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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 force fatigue test | ISO 15630-3:2019 (section 10) | Pre-stressing-steel | ||
| 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 - Los Angeles method | EN 1097-2:2020 (section 5) | Aggregates | ||
| AGR.02 | Determination of particle size distribution. Sieving method | EN 933-1:2012 | Aggregates | ||
| AGR.03 | Determination of the resistance to wear (micro-Deval test) | EN 1097-1:2011* (except Annex A) or EN 1097-1:2023 (except Annex A, D and E) | Aggregates | The normative document indicated with * is void, and its tecnical validity is not in question. | |
| AGR.04 | Assessment of fines - Sand equivalent test | EN 933-8:2012+A1:2015 | Aggregates | ||
| AGR.05 | Determination of particle shape - Flakiness index | EN 933-3:2012 | Aggregates | ||
| AGR.06 | Determination of the particle density of filler by pyknometer method | EN 1097-7:2022 | Aggregate,Filler | ||
| AGR.07 | Determination of Shape index | EN 933-4:2008 | Aggregates | ||
| AGR.08 | Assessment of fines - Methylene blue test | EN 933-9:2022 | Aggregates | ||
| AGR.09 | Determination of density and water absorption | EN 1097-6:2022 (Except Annexes E and H) | Aggregates | ||
| AGR.10.01 | Determination of bulk density and void volume | EN 1097-3:1998 (except Annex A) | Aggregates |