{"id":79817,"date":"2025-08-13T10:02:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T09:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bco.org.uk\/?page_id=79817"},"modified":"2025-08-13T10:07:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T09:07:14","slug":"good-practice-in-the-selection-of-construction-materials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bco.org.uk\/publications\/about-our-guides\/good-practice-in-the-selection-of-construction-materials","title":{"rendered":"Good Practice in the Selection of Construction Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"79817\" class=\"elementor elementor-79817\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d11d0f6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d11d0f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-211dd68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-sub-page-hero\" data-id=\"211dd68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"sub-page-hero.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Sub Page Hero section -->\n<section class=\"sub-page-hero g-0\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sub-page-hero--img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bco.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/BCO-Guide-to-fit-out-Hero-.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n    <div class=\"container-fluid sub-page-hero--container custom-widgets--container\">\n        <div class=\"sub-page-hero--content-wrapper background-olive-green-transparency\">\n            <span class=\"sub-page-hero--content-inner\"><\/span>\n            <h1 class=\"sub-page-hero--title\">Good Practice in the Selection of Construction Materials<\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<!-- Sub Page Hero section End --><link rel='stylesheet' id='sub-page-hero-css' href='https:\/\/www.bco.org.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/aws-theme1\/widgets\/sub-page-hero\/css.css' type='text\/css' media='all' \/><script type='text\/javascript' id='sub-page-hero-js' src='https:\/\/www.bco.org.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/aws-theme1\/widgets\/sub-page-hero\/js.js' ><\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a20914a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a20914a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-093981f custom-tab-style e-n-tabs-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-tabs\" data-id=\"093981f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;tabs_justify_horizontal&quot;:&quot;stretch&quot;,&quot;horizontal_scroll&quot;:&quot;disable&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs\" data-widget-number=\"9672735\" aria-label=\"Tabs. 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Such lists have proven ineffective in practice, and a different approach was required.<\/p><p>The first edition of this document was designed to encourage a change in emphasis, from the exlusion of materials to ensuring good practice in their selection. 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