Resources
Plainly written, source-backed background reading
What the construction-product rules actually say, what is only proposed, and what a fire-door manufacturer can usefully do about either. Every article cites its primary sources.
16 articles
Construction product reform: a timeline
How UK construction-product regulation got to where it is, from the Building Safety Act 2022 to the February 2026 White Paper — with each step labelled for what it actually is.
The proposed construction products General Safety Requirement
A general safety requirement would cover products that no designated standard reaches. It is out for consultation until 20 May 2026. It is not law.
Certificate expiry and product evidence control
Expiry, review and supersession are three different things. Treating them the same is how product claims quietly lose their support.
UK vs EU construction product digital passports
The EU has legislated for a construction digital product passport and its registry is live. Great Britain has not legislated for an equivalent. A side-by-side reading.
Digital Declaration of Performance and Conformity explained
What a declaration of performance is today in Great Britain, how it may already be supplied electronically, and what changes under the EU declaration of performance and conformity.
UK Construction Products Reform: what is actually changing?
The construction-product rules that apply in Great Britain today, what the February 2026 White Paper proposes, and which parts of the reform programme are still only proposals.
Fire door QR codes: useful tool or compliance requirement?
QR codes on fire doors are not required by law in Great Britain. They are still worth doing — provided what sits behind the code is a controlled record.
UK construction product QR requirements: what is confirmed
What the law in Great Britain actually requires on and with a construction product, where QR codes are legally relevant, and what the 2026 reform documents signal.
Does the UK require Digital Product Passports for construction products?
A direct answer: no UK law requires a digital product passport for construction products. Here is where the term comes from, which rules do create one, and what the UK has actually said.
Fire door product traceability
What traceability means for a fire-door manufacturer, what the law already requires by way of identification, and how far down the chain it is worth going.
Fire door certification records
What a third-party certificate actually says, why scope schedules and expiry dates matter more than the certificate number, and how to keep certification records under control.
Construction product digital records explained
What a digital product record actually is, the four things it has to hold, and why a folder of PDFs is not one.
Fire door Declaration of Performance
When a fire doorset gets a declaration of performance, why most internal timber fire doorsets in Great Britain do not, and what stands in its place.
Fire door configuration evidence
Why fire performance belongs to a configuration rather than to a product name, and how to record permitted components, alternatives and limits so a claim cannot drift.
Fire door product evidence: what manufacturers need to manage
The evidence types behind a fire doorset, what each one is for, and the relationships between them that decide whether a claim stands up.
Fire door test evidence
Test method, classification and extended application: what each report gives you, why the field of application governs your product range, and what the removal of the BS 476 national classes means.
What this product does not do
Fire Product Record helps manufacturers organise product information, configurations, performance claims and supporting evidence. It does not determine whether a product complies with applicable construction-product law or replace technical, conformity-assessment or legal judgement. Manufacturers remain responsible for the accuracy and approval of published product information.
Turn the reading into a record
The articles describe the structure. The product is that structure, with your products in it.