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GBS introduces mobile testing
Certification of sandcrete blocks.
Accra 29 June, GNA - "The Ghana Standards Board (GSB) has
acquired a mobile testing laboratory (Van) for to check the
quality of building materials before use.
A pilot project has therefore started in the Grater Accra
Region in fulfilment of its mandate of protecting the
consumer and improving the quality of materials used in the
building and construction industry.
The National Building Regulation, LI 1630 of 1996 mandates
the GSB to assess the quality of all building material
before use.
A statement signed by Adu G. Darkwa, Executive Director of
GSB said the mobile testing aimed at providing conformity
assessment service to small-scale companies and
manufacturers.
It would also provide basis for quality blocks manufacturing
to ensure safety in the building industry as well as provide
a data base on the quality of sandcrete blocks in Ghana.
It said the pilot project had registered two hundred and
thirteen factories in the project area and would be extended
to other regions of the country after the pilot scheme.
It said each factory registered had been given a unique
identification code and factories conforming to the standard
would be issued with certificates indicating their strength,
class of the block tested.
The statement said the benefit of the program would include
third party assurance of quality, providing data for
designers, contractors and real estate developers and
promoting standards and quality in the industry.
The board in addition has also installed testing equipment
for concrete pipe and concrete compression and invited all
manufactures and consumers alike to make use of the
facilities.
GNA
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