Annex (1)
To The Accreditation Certificate No. JAS Test - 009 Dated 2007-07-09
for the Concrete Laboratory in the Building Research Center
at the Royal Scientific Society

 

Scope of Accreditation

Physical and Mechanical Testing of Concrete, Cement Tiles & Building Gypsum

 

Tested Parameter/ Type of Test/ Measured Quantity	Test Methods/ Standards
Concrete
Compressive strength	§  British Standard BS EN 12390-3:2002.(for concrete cubes) §  American Standard ASTM C39:2003.(for concrete cylinders) §  Jordanian Standard JS 1652-3:2004.
Obtaining and testing drilled cores and sawed beams of concrete	§  American Standard ASTM C42/C42M:2003.
Test hammers	§  American Standard ASTM C805:2002.
Water penetration	§  German Standard DIN 1048-5:1991.
Cement Tiles
Transverse strength	§  British Standard BS 413151973.
Total absorption of water
Dimensions	§  Jordanian Standard JS 45:1994.
Wear resistance	§  German Standard DIN 52108:1988.
Building Gypsum
Fineness		§  Jordanian Standard JS 487:1993.
Standard Consistency
Setting Time
Flexural Strength

 

List of employees in the laboratory who are technically responsible for issuing the test reports in the scope of accreditation:
 

1-   Head of Laboratories Division / Dr. Bashar Nabulsi.
 

2-   Head of Lab / Eng. Ayoub Abd Al-Salam.