UK testing facilities
BBA Watford product and construction testing facilities
British Board of Agrément (BBA)
BBA Test, BRE Innovation Campus, Building 5.1, Bucknalls Lane, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 9BA, United Kingdom
Access: Yes
Testing capabilities
- Climatic and environmental exposure
- Materials and structural testing
- Electrical, power and batteries
- Functional and integrated-system testing
- Fire and flammability
Services
Standalone product and system testing for construction products including insulation, windows and doors, sealants and adhesives, flooring and structural components; durability, mechanical/physical/structural, weather resistance/wind serviceability, conformance, thermal-performance, onsite and bespoke testing; current BBA schedule includes thermal, wind-uplift, weathertightness, tensile, flexural, tear, bond and hardness tests.
Equipment
Current UKAS schedule 0357 (issue 054, 29 March 2024) states testing at Bucknalls Lane only; published limits include tensile loads 1–100 kN, tear and bond loads up to 100 kN, specimen thickness 10–300 mm, mean temperature 273–298 K and thermal conductivity 0.01–0.10 W/(m·K); BBA test pages list water, wind, UV, ageing, freeze/thaw and corrosion tests.
Standards
UKAS ISO/IEC 17025:2017 testing laboratory no. 0357; current schedule cites ISO 8301, BS EN 12664/12667/12939, BS EN 14437, MCS 012, BS EN ISO 527-3, BS EN ISO 178, BS ISO 34-1 and BS EN ISO 11339 among others.
Contact
Email: test@bbacerts.co.uk; clientservices@bbacerts.co.uk; Phone: +44 (0)1923 665300
Approximate location
WD25 9BA · Postcode area location