Chennai: The Construction Development and Innovation Center (CDIC) of building material manufacturer, Nuvoco Vistas Corp has received accreditation from the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL), the firm said.
CDIC can now conduct more than 100 mechanical tests, out of which, 55 tests come under the NABL accreditation; covering a range of materials including cement, fly ash, GGBS (Ground Granulated Blast-furnace Slag), concrete, aggregates, bricks, blocks, and construction chemicals, a release stated.
Chief of Strategy, IT, Marketing and Innovation, Madhumita Basu, said, ”CDIC is a customer interface zone, where we interact with our stakeholders and capture market expectations. It is a repository of in-depth technical knowledge and expertise on building materials; where our in-situ R&D team works in close collaboration with leading research institutes, schools and universities to facilitate progress in research and trigger the development of new systems and solutions that fit local market needs. The NABL accreditation will further enhance our abilities of offering quality testing services seamlessly to our customers.”
With the NABL accreditation, CDIC has commenced conducting five tests for one of the leading developers of residential, commercial and retail spaces in Mumbai, the release said.