The Canadian Construction Materials Centre (CCMC) has a mandate to advance and protect the Canadian construction industry through:
- support of Canadian construction authorities in making product approval decisions
- support of innovation in the Canadian construction market
This mandate is achieved through:
- code compliance assessment of standardized and innovative construction products
- publication of technical information about a product's compliance with the requirements of Canada's national and provincial construction codes
The CCMC provides code compliance assessments either as an alternative solution, which uses a proprietary CCMC-developed set of criteria to establish code compliance, or as an acceptable solution, that verifies if a product meets a code-referenced product or material standard.
The CCMC is the only code compliance assessment service for construction products provided and supported by the federal government of Canada.