Welcome to the UBAtc
We are an association of institutions and organisations which, thanks to our expertise, can contribute to the assessment, approval and certification of construction products. Our mission is to increase confidence in the fitness for use of construction products.
Build the future with confidence
We help you to
Increase trust
Manage risks
Facilitate trade
Our solutions
Technical Approval
The fitness for use declaration with certification to convey a message of confidence to the Belgian construction sector
European Technical Assessment
The alternative route to CE marking for products not (fully) covered by harmonised standards
We are hiring!
Working for one of the UBAtc operators
UBAtc provides administrative services only, but the approval and certification operators are regularly looking for new assessors, i.e. new colleagues to help them establish technical approvals and/or perform certification activities.
We suggest that you contact them directly in case you consider yourself a good candidate to become one of our new colleagues.
Latest News
Pile and micropile design
Recently, a number of important changes have taken place with regard to the design of piles and micropiles in Belgium.
A revision of the national annex of the Eurocode 7 was published, namely NBN EN 1997-1 ANB: 2022, which in turn refers to BBRI Report 20 for the design of piles and micropiles.
In BBRI Report 20, installation factors, model factors and partial safety measures are proposed for the various pile (sub)categories. No differentiation has been made in all these design factors, in contrast to previous versions (especially BBRI Reports 12 and 19).
New version of the UBAtc general regulation for approval and certification
The Board of Directors of the UBAtc approved a modified version of the UBAtc general regulation for approval and certification…
UEAtc Statement with regards to the situation in Ukraine
As a Paneuropean organisation, UEAtc brings together technical assessment bodies on a purely voluntary basis, to support technical harmonisation for the benefit of the construction sector.
UEAtc demonstrates how peoples and countries have come together, to work for peace and prosperity, aiming at mutual understanding and tolerance across borders, while at the same time being enriched by the many different cultures, traditions, and languages of the European continent…
