{"id":12305,"date":"2026-07-31T07:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T07:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cobuilder.com\/?p=12305"},"modified":"2026-07-31T12:01:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:01:40","slug":"reach-compliance-made-simple-on-your-construction-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cobuilder.com\/en\/knowledge\/articles\/reach-compliance-made-simple-on-your-construction-site\/","title":{"rendered":"REACH compliance made simple on your construction site"},"content":{"rendered":"

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REACH compliance made simple on your construction site<\/h1><\/div>

As a contractor, you’re responsible for protecting your workers from hazardous substances. Cobuilder Collaborate uses the information from products\u2019 digitised safety data sheets (SDS) in your project and automatically checks every product against hazardous substances included in regulations such as REACH, so you know exactly what’s on your site and can act before it becomes a problem.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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What REACH means for your projects<\/h3><\/div>

Construction products such as adhesives, sealants, paints and coatings often contain chemicals that can harm health or the environment. REACH is the EU and EEA regulation that governs these chemicals. Its name stands for the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals and in Norway it applies through the REACH Regulation (REACH-forskriften).<\/p>\n

In plain terms, REACH decides which substances are banned, which are restricted and which demand special care, and it makes companies responsible for knowing what’s in the products they use and handling them safely.<\/p>\n

The challenge is that all of this information lives inside safety data sheets (SDS): long documents, one for every product, that also change over time. On a project with hundreds of products, checking each one by hand is close to impossible.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Keep the overview without hunting for it<\/h3><\/div>

Cobuilder Collaborate does the checking for you. The safety data sheets from manufacturers are digitised in the platform, so the substances inside every product become readable data instead of text buried in a PDF. Rather than reading each sheet by hand, you get a clear, always-current overview of every chemical in your project and whether it meets the requirements.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

How the system works<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Digitised safety data sheets.<\/h4><\/div>

Manufacturers’ SDS are digitised in Cobuilder Supply<\/a>, so the system can read exactly which substances each product contains.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Automatic checking.<\/h4><\/div>

Every product is screened against the so called \u2018national filter\u2019 – the default setup that applies to all users in Norway. It specifies the chemical substances and properties that the industry agrees all businesses must have a conscious relationship with.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Deviations flagged automatically.<\/h4><\/div>

If a product contains a hazardous substance covered by these requirements, Cobuilder Collaborate flags it as a deviation, so nothing slips through unnoticed.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Stricter control when you need it.<\/h4><\/div>

The national filter is your baseline. You can go further with user-defined filter. It gives the individual user the option to identify additional problem substances in order to prevent them from being put into use, either based on requirements from building owners (at project level) or based on the business’s own policy.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Chemical information for everyone on site<\/h3><\/div>

Chemical safety isn’t only an office task. Collaborate turns your project’s chemical list into a QR code poster you can print and put up on site. Anyone can scan it with a phone and open an always-up-to-date page showing every chemical registered on the project.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Why Norwegian contractors choose Cobuilder Collaborate<\/h3><\/div>