Itecons is accredited to perform most of the tests required for construction quality control. The Institute has vast experience in construction management and project design review, as well as in the characterisation of construction materials’ properties.
| Reference | Designation/Description | Accredited assay |
Reference standards |
Product/ Material |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACO.18 | Isothermal relaxation test | ISO 15630-3:2019 (section 9) | Prestressing steel wires and strands | 120 or 1000 hours. | |
| ACO.19 | Deflected tensile test | ISO 15630-3:2019 (section 12) | Prestressing steel - strand | ||
| ACO.20 | Axial tensile strength fatigue test | ISO 15630-3:2019 (section 10) | Steel wires and strands for prestressing | ||
| ACO.30 | Verification of post-installed anchors | BS 8539:2012+A1:2021 - Annex B.3 | Mechanical and chemical anchors | ||
| AGR.00 | Aggregate characterization - Other tests (Standards EN, ASTM, LNEC…) | Diversas | |||
| AGR.01 | Determination of resistance to fragmentation of aggregates - Los Angeles test | EN 1097-2:2020 (section 5) | Aggregate | ||
| AGR.02 | Determination of particle size distribution of aggregates. Sieving method | EN 933-1:2012 | Aggregate | ||
| AGR.03 | Determination of the resistance to wear of aggregares (micro-Deval test) | EN 1097-1:2011 (except Annex A) | Aggregate | ||
| AGR.04 | Assessment of fines of aggregates - Sand equivalent test | EN 933-8:2012+A1:2015 | Aggregate | ||
| AGR.05 | Determination of particle shape - Flakiness index of aggregates | EN 933-3:2012 | Aggregate | ||
| AGR.06 | Determination of the particle density of filler by pyknometer method | EN 1097-7:2008 | Aggregate,Filler | ||
| AGR.07 | Determination of particle shape of aggregates - Shape index | EN 933-4:2008 | Aggregate | ||
| AGR.08 | Assessment of fines of aggregates - Methylene blue test | EN 933-9:2022 | Aggregate | ||
| AGR.09 | Determination of density and water absorption of aggregates | EN 1097-6:2022 (Except Annexes E and H) | Aggregate | ||
| AGR.10.01 | Determination of loose bulk density and voids of aggregates | EN 1097-3:2002 (Except Annex A) | Aggregate |