The future of quality
assurance for structural concrete components

As of 1 July 2013, in accor-dance with the Construction Products Regulation that will enter into force on that day, all testing and certification bodies must be newly recognized and notified. In Germany, accreditation will in future be mandatory for such conformity assessment bodies to remain active in this field. In Germany, bodies are tested and confirmed for their neutrality, qualification and organizational competence by the German Accreditation Body (DAkkS). This will also essentially affect quality assurance for structural concrete components, in the form of factory production control by...

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