- ISO 9001 quality assured company
- UKAS accredited
- Health and Safety accredited
Fast, measured certainty when you need it
On-site monitoring of construction, highway and environmental works to UK and international standards.
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Experts in construction materials testing
Investigatory works including diamond drilling*, penetrometer surveys and sampling for specialist laboratory testing.
FIND OUT MOREFast, measured certainty when you need it.
We act as the grease-in-the-wheels of the construction industry, ensuring work progresses at pace with unnecessary costs avoided. Since 2007 we have established ourselves as the trusted name in construction materials testing, building a professional, practical and methodical business culture from the top down. Our approach is simple – we believe shared knowledge is the foundation on which we all progress. That’s why we have documented and routinely share best practices with our partners and customers to minimise everyone’s exposure to risk.Explore our comprehensive range of services
Unbound Aggregates and Hydraulically Bound Mixtures
FIND OUT MORESoil, Earthworks and Foundations
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Optimum Complicance Benchmark™ (OCB)
We understand that you only gain certainty through methodical attention-to-detail. That’s why our Site Specialists and Lab
Technicians are professionally trained, and the equipment they rely upon is calibrated and maintained to the highest industry
standards.
We measure every contract we undertake against the Simtec Optimum Compliance BenchmarkTM (OCB) – data consisting of best
practice criteria, designed to help you achieve consistently high compliance levels and avoid the cost of delay or remedial work.
We’re proud that the integrity, rigour and safeguarding we provide has established Simtec as a trusted testing partner to firms
across the UK’s construction and civil engineering sector.
Ask our team about how the OCB can help you minimise risk on your projects.
- Utilities
- Quarrying
- Airports and Associated Works
- Rail
- Industrial Development
- Commercial
Purpose-fit for all sectors of the industry
Utilities
The compliance of materials used for the reinstatement of utility trenches and excavations are undertaken for many service providers. Simtec also provides end product testing including surface texture and ride quality.
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Quarrying
Simtec are able to sample and test the quality of processed quarry materials on a routine basis. Technicians can be supplied on a longer term basis to satisfy quality control requirements.
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Airports and Associated Works
The quality of both bituminous and cementitious materials are regularly tested by Simtec on runway works in addition to the routine sampling and testing of delivered materials. We also test the surface irregularity of the finished runway surfacing.
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Rail
Rail ballast, both newly delivered or uplifted for recycling can be sampled and tested for compliance to specification.
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Industrial Development
Simtec have the facility to provide on-site and laboratory testing services for all aspects of commercial development including plate loading tests for piling rig and crane placement.
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Commercial
In addition to the routine testing of delivered, processed materials, Simtec can provide testing of formation strength and stiffness, fresh concrete testing, coring of hardened concrete and bituminous material quality control for roads and car parks.
FIND OUT MOREPurpose-fit for all sectors of the industry
Third party quality assurance and UKAS accreditation ensures a second to none service can be expected from Simtec
Our Laboratories
centrally based in the Midlands area of the UK
