SUNDAY, JULY 14, 1991
TOGETHER
WITH FIVE
THE CENTRAL LABORATORY, LABORATORIES LOCATED IN SHA TIN, TAI PO, TSUEN WAN, TIN SHUI TUEN MUN, FORM THE PUBLIC WORKS LABORATORIES CONTROL OFFICE OF THE CESD.
REGIONAL WAI AND
UNDER THE GEOTECHNICAL
OVER 330,000
TESTS ON
VARIOUS
CONSTRUCTION
MATERIALS WERE
CARRIED OUT IN THESE LABORATORIES LAST YEAR.
THE CENTRAL LABORATORY IS GENERALLY INVOLVED IN COMPLIANCE AND INVESTIGATIVE TESTING, BUT SOME RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WORK IS CARRIED OUT. IT ALSO MAINTAINS A DATA BANK ON CEMENT WHICH IS OPEN ALL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
BEEN
TO
THE
ACCREDITED UNDER SINCE 1988, THE LABORATORIES HAVE
ΤΟ CARRY OUT CALIBRATION HONG KONG LABORATORY ACCREDITATION SCHEME SERVICES, AS WELL AS TESTS ON SUCH CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AS CONCRETE, STEEL, AGGREGATES, CEMENT AND PULVERISED FUEL ASH.
THAT THE
TEST RESULTS THIS ASSURES CLIENTS RELIABLE AND ARE VERIFIABLE TO INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS.
ARB TOTALLY
THE SOIL AND THE CENTRAL LABORATORY COMPRISES VARIOUS UNITS. ROCK UNIT PROVIDES A FULL RANGE OF LABORATORY AND IN-SITU SOIL TESTING DIRECT SHEAR AND COMPACTION, CONSOLIDATION, ON CLASSIFICATION, EFFECTIVE STRESS TRIAXIAL.
THE CALIBRATION UNIT
PROVIDES IN-HOUSE
CALIBRATION SERVICES
RINGS, TRANSDUCERS,
WHICH INCLUDE THE CALIBRATION OF COMPRESSION MACHINES, PROVING LOAD CELLS, PRESSURE GAUGES, EXTENSOMETERS, DIAL GAUGES, SIEVES, VOLUMETRIC APPARATUS, THERMOMETERS, OVENS AND BALANCES.
IS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE GENERAL MATERIALS AND STEEL UNIT
WITH BARS,
ABOUT 20,000 OF
REINFORCING STEEL COMPLIANCE TESTING
ROPE, RUBBER AND SPECIMENS BEING TESTED EVERY YEAR. TESTS ON PIPES, TIMBER ARE ALSO CARRIED OUT.
160,000
THE CONCRETE UNIT CARRIES OUT COMPLIANCE TESTS ON OVER
THE PROCESS CONCRETE CUBES AND CORE SAMPLES EACH YEAR. IT IS ALSO IN
COMPRESSION MACHINES BY OF REPLACING OLD MANUALLY OPERATED CONCRETE MODERN COMPUTER CONTROLLED MACHINES.
COMPLIANCE THE WORK OF THE CHEMICAL TESTING UNIT COMPRISES THE
OF THE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS MATERIALS, TESTING OF CONSTRUCTION
AND THE EXAMINATION OF CONCRETE, COMPOSITION OF HARDENED
SUCH AS IDENTIFICATION, MISCELLANEOUS
AND CAUSE OF FAILURE
SAMPLES FOR OBJECTIVES EVALUATION OF QUALITY AND SUITABILITY FOR USE, IN PERFORMANCE.
AGGREGATES
THE BITUMINOUS MATERIALS AND FULL RANGE OF TESTS ON BITUMEN, MASTIC ASPHALT, AND AGGREGATES.
UNIT CARRIES OUT A BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
THE FIVE PUBLIC WORKS REGIONAL LABORATORIES ARE ESTABLISHED THE NEW TERRITORIES TO SERVE THE REGIONS AROUND THE NEW TOWNS.
IN
PROVIDE
IN THE SOUTH A NEW REGIONAL LABORATORY IS PLANNED
TESTING MATERIAL DEDICATED TERRITORIES TO
KONG'S WE TH ASSOCIATED CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AIRPORT DEVELOPMENTS.
WEST
NEW
HONG
SERVICES NEW PORT
FOR
AND
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