TEST
WHAT WE DO
Laboratory testing is one of our team’s longest running and most successful service offering. We offer small-scale product specification testing and large-scale system performance testing services to standardized methods. We also offer program development and testing services for non-standardized products. With an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited laboratory and over 25 years of experience under our belt, our Test Reports are accepted by code evaluation bodies and authorities that have jurisdiction throughout the world.
TOP REQUESTS
Test a product to its specific standardized/codified specification.
Develop a test program that will be acceptable to a specific Code entity.
Develop a test program to document performance of a product under predetermined conditions.
Our Laboratory Accreditation Scope
If you don’t see your needed standard, contact us.
Available Methods/Standards
Accreditation
Audited Facility Under ISO/IEC 17025
About Our Accreditation
The international accreditation standard for laboratory testing services is ISO/IEC 17025.
NEMO ETC facilities are audited and accredited by the following entities:
By virtue of these accreditations, our laboratory are listed and Approved with the following organizations.
In addition, our laboratory are participants in the UL Third-Party Test Data Program (TPTDP), whereby test data generated at our laboratory is acceptable for the establishment of UL Certification Listings.
About IAS
This allows Code bodies, government agencies and designers-of-record throughout the world to accept Nemo|etc. as an ISO/IEC accredited inspection agency and laboratory; and in turn, accept Nemo|etc. reports. For example:
- The Canadian Construction Materials Centre (CCMC) publishes Code evaluation reports for compliance with the National Building Code of Canada. CCMC requires testing performed by “laboratories recognized by CCMC for that particular test method”. The CCMC website indicates CCMC will recognize “laboratories accredited by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC)”. Since both IAS and SCC are signatories to the ILAC MRA, SCC recognizes IAS accredited laboratories and, therefore, recognizes NEMO ETC’s laboratory. By extension, CCMC must recognize Nemo|etc. testing for use in their CCMC reports.
Nemo|etc. laboratory are ISO/IEC accredited to conduct a wide variety of standardized tests from various publishers, including but not limited to:
- AAMA: American Architectural Manufacturers Association
- ANSI: American National Standards Institute
- ASTM: American Society of Testing and Materials
- CGSB: Canadian General Standards Board
- CSA: Canadian Standards Association
- FBC HVHZ TAS: Testing Application Standards (Miami-Dade Test Protocols)
- FM: FM Approvals, LLC
- SBCCI: Southern Building Code Congress International
- UBC: Uniform Building Code
- UL: Underwriters Laboratories
Our Process
How We Get You There
Submit test request or discuss test program objectives.
Determine accreditation requirements and sampling requirements for intended audience.
Nemo|etc. submits a request for materials to the customer.
Customer completes materials manufacturing declaration form.
Customer coordinates material sampling (with Nemo|etc. or 3rd party) and/or shipment of materials to lab.
Customer receives project schedule from Nemo|etc. project administrator.
Customer receives project updates and notifications of failure (if applicable) through the project administrator.
Customer receives, reviews and approves draft report.
Customer receives final report.
FAQ'S
Yes. Provided we have the equipment and expertise to conduct your needed test(s), and if accreditation is required for your intended audience, we can have the the standard(s) added to our scope by our primary accreditation body, IAS.
While this is not required, many intended audiences for your report require the laboratory document where the test materials were produced. If the test material is not randomly sampled or you do not supply the declaration, we will state “contact named client” within our report in regards to the production location.
Our clients are notified of failures as soon as possible after the failure is recorded. We review the data with you to determine if a re-test is prudent, and then take directive from you as to whether to continue the project, put the project on hold, or cancel the project.
No. The laboratory testing would need to be combined with inspection/QA services to facilitate product Certification. Visit www.nemocert.com to learn more about product certification services.
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Our team is looking forward to meeting your highest expectation.