using a Branded Worksection.

The NCPR is a reliable way to have your product’s evidence of conformity verified. This encourages architects, designers and specifiers to use it in their next building project.

Consider how you can leverage your products with the NCPR and get specified on major building projects, allowing you to stand out from the crowd. 
Visit: www.ncpr.com.au.