A Mandate Created From Tragedy
- andrewmcghee6
- Oct 22
- 2 min read
On 14 June 2017, 72 people lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire. Investigations and inquiries that followed revealed widespread shortcomings in product performance, regulatory oversight, and safety assurance.
Today, the mandate is clear...
Manufacturers must ensure that products are tested and marketed honestly.
Certification bodies must provide impartial and transparent assessments.
Evidence is needed to make informed decisions.
The market is full of products that claim quality and safety with independent verification but without accessible evidence when you need it the most.
Try it for yourself; look at the nearest fire door. Can you immediately identify its performance rating, evidence base and manufacturer? Imagine the position of a building occupant who simple wants to know that they are safe. If the evidence is not clear, the system has failed them, and the golden thread doesn’t exist.
Real change is overdue. Change starts with transparent certification and UKTC ensure is leading the change.
UKTC Ensure - Third Party Certification
UKTC ensure™ is the first third-party product certification scheme designed explicitly around the principles of the golden thread and backed by UKAS accreditation under ISO 17065. It ensures that every performance claim is traceable, every certificate is verifiable, and every stakeholder has access to the data that matters.
The market is full of products that claim quality and safety with independent verification but without real, accessible evidence when you need it the most. UKTC ensure™ offers a transparent solution for manufacturers to demonstrate compliance with a third-party certification that has learned from the lessons of the past and is ready for the future.
To find out more about UKTC ensure, you can visit our website by clicking here or by downloaded our white paper, A Transparent Future for Construction Product Certification, by clicking here.
About UKTC
United Kingdom Testing & Certification (UKTC) is a UKAS accredited testing and certification body offering fire resistance and reaction to fire testing to British (BS) and European (EN) standards. UKTC’s offering is also supported by their Technical Services division delivery Extended Field of Application (EXAPs) and Classification Reports.
