Congrats, Surbana Jurong on your first EPDs

What just launched

Surbana Jurong published five product‑specific EPDs in November 2025 covering JURCEM plaster, render, and floorscreed products. The scope reads as everyday site workhorses: ALC Block Plaster, Render, Base Plaster, CS104 screed, and Floorscreed. The program operator is EPD Hub, with life‑cycle work credited to Leeds Beckett University as developer. Validity runs five years, which keeps submittals clean through late 2030.

Why this matters on bids

When a project team must model embodied carbon, products without a product‑specific EPD often carry a penalty in the calculation. Mortars and screeds show up in almost every division 09 package, so a verified declaration removes friction, shortens the back‑and‑forth, and keeps pricing conversations about performance rather than paperwork. We see this change accelerate under owner standards and rating systems like LEED v5 that reward third‑party data.

The program operator angle

EPD Hub is now an Established ECO EPD Programme Operator, which means EN 15804 EPDs it issues can carry the ECO EPD mark and appear in ECO Portal for wider discovery (EPD Hub, 2025) (ECO Platform, 2025). For a first‑time publisher, that extra distribution helps specifiers actually find the documents they need without detours.

Quick spec snapshot of the new EPDs

All five JURCEM declarations reference the Part B rules for mineral factory‑made mortar, a sensible fit for plasters, renders, and screeds. Family coverage like this mirrors how contractors buy and install, which keeps product comparisons apples to apples during submittals.

Competitive context

This debut puts Surbana Jurong in the same conversation as global mortar and floor‑prep players. MAPEI lists multiple current, product‑specific EPDs for tile mortars and self‑levelers published on EPD International with validity into 2028 to 2029 (EPD International, 2024). Weber, part of Saint‑Gobain, shows tile adhesives and leveling compounds with current EN 15804 EPDs in its European portfolio as well (EPD International, 2024). Sika carries a systems EPD that consolidates ComfortFloor resinous systems under the NSF Resinous Floor Coatings PCR valid through December 2028 (NSF International, 2024). Links for deeper reads on peers: MAPEI USA and Saint‑Gobain Weber Denmark.

The takeaway is simple. In mortars and adjacent floor systems, established brands already bring EPDs to the table. Surbana Jurong’s new JURCEM set closes that credibility gap and makes the spec math easier to favor their SKUs where performance is comparable.

Company context in one paragraph

Surbana Jurong is best known as a Singapore‑headquartered urban and infrastructure consultancy with design, engineering, and project delivery capabilities across Asia and beyond. Offering JURCEM dry‑mix mortars puts a practical materials lever inside that ecosystem. For developers and GCs, pairing design expertise with spec‑ready materials can feel like switching from mixtape to playlist.

Findability check

We could not locate these EPDs on Surbana Jurong’s public sustainability or news pages at the time of writing. Visibility matters because spec teams often grab links under deadline. Hosting the PDFs on a central sustainability or product page, and mirroring them on product data sheets, is the low‑lift move that prevents last‑minute swaps.

What smart next steps look like

Publish the EPD links on product pages and add a simple “EPD library” hub. Train sales engineers on where to find the PDFs. Keep a renewal calendar against the five‑year validity window so nothing lapses quietly. If expansion is planned, map the next JURCEM formulations against the same PCR to scale coverage with less rework. Small ops habits here protect margin adn momentum in bids.

Bottom line for the market

Five EPDs for JURCEM mortars and screeds turn everyday materials into spec‑ready entries. With ECO‑recognized publication and clear category rules, Surbana Jurong has stepped into the transparency arena beside long‑running competitors rather than chasing from behind. That tends to pay off when low‑carbon targets tighten and buyers look for products that prove it on paper.