UK testing facilities
BRE Science Park Watford testing facilities
BRE Group / BRE Global Ltd
BRE Science Park, Bucknalls Lane, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 9XX, United Kingdom
Access: Yes
Testing capabilities
- Acoustic
- Climatic and environmental exposure
- EMC and electrical interference
- Materials and structural testing
- Aerodynamics and aerothermal testing
- Functional and integrated-system testing
- Fire and flammability
Services
Real-world performance testing and investigation of structures, systems and products; full-scale structures laboratory; atmospheric-boundary-layer wind tunnels; environmental test chambers; anechoic chamber and acoustics laboratories; burn hall and sprinkler-performance testing.
Equipment
Structures laboratory can accommodate a four-storey structure and published testing-machine/floor loads of 1–10,000 kN; current BRE material identifies structures laboratory, wind tunnel, environmental chambers, anechoic chamber and burn hall; no additional limits inferred from older brochures.
Standards
BRE describes specialist testing and investigations for building performance; no facility-specific accreditation inferred from the cited current operator pages. | Accreditation: UKAS ISO/IEC 17025 certificate 0578; mirror status active; current status requires direct register confirmation. | Standards offered: ISO 1182; ISO 11925-2; BS EN 13823; BS EN 13381-4; BS EN 13381-6; BS EN 13381-8; BS EN 13381-9; BS 476; BS EN 1365-3; BS EN 1365-2; BS EN 1364-1; BS EN 1365-1; EN 1364-1; BS EN 13501-3; BS EN 1366-2; BS EN 1366-3
Contact
Email: suzi.lynch@bregroup.com; Phone: +44 1923664456; Named contact: Suzi Lynch
Approximate location
WD25 9XX · Postcode area location