In Feb 2026, National Building Products Coalition (NBPC) released its Good Practice Conformity Guide. The guide is intended to help businesses navigate conformity. As NBPC explains, “Sourcing credible and verifiable evidence often relies on conformity assessment, which is a se... More

The New Zealand Green Building Council has launched its Responsible Products Program, in partnership with Green Building Council of Australia.This is an important step to recognising and incentivising projects that use responsible materials, improving the impact of New Zealand... More

After requests from the specifiers and end users, particularly infrastructure asset owners, ACRS has expanded its certified products to include fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) rebar (reinforcing bar) manufactured in accordance with AS5203 to be covered under its Product Certifi... More

The National Building Products Coalition published its Building Product Information – Good Practice Conformity Guide for use across the industry at the 2026 Building Products Industry Council Summit. The guide that offers practical tools and trigger prompts than can be applied... More

A new online course is helping builders, planners, engineers, procurers, developers and others to understand steel safety, compliance, and third-party certification. The course, available through TAFE NSW, helps train the industry on the risks of uncertified steel; how to... More