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pecifiers, social housing providers and
contractors involved in concealing fire
sprinkler pipework, as part of ongoing
tower block fire protection upgrades, could be
inadvertently contravening compliance and
sustainability policies, as non-FSC® certified
plywood boxing is still available in the UK.
As these products are manufactured from
wood, contractors should be purchasing only
FSC®or PEFC certified products, as required
by the government’s ‘Timber Procurement
Policy’ (TPP) guidelines, as well as the latest
edition of the Timber Procurement Advisory
Note (TPAN) from Defra.
Extracts from Defra’s guidance on
compliance with the TPP states:
Government procurers and their suppliers
should have documentary evidence to
show the timber supplied is at a minimum
from legal and sustainable sources. This
evidence should include full chain of custody
from the forest source(s) to the end user.
Suppliers and buyers must check evidence toverify its validity.
Also, The Forest Stewardship Council
(FSC) has stated, ‘If you don’t know where
your timber and paper come from, you
could be part of the problem’. The
FSC’s procurement factsheet provides
clear recommendations on procurement
procedures and compliance checks that
should be made:- Check that delivery notes and invoices
clearly identify the FSC certified products
and includes the supplier’s FSC certificate
code. In addition Encasement Limited
advises that to be confident of compliance,
always ensure that the individual product
description for every item listed is
identified specifically as FSC® compliant.- Specify FSC certified materials when
placing your order and let your supplier
know that you need them to make an FSC
claim on their sale documents. - Source from an FSC certified supplier. All
FSC certified organisations are included
within the FSC certificate database at
https://info.fsc.org
Encasement’s Managing Director, Martin
Taylor, explained: “The best way for this to
be enforced is to explicitly specify the use of
FSC Chain of Custody certified products as
the default and diligently monitor the
products used by contractors and suppliers.
Ignorance is no defence, especially when
guidance and information on procedures is
readily available.”01733 266 889 http://www.encasement.co.ukFire sprinkler boxing and FSC
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compliance –Ignorance is no defence
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