LB-TEST-032

Emirates International Accreditation Centre

has accredited
NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR SOIL & BUILDING MATERIALS TESTING
Warehouse No. 2, Port Saeed Contg, Baghdad Street
Al Ghusais Ind. Area no.1
Dubai-United Arab Emirates
In accordance with the requirements of
ISO/IEC 17025:2017
General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
to undertake the tests in the attached accreditation scope
This Accreditation is invalid without the attached accreditation scope and shall remain in force within the validity

period printed below, subject to continuing compliance with the requirements of the accreditation criteria.

Validity: 01/06/2021 to 07/04/2024

Initial Accreditation Date: 08/04/2009
 Accreditation Scope
Construction Materials Testing
LB-TEST-032

National Laboratory for Soil & Building Materials Testing

Warehouse No. 2, Port Saeed Contg, Baghdad Street

Al Ghusais Ind. Area no.1
Dubai- United Arab Emirates
Issue no.: 06 Date: 01-06-2021 Valid to: 07-04-2024

Test
Type of Activity Test Name Test Method
Materials/Products
Physical/ Mechanical Hardened Concrete Method for BS 1881 Part 116
determination of AMD 6097, 6720
compressive strength of
concrete cube
Physical/ Mechanical Hardened Concrete Method for BS 1881 Part 114 &
determination of Density Part 111
and Curing of Concrete
Cubes
Physical/ Mechanical soil Determination of dry BS 1377 Part 4
density / moisture CL 3.5 and 3.6 AMD
content relationship 8259
Physical/ Mechanical soil Determination of in-situ BS 1377 Part 9
density by sand CL2.2-Amd 13925
replacement method
(large and small pouring
cylinder)
Physical/ Mechanical soil Determination of Particle BS 1377 Part 2
size distribution (Wet & Clause 9.2 & 9.3 AMD
Dry) 9027

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 Accreditation Scope
Construction Materials Testing
LB-TEST-032

National Laboratory for Soil & Building Materials Testing

Warehouse No. 2, Port Saeed Contg, Baghdad Street

Al Ghusais Ind. Area no.1
Dubai- United Arab Emirates
Issue no.: 06 Date: 01-06-2021 Valid to: 07-04-2024

Test
Type of Activity Test Name Test Method
Materials/Products
Physical/ Mechanical concrete Recommendation for the BS 1881 Part 208
determination of the
initial surface absorption
of concrete
Physical/ Mechanical concrete Determination of water BS 1881 Part 122
absorption on hardened
concrete
Physical/ Mechanical concrete Determination of Depth BS EN 12390 Part 8
of penetration of water
under pressure
Chemical Concrete Electrical resistance to ASTM C1202
chloride ion penetration
in Hardened concrete
Physical/ Mechanical Steel Carbon Steel Bars for BS 4449, App C, Cl. 1.6.1
Reinforcement of
Concrete
(Steel Bend Test)

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 Accreditation Scope
Construction Materials Testing
LB-TEST-032

National Laboratory for Soil & Building Materials Testing

Warehouse No. 2, Port Saeed Contg, Baghdad Street

Al Ghusais Ind. Area no.1
Dubai- United Arab Emirates
Issue no.: 06 Date: 01-06-2021 Valid to: 07-04-2024

Test
Type of Activity Test Name Test Method
Materials/Products
Physical/ Mechanical Steel Carbon Steel Bars for BS 4449:+A3; lause 7.2.5
Reinforcement of BS EN ISO 15630 Part
Concrete 1 Clause 7
( Re bend Test )
Physical/ Mechanical Steel Carbon Steel Bars for BS 4449+A3 Clause 7.2.3
Reinforcement of BS EN ISO 15630-1,
Concrete ( Tensile Clause 5
Strength ) BS EN ISO 6892 Part 1

Accreditation History

Issue no. Details Date

06 Renewal accreditation, Extension in scope (add Steel tests) 01-06-2021
and transition to ISO/ IEC 17025:2017

05 First issuance under the name of EIAC (which was formerly 07-09-2020
known as DAC)

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 Accreditation Scope
Geotechnical Investigation
LB-TEST-032

National Laboratory for Soil & Building Materials Testing

Warehouse No. 2, Port Saeed Contg, Baghdad Street

Al Ghusais Ind. Area no.1
Dubai- United Arab Emirates
Issue no.: 06 Date: 01-06-2021 Valid to: 07-04-2024

Test
Type of Activity Test Name Test Method
Materials/Products
Physical/Mechanical Soil Methods of test for soils BS 1377 Part 9 , Section
for civil engineering 3.3
purposes
Part 9: In-situ tests In
Situ penetration test-
Determination of the
penetration resistance
using
the split-barrel sampler
(the standard
penetration test SPT)

Physical/Mechanical Soil Soil sampling BS 5930 Clause 33 &

Clark and Walker
Physical/Mechanical Soil Soil description BS 5930 Clause 36 Clark
and Walker
Physical/Mechanical Ground Water Ground water level BS 5930 Section 4
measurement Cl. 26.2 & 26.3, Section 8,
Cl. 52

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 Accreditation Scope
Geotechnical Investigation
LB-TEST-032

National Laboratory for Soil & Building Materials Testing

Warehouse No. 2, Port Saeed Contg, Baghdad Street

Al Ghusais Ind. Area no.1
Dubai- United Arab Emirates
Issue no.: 06 Date: 01-06-2021 Valid to: 07-04-2024

Test
Type of Activity Test Name Test Method
Materials/Products
Physical/Mechanical Ground Water Ground water sampling BS 5930 Section 4, Cl.:
26
Physical/Mechanical Rock/ Soil Rock quality designation BS 5930 Clause 36.4.4

Physical/Mechanical Rock/ Soil Core recovery & Solid BS 5930 Clause 36.4.4
Core Recovery

Physical/Mechanical Rock/ Soil Rotary Coring of Rock BS 5930 Section 4, Cl.:

Strata 25.7

Physical/Mechanical Rock/ Soil Description of Rock BS 5930 Clause 36 &

Cores Clark and Walker
Physical/Mechanical Reporting Code of practice for site BS 5930 Section 10, Cl.
investigations Section 7: 63
Reports and
interpretation

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 Accreditation Scope
Geotechnical Investigation
LB-TEST-032

National Laboratory for Soil & Building Materials Testing

Warehouse No. 2, Port Saeed Contg, Baghdad Street

Al Ghusais Ind. Area no.1
Dubai- United Arab Emirates
Issue no.: 06 Date: 01-06-2021 Valid to: 07-04-2024

Test
Type of Activity Test Name Test Method
Materials/Products
Physical/Mechanical Rock Standard Test Methods ASTM D7012-Method
for Compressive Strength "C"
and Elastic Moduli of
Intact Rock Core
Specimens under Varying
States of Stress and
Temperatures

Physical/Mechanical Rock Standard Practices for ASTM D4543 method SI

Preparing Rock Core as and FP2
Cylindrical Test
Specimens and Verifying
Conformance to
Dimensional and Shape
Tolerances
Physical/Mechanical Rock Standard Test Methods ASTM D2216
for Laboratory
Determination of Water
(Moisture) Content of
Soil and Rock by Mass

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 Accreditation Scope
Geotechnical Investigation
LB-TEST-032

National Laboratory for Soil & Building Materials Testing

Warehouse No. 2, Port Saeed Contg, Baghdad Street

Al Ghusais Ind. Area no.1
Dubai- United Arab Emirates
Issue no.: 06 Date: 01-06-2021 Valid to: 07-04-2024

Test
Type of Activity Test Name Test Method
Materials/Products
Chemistry Soil Determination of acid- BS 1377 Part 3 Cl 9.3
soluble chloride content

Chemistry Soil Determination of water- BS 1377 Part 3 Cl 9.2

soluble chloride content

Chemistry Soil Determination of acid BS 1377 Part 3 Cl 7.9 &

soluble sulphate content 7.6

Chemistry Soil Determination of water BS 1377 Part 3 Cl 7.3 &

soluble sulphate content 7.6

Chemistry Soil Determination of the pH BS 1377 Part 3 Cl 12

value

Chemistry Groundwater Determination of chloride BS 1377 Part 3 Cl 9.2

content

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 Accreditation Scope
Geotechnical Investigation
LB-TEST-032

National Laboratory for Soil & Building Materials Testing

Warehouse No. 2, Port Saeed Contg, Baghdad Street

Al Ghusais Ind. Area no.1
Dubai- United Arab Emirates
Issue no.: 06 Date: 01-06-2021 Valid to: 07-04-2024

Test
Type of Activity Test Name Test Method
Materials/Products
Chemistry Groundwater Determination of the BS 1377 Part 3 Cl 7.8 &
sulphate content of 7.6
ground water

Chemistry Groundwater Determination of the pH BS 1377 Part 3 Cl 12

value

Accreditation History

Issue no. Details Date

06 Renewal accreditation, Extension in scope (Add Rock test: 01-06-2021
Determination of Water (Moisture) Content of Soil and
Rock by Mass) and transition to ISO/ IEC 17025:2017

05 First issuance under the name of EIAC (which was formerly 07-09-2020
known as DAC)

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