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 (Administrator) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIG.00 | Cementitious binders and adhesives characterization - Other tests (standards EN, ASTM, LNEC…) | - | Cementitious binders and adhesives | ||
| LIG.01.01 | Determination of setting time | EN 196-3:2016 | Cement | ||
| LIG.01.02 | Determination of standard consistence | EN 196-3:2016 | Cement | ||
| LIG.01.03 | Determination of soundness | EN 196-3:2016 | Cement | ||
| LIG.02 | Determination of mechanical resistance: flexural strenght and compressive strength | EN 196-1:2016 | Cement | ||
| LIG.03.01 | Determination of setting times of building lime | EN 459-2:2021 (Section 7.5) | Building lime | ||
| LIG.03.02 | Determination of standard consistence of building lime | EN 459-2:2021 (Section 7.5) | Building lime | ||
| LIG.04 | Determination of compressive strength | EN 459-2:2021 (Section 7.11); Specimens compressed according to EN 196-1 | Building lime | ||
| LIG.05.01 | Determination of tensile adhesion strength - Initial adhesion strength | EN 1348:2007 | Cementitious adhesives | ||
| LIG.05.02 | Determination of tensile adhesion strength - Tensile adhesion strength after water immersion | EN 1348:2007 | Cementitious adhesives | ||
| LIG.05.03 | Determination of tensile adhesion strength - Tensile adhesion strength after heat ageing | EN 1348:2007 | Cementitious adhesives | ||
| LIG.05.04 | Determination of tensile adhesion strength - Tension adhesion strength after freeze-thaw cycle | EN 1348:2007 | Cementitious adhesives | ||
| LIG.06 | Determination of open time | EN 1346:2007 | Adhesives for tiles | ||
| LIG.07 | Determination of slip | EN 1308:2007 | Adhesives for tiles | ||
| LIG.08 | Determination of transverse deformation | EN 12002:2008 | Cimentitious adhesives |