Our Central Laboratory provides specialist technical expertise, helping to solve construction materials challenges and drive the development of new products and solutions that meet our customers' needs.
As an accredited laboratory, it brings together deep technical knowledge and strong research capability, driving quality, innovation and progress across Secil's solutions - and delivering the right answers to an ever-changing market.
The Central Laboratory provides a wide range of characterisation tests across various material domains, including:
- Characterisation tests for aggregates;
- Characterisation tests for cements and binders;
- Characterisation tests for mortars;
- Characterisation tests for cement-based adhesives;
- Characterisation tests for repair products and systems;
- Tests on fresh and hardened concrete;
- Durability and accelerated ageing tests on concrete and mortars;
- In-situ tests on concrete and mortars;
- Characterisation tests for precast elements;
- Concrete mix design studies.
In addition to Secil's Quality Policy, the Executive Committee establishes the following commitment for the Laboratories with accredited tests: to be recognised internally and externally for good professional practices and the quality of the tests and services provided.
To this end, it undertakes to comply with the requirements of NP EN ISO/IEC 17025, disseminating them to all the Staff involved, raising their awareness of the need for strict compliance with the associated documentation.