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All the latest updates from our laboratory
Dec 2020
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Season's Greetings from all at Geospec.
Geospec will be shut on Thu 24th Dec and re-open on Mon 4th January. 

July 2020

UKAS Accreditation

Geospec are please to have successfully completed another UKAS audit and maintain our high quality accreditation. Our latest UKAS scope of accreditation can be found here.

April 2020

Geospec are open during the Covid-19 pandemic. We are operating a safe and secure site in line with all the latest Government guidelines.

August 2019

UKAS Accreditation certificate

Following a successful transition to ISO/IEC 17025: 2017, Geospec are pleased to receive our updated UKAS Accreditation certificate.​
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July 2019

Transition of Accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025:2017

Following an intensive assessment process, we are pleased to announce that Geospec have successfully transitioned our Quality Management System to ISO/IEC 17025:2017.

September 2017

Extension to Scope

Geospec are pleased to announce that we are now UKAS accredited for
BS EN ISO 17892-3 
Particle density - fluid pycnometer method
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March 2016

Extension to Scope

Geospec are pleased to announce that we are now UKAS accredited for the following tests:
BS EN ISO 17892-1 water content
BS EN ISO 17892-2 Bulk density - linear density measurement

September  2015

Geospec exhibit at leading industry conference

Geospec will be exhibiting at XVI ECSMGE 2015  which will be held in the historic City of Edinburgh. The five day conference cover themes such as


Infrastructure and Development; Slopes, Geohazards and Problematic Materials; Investigation, Classification, Testing, and Forensics; Parameters and Modelling; Developments in Education and Practice.Testing is an important aspect of any Geotechnical project, Geospec offer a broad range of testing covering Geotechnical & Geosynthertic testing. Please come along and visit us or get in contact with us to arrange a meeting to discuss how Geospec can uniquley cater for your testing requirements.For more information on the conference: http://xvi-ecsmge-2015.org.uk


August  2015

Geospec score highly in European Proficiency Testing Scheme


For the fourth consecutive year, Geospec has maintained it’s track record of scoring highly in an independent European inter-laboratory comparison of geosynthetic test lab performance. 

The fundamental standard for high quality testing in the UK is accreditation by UKAS, the United Kingdom Accreditation Service. Accreditation is awarded for specific tests following audit by UKAS of the management systems of the test lab and of the individual test. Geospec is accredited for a wide range of geosynthetic tests. UKAS encourages test labs to compare their performance against other test labs but this can be difficult to achieve on an ad-hoc basis. 
 
For the fourth time, Geospec participated in a European proficiency testing scheme run by OFI in Vienna. The testing scheme covers a very wide range of tests on polymers and attracted nearly 184 participants from 37 countries, including entrants from the USA, Singapore and Japan. Geosynthetic testing is Geospec’s specialisation but it is only a part of the scope of the OFI scheme.
Geospec participated in the testing for tensile strength and for static and dynamic puncture, arguably the fundamental tests for geosynthetics. Geospec, as in previous years achieved results that were good and this consistent trend over the last few years shows that the laboratory’s testing is delivered to a very high standard.

“We believe we offer outstanding testing quality in a wide range of tests.  We have particular expertise in direct shear testing of geosynthetics and soils and the widest range of UKAS accredited tests in that specialisation.  We also have the depth of understanding to guide customers to quality results.”



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