Certification and testing
Independent, third-party certification and testing distinguishes products and services from their competitors, and gives customers confidence about their performance.
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Certification
We provide independent, third-party certification of fire, security and environmental products and services. Our status as a UKAS accredited laboratory reflects our competence and impartiality.
Certification gives you confidence that products and services will perform as expected. It ensures that they meet - and continue to meet - appropriate standards, through a combination of regular company audits and a schedule of ongoing tests. It benefits:
Suppliers - who can demonstrate to customers that their products and services will meet the appropriate standards. This can enable companies to access and sell into new markets.
Purchasers - who can trust third party certified products and services to meet set standards, and therefore avoid costly mistakes and reduce risk.
Our third-party certification includes:
LPCB approved fire and security products and services - many insurers and specifiers look for the LPCB mark of approval when dealing with fire and security issues. Approved products and services are listed in the LPCB Red Book and on Red Book Live.
BREEAM - the world's leading environmental assessment method for buildings and communities. BRE Global develops the BREEAM methodology and trains and licenses independent BREEAM Assessors.
A range of other environmental and management systems certification in areas such as microgeneration, responsible sourcing, ISO9001 & ISO14001.
Full details of our listings the Red Books and Green Book Live.
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Testing
We offer a full spectrum of testing services, from single product tests to full certification, and an extraordinary range of test facilities - many of which are accredited.
Our experts test individual materials and products, building systems, engineering structures and whole buildings, using both well established tests and bespoke research tests and simulations. We typically test against published standards, but can develop dedicated procedures for new, unique or innovative products.
Our services include:
Product performance assessment - through one-off testing or as part of product approval processes.
Product development testing - which may then lead to CE marking or an ongoing testing regime for product certification.
Cutting-edge testing - as part of research, development and innovation projects.
Design testing - airtightness of buildings - acoustic testing - wind tunnel testing - hvac systems testing - geotechnical testing
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Test facilities
We have a very wide range of unique and renowned facilities including :
- Wind tunnels
- One of the largest anechoic chambers in Europe
- HVAC test laboratory and an environmental test facility
- An aircraft cabin environmental test facility
- The largest burn hall in Europe
- A range of testing facilities related to performance of timber and timber engineering including insect breeding and testing chambers and a national collection of wood samples
- Small-scale materials testing facilities
- Laboratories for the testing of electronic fire and security systems and components and for extinguishing systems and components
- Facilities for the testing of security hardware
- A full range of passive fire protection test facilities including fire resistance and reaction to fire tests servicing the transport and construction industry sectors
- Large scale facilities for the fire testing of cladding systems
- Large scale structural test facilities