Structural Testing
Structural testing can be to established standards to demonstrate adequate performance or may be more bespoke for new products during development or for certification prior to product launch. Full size structures may require testing in a design by test situation or in the development of novel designs or to demonstrate that an existing building can continue to meet modern standards possibly after a change of use.
As a UKAS-accredited testing laboratory (No. 0013), we can test to national, European and international standards. We can test materials, products and structures in-house or on-site and often design bespoke testing programmes to test novel products or structural issues which are not covered in current guidelines.
Tests
Here are some examples of the types of tests that we carry out on structures:
- Load testing
- Impact testing
- Tensile testing
- Exposure site testing
- Strength testing
- Acoustic testing
- Weatherability
- Durability
- Settlement
- Fatigue
- Cable loading on support systems
- Air tightness
- Water tightness
- Light reflectance value testing
- Slip resistance testing
- Chemical testing.