Areas of expertise
We offer specialist consulting services such as condition analyses of buildings and plant, damage assessments and preventive project surveys of planned buildings.
We have well equipped laboratories that meet the service requirements of the sector.
Chemistry of building materials
- Concrete technology, including thin sections
- Leaching from recycled aggregates
- Chemical analysis, including identification of heavy metals
Building materials
- Analysis, particularily porous inorganic building materials
- Environmental properties and recycling
- Development of analysis and testing methods
- Product development and product control
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Design technology
- Timber frame constructions
- Acoustics
- Flooring and sports surfaces
- Design for extreme climates
- Approval of building products and safety equipment
Laboratory testing of building materials and components
- Strength, durability and function of materials and components
- Heat insulation materials, roll and sheet products for weatherproofing, mineral materials
- Field testing at Trondheim - Voll climate station
Building design
- Materials applications and building design, especially related to ambient climate parameters such as rain, wind and solar radiation
- Doors, windows, glass roofs, insulating panes, roofing and façade systems
- Components for burglary prevention and personal safety, including safety glass
Building physics
- Heat, air and moisture transfer in the building envelope
- Computational and experimental analyses
- Project evaluation
Stuctural analysis
- Damage investigations
- Project evaluation
