Tests and turnaround
Prices are per sample and include the report. The working days quoted are the measured median for the last twelve months, not the target we would like to hit. Anything subcontracted is marked and the receiving laboratory is named.
Food and water
Potable water, full microbiologicalTotal coliforms, E. coli and heterotrophic plate count. Inside accreditation scope. Median three working days. Sampling bottles supplied free.USD 78.00
Potable water, chemical suiteTwelve determinations including nitrate, fluoride and the common metals. Inside scope. Median five working days.USD 165.00
Food, shelf-life studyAccelerated and real-time, to an agreed protocol written before the first sample. Eight to twenty weeks depending on the claim you want to make.USD 640.00
Food, nutritional panel for labellingThe full declared panel to the labelling regulation. Inside scope for nine of the eleven determinations; the other two are marked on the report.USD 420.00
Materials
Concrete cube, compressive strengthPer cube. Inside scope. Curing at the laboratory is included and the seven and twenty-eight day results are both reported.USD 22.00
Aggregate grading and soundnessInside scope. Median six working days. The most common material dispute in this market and the cheapest one to settle.USD 190.00
Environmental
Logistics
Before you send a sample
How to take and preserve a sample, what the report contains, what accreditation covers here, and what happens when a result is disputed.
Are you accredited for the test I need?
The test list says so in a column, per determination. Sixty-one are inside our ISO 17025 scope, eleven are run outside scope and marked, and eight per cent of work is subcontracted to two named laboratories. Accreditation attaches to a determination and a matrix, never to a building.
How long will it take?
The working days shown against each test are the measured median for the last twelve months rather than a target. Where a result will be late we telephone before the due date, not after it.
What is on the report?
The result, the measurement uncertainty, the limit of detection, the method reference with its revision number, the sample condition on arrival and the accreditation status of that determination. Every one of those, on every report.
How should I take the sample?
Ask us first for anything microbiological or for potable water. We supply sterile bottles free, and a badly taken sample cannot be rescued by a good laboratory no matter what it costs.
What if I dispute a result?
Ask for the control data from your batch, which we will send. Retained sample is held for thirty days for most matrices and can be re-run. If the error is ours the re-test is free and it goes into the method notes.
What clients say
Read all the reviews★★★★★
The accreditation scope is published in full. I could check before sending.
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Cube results at seven and twenty-eight days, on time, for four years.
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They telephoned to say my requested method was wrong for the matrix.
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Some tests are subcontracted. Clearly marked with the lab named.
A determination that is not listed?
Send a sampleBook this test
Tell us the matrix and when you need the report. We will confirm the method before anything is run.