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PROFILE CONTENTS
Laboratory Information
Primary Line of Business
Organization Chart
Scope of Work
Certification
Quality Policy
TORCH MATERIAL TESTING LAB
Laboratory Information
Phone: 44607061/77899941
Email: [email protected], [email protected]
Website: www.torch.qa
Contact Person: Hamad Al Athba-General Manager, [email protected]
Industrial Area St 17 Gate 166, Block E, Doha-Qatar, P.O. Box: 15673
Primary Line of Business
Torch Material Testing Lab with expert Qatari management in Qatar Standards for nearly 22 years in laboratories, specifications and application of accreditation performs testing of various building materials such as Concrete, Cement, Soil, Aggregate, Masonry Blocks, Paving Units, and Water Physical Chemical and Microbiology for all. It also performs tests for different materials used for Road Constructions according to Qatar Construction Specifications and ISO 17025-2017. Torch has advanced equipment, internal calibration, developed software for customer service and testing procedure and expert technicians to work on customer tests accurately and Proficiently.
Our Vision
Achieving Qatar Vision 2030 to develop material testing techniques implemented in Qatar projects in compliance with international standards.
We look forward to serving the companies that carry out Ashghal projects and other governmental and private entities and cooperating with other laboratories.
Organization Chart
General Manager
Administrator
Procurement Incharge
IT
PRO
Drivers
Helpers
Accontant
HR
Reception
Quality Manager
Data Entry/ArchiveQA/Document
Controller
Physical Lab Incharge
Asphalt Sr.Technician & Asst.Technicians
Concrete & Cement Sr.Technician & Asst.Technicians
Soil & Aggregate Sr.Technician & Asst.Technicians
Chemical Lab Incharge
Water Sr.Technician & Asst.Technicians
Soil Sr.Technician & Asst.Technicians
Microboilogy Sr.Technician & Asst.Technicians
Technical Manager
Scope of Work
NO CATEGORY TEST LIST REFERENCE STANDARD
1 Soil Test Methods for Laboratory Determination of Water (Moisture) Content of Soil and Rock by Mass
ASTM D2216
2 Soil Standard Test Methods for Particle- Size Distribution (Gradation) of Soils Using Sieve Analysis
ASTM D6913
3 Soil Standard Test Methods for Determining the Amount of Material Finer than 75-μm (No. 200) Sieve in Soils by Washing
ASTM D1140
4 Soil Standard Test Methods for Liquid Limit, Plastic Limit, and Plasticity Index of Soils
ASTM D4318
5 Soil Standard Test Methods for Laboratory Compaction Characteristics of Soil Using Modified Effort (56,000 ft-lbf/ft3 (2,700 kN-m/m3))
ASTM D1557
6 Soil Standard Test Method for CBR (California Bearing Ratio) of Laboratory -Compacted Soils
ASTM D1883
7 Soil Standard Test Method for Sand Equivalent Value of Soils and Fine Aggregate
ASTM D2419
8 Soil Standard Test Method for Density and Unit Weight of Soil in Place by the Sand-Cone Method
ASTM D1556
9 Soil Standard Test Method for Flexural Strength of Soil-Cement Using Simple Beam with Third-Point Loading
ASTM D1635 / D1635M - 12
10 Soil Determination of Liquid Limit (Cone Penetrometer) BS EN ISO 17892
Sec: 4.2&5.3&6.2 -18
11 Soil Methods of test for soils for civil engineering purposes. Classification tests. Liquid Limit (Casagrande)
BS EN ISO 17892 Sec.4.3&5.4&6.3 -18
12 Soil Methods of test for soils for civil engineering purposes. Classification tests.Plastic Limit & Plasticity Index
BS EN ISO 17892 Sec.4.4&5.5&6.4&6.5
-18
13 Soil Dry Density/Moisture Content Relationship BS 1377 Part 4:
Sec.3.5/3.6: 1990
14 Soil Determination of Organic Matter Content BS 1377 Part 3:Sec.4: 18
15 soil Soils for engineering purposes Part 3: Chemical and electrochemical Tests. Determination of pH Value
BS 1377-3 Sec.12: 18
16 Soil Methods of test of soils for civil engineering purposes. Chemical and electrochemical tests: Determination of water soluble chloride
BS 1377- 3: Sec. 9.2: 18
17 Soil Methods of test of soils for civil engineering purposes. Chemical and electrochemical tests: Determination of Acid Soluble Chloride Content
BS 1377 Part 3: clause 9.3
18 Soil Methods of test of soils for civil engineering purposes. Chemical and electrochemical tests: Determination of water soluble sulphate
BS 1377 Part 3: clause 7.1/ 7.3 / 7.6
19 Soil Methods of test of soils for civil engineering purposes. Chemical and electrochemical tests: Determination of Acid Soluble Sulphate Content
BS 1377 Part 3: clause 7.6/ 7.9
20 Soil Determination of pH values of soil BS 1377 Part 3:
clause 12
21 Aggregate Standard Practice for Sampling Aggregates ASTM D75/D75M
NO CATEGORY TEST LIST REFERENCE STANDARD
22 Aggregate Standard Practice for Reducing Samples of Aggregate to Testing Size
ASTM C702/C702M
23 Aggregate Standard Test Method for Sieve Analysis of Fine and Coarse Aggregates
ASTM C136
24 Aggregate Standard Test Method for Materials Finer than 75-μm (No.200) Sieve in Mineral Aggregates by Washing
ASTM C117
25 Aggregate Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density (Specific Gravity), and Absorption of Fine Aggregate
ASTM C128
26 Aggregate Standard Test Method for Density, Relative Density (Specific Gravity), and Absorption of Coarse Aggregate
ASTM C127
27 Aggregate Standard Test Method for Clay Lumps and Friable Particles in Aggregates
ASTM C142/C142M
28 Aggregate Test Method for Lightweight Pieces in Aggregate ASTM C123
29 Aggregate Test Method for Organic Impurities in Fine Aggregates for Concrete
ASTM C40
30 Aggregate Test Method for Resistance to Degradation of Small-Size Coarse Aggregate by Abrasion and Impact in the Los Angeles Machine
ASTM C131
31 Aggregate Standard Test Method for Resistance to Degradation of Large Size Coarse Aggregate by Abrasion and Impact in the Los Angeles Machine
ASTM C535
32 Aggregate Test Method for Soundness of Aggregates by Use of Sodium Sulphate or Magnesium Sulphate.
ASTM C88
33 Aggregate Tests for general properties of aggregates. Methods for sampling
BSEN 932 part 1.
34 Aggregate Testing aggregates. Methods for determination of moisture content
BS 812 Part 109: Sec.6
35 Aggregate Tests for mechanical and physical properties of aggregates Determination of particle density and water absorption
BS EN 1097-6: 13
36 Aggregate Tests for geometrical properties of aggregates. Determination of particle size distribution. Sieving method
BS EN 933 Part 1:12
37 Aggregate Tests for geometrical properties of aggregates. Determination of particle size distribution. Sieving method (Wet)
BS EN 933 Part 1:12
38 Aggregate Tests for geometrical properties of aggregates. Determination of particle size distribution. Sieving method (Dry)
BS EN 933 Part 1:12
39 Aggregate Tests for geometrical properties of aggregates. Determination of particle size distribution. Sieving method (Wet), Material Finer than 0.075 mm
BS EN 933 Part 1:12
40 Aggregate Tests for geometrical properties of aggregates. Determination of particle size distribution. Sieving method (Wet), Material Finer than 0.063 mm
BS EN 933 Part 1:12
41 Aggregate Tests for Geometrical Properties of Aggregates (Determination of Particle Shape - Flakiness Index)
BS EN 933 Part 3:12
42 Aggregate Tests for Geometrical Properties of Aggregates (Determination of Particle Shape - Shape Index)
BS EN 933 Part 4: 08
43 Aggregate Tests for chemical properties of aggregates. Determination of acid soluble chloride salts
BS EN 1744 Part 5: 06
NO CATEGORY TEST LIST REFERENCE STANDARD
44 Aggregate Tests for chemical properties of aggregates, Chemical analysis: Determination of Water-Soluble Chloride using Volhard’s method
BS EN 1744-1 Clause 7.12009
+A1.2012
45 Aggregate Tests for chemical properties of aggregates, Chemical analysis: Determination of Acid Soluble Sulphate Content
BS EN 1744 Part 1 2009 +A1.2012cl.12
46 Aggregate Tests for chemical properties of aggregates, Chemical analysis: Determination of water-soluble sulphate in natural and manufactured
BS EN 1744-1 Clause 10.12009 +
A1.2012
47 Aggregate Determination of Aggregate Crushing Value BS 812 Part 110
48 Aggregate Determination of Ten Percent Fines Value BS 812 Part 111
49 Aggregate Determination of resistance to fragmentation by the Los Angeles test method
BS EN 1097-2 Sec.5:10
50 Aggregate Determination of resistance to fragmentation by the impact test method
BS EN 1097-2 Sec.6 :10
51 Aggregate Tests for geometrical properties of aggregates. Assessment of fines. Methylene blue test
BS EN 933- 9: 2009+ A1: 2013
52 Concrete Standard Practice for Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens in the Field
ASTM C31/ C31M
53 Concrete Standard Practice for Sampling Freshly Mixed Concrete ASTM C172
54 Concrete Standard Test Method for Temperature of Freshly Mixed Hydraulic-Cement Concrete
ASTM C1064/C1064M
55 Concrete Standard Test Method for Slump of Hydraulic Cement Concrete
ASTM C143/C143M
56 Concrete Standard Test Method for Compressive Strength of Cylindrical Concrete Specimen
ASTM C39/C39M
57 Concrete Electrical Indication of Concrete's Ability to Resist Chloride Ion Penetration (RCPT)
ASTM C1202
58 Concrete Standard Test Method for Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Pressure Method
ASTM C231/C231M
59 Concrete Standard Test Method for Density (Unit Weight), Yield, and Air Content (Gravimetric) of Concrete
ASTM C138
60 Concrete Testing fresh concrete. Sampling BS EN 12350-1: 09
61 Concrete Testing hardened concrete. Making and curing specimens for strength tests
BS EN 12390-2: 09
62 Concrete Testing fresh concrete. Slump-test BS EN 12350-2:09
63 Concrete Testing Fresh Concrete. Flow table test BS EN 12350-5:09
64 Concrete Testing hardened concrete. Shape, dimensions and other requirements for specimens and moulds
BS EN 12390-1:2012
65 Concrete Testing hardened concrete. Compressive strength of test specimen
BS EN 12390-3:2009
66 Concrete Testing hardened concrete. Density of hardened concrete BS EN 12390-7:2009
67 Concrete Testing concrete in structures Cored specimens. Taking, examining and testing in compression
BS EN 12504-1:2009
68 Concrete Testing hardened concrete. Depth of penetration of water under pressure (Water Penetration Test)
BS EN 12390-8:2009
69 Concrete Testing concrete. Method for determination of water absorption
BS 1881-122:2011
70 Concrete Testing concrete. Recommendations for the determination of the initial surface absorption of concrete
BS 1881-208:1996
NO CATEGORY TEST LIST REFERENCE STANDARD
71 Concrete Chloride Migration Coefficient from non-steady-state Migration experiments
NT Build 492
72 Concrete Testing concrete. Methods for analysis of hardened concrete: Acid Soluble Chloride in Concrete
BS 1881 Part124:2015: Clause:12.1
73 Concrete Testing concrete. Methods for analysis of hardened concrete Acid Soluble Sulphate in Concrete
BS 1881 Part 124 :2015: Clause:12.2
74 Concrete Standard Test Method for Flexural Strength of Concrete (Using Simple Beam with Third-Point Loading)
ASTM C78/C78M-10
75 Concrete Standard Test Method for Rebound Number of Hardened Concrete
ASTM C805
76 Masonry Blocks &
Paving units
Methods of test for masonry units. Determination of compressive strength
BS EN 772- 1:2011+A1:2015
77 Masonry Blocks &
Paving units
Concrete paving blocks. Requirements and test methods: Tensile Strength of Paving Blocks
BS EN 1388:2003
78 Masonry Blocks &
Paving units
Standard Test Methods for Sampling and Testing Concrete Masonry Units and Related Units: Water Absorption for Interlocks
ASTM C140/C140M:18a
79 Masonry Blocks &
Paving units
Concrete paving blocks. Requirements and test methods: Determination of total Water Absorption
BS EN 1338 Annexe E :2003
80 Cement Methods of testing cement. Methods of taking and preparing samples of cement
BS EN 196-7:2007
81 Cement Methods of testing cement. Determination of setting times and soundness: Setting time test
BS EN 196-3:2016
82 Cement Methods of testing cement. Determination of setting times and soundness: Soundness test
BS EN 196-3:2016
83 Cement Standard Test Methods for Time of Setting of Hydraulic Cement by Vicat Needle
ASTM C191:18a
84 Cement Standard Test Method for Amount of Water Required for Normal Consistency of Hydraulic Cement Paste
ASTM C187:16
85 Cement Methods of testing cement. Determination of fineness BS EN 196-6:2018
86 Cement Standard Test Method for Compressive Strength of Hydraulic Cement Mortars (Using 2-in. or [50-mm] Cube Specimens)
ASTM C 109
87 Asphalt Standard test method for Density of semi solid bituminous materials (Pycnometer method)
ASTM D70
88 Asphalt Standard Practice for Sampling Bituminous Paving Mixtures ASTM D979
89 Asphalt Standard Practice for Sampling Compacted Bituminous Mixtures for Laboratory Testing (Asphalt Core)
ASTM D5361/D5361M:16
90 Asphalt Standard Practice for Preparation of bituminous specimens using Marshall apparatus
ASTM D6926
91 Asphalt Standard test method for Bulk specific gravity and density of nonabsorptive compacted bituminous mixtures
ASTM D2726
92 Asphalt Standard Test Method for Theoretical Maximum specific gravity and density of Bituminous Paving Mixtures
ASTM D2041
NO CATEGORY TEST LIST REFERENCE STANDARD
93 Asphalt Standard Test Methods for Quantitative extraction of bitumen from bituminous paving mixture
ASTM D2172
94 Asphalt Standard Specification for Mineral Filler For Bituminous Paving Mixtures
ASTM D242
95 Asphalt Standard Test Method for Mechanical Sieve Analysis of Extracted Aggregate
ASTM D 5444
96 Asphalt Standard Test Method for Marshall stability and flow of asphalt mixture
ASTM D 6927
97 Asphalt Standard Test Method for Resistance to Plastic Flow of Bituminous Mixtures Using Marshall Apparatus (6-inch Diameter Specimen)
ASTM D5581
98 Asphalt Standard Test Method for Softening Point of Bitumen (Ring-and-Ball Apparatus)
ASTM D36
99 Asphalt Standard Test method for Flash and Fire Points by Cleveland Open Cup tester
ASTM D92 -5A
100 Asphalt Standard Test Method for Penetration of Bituminous Materials
ASTM D5 / D5M
101 Asphalt Viscosity Determination of Asphalt at Elevated Temperatures Using a Rotational Viscometer
ASTM D4402 / D4402M
102 Asphalt Standard Test Method for Thickness or Height of Compacted Asphalt Mixture Specimens
ASTM D3549/ D3549M -2018
103 Asphalt Bituminous mixtures. Test methods. Temperature measurement
BS EN 12697-13:2017
104 Asphalt Bitumen and bituminous binders. Determination of needle penetration
BS EN 1426:2015, BS 2000-49:2015
105 Microbiology Determination of Fecal Coliform (Multiple Tube Fermentation Technique)
APHA 9221 E
106 Microbiology Determination of Total Coliform (Multiple Tube Fermentation Technique)
APHA 9221 B
107 Microbiology Determination of Escherichia Coli (Multiple Tube Fermentation Technique)
APHA 9221 F
108 Microbiology Total Coliform and E. coli (Enzyme substrate Method) APHA 9223 B
109 Microbiology Determination of Fecal coliform (Enzyme substrate Method) APHA 9223 B
110 Microbiology Heterotrophic plate count (Enzyme substrate Method) APHA 9215 E
111 Water pH Value of Water (Electrometric method) APHA 4500 H+B
112 Water Chloride Ion Content of Water APHA 4500 cl-B
113 Water pH Value of Water (Electrometric method) BS 1377-3:2018:sec
12
114 Water Sulphate content of Water BS 1377-3:2018:sec
7.6/ 7.8
115 Water Total Dissolved Solids of Water BS 1377-3:2018:sec
11
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Certification
Quality Policy
Torch Material Testing Lab confirms its commitment to quality and professional practice in testing to serve its clients. Torch Lab is committed to meeting customer requirements and enhancing customer satisfaction through continual improvement of its services and the management system.
Torch Material Lab will provide adequate procedures to its employees that satisfy standards acceptable to most industrial entities.
We will strive to improve the quality of our services in construction material testing and to constantly satisfy the expectations of our customers and relevant agencies. We are dedicated to servicing our customers, continuing management improvement and delivering our services in a timely manner at suitable prices.
This policy will be evaluated at least once a year during the management review to confirm that the suitability and effectiveness of this policy is being met. It is the Quality Managers responsibility to ensure that all personnel concerned with testing activities within the laboratory familiarize themselves with the quality documentation and implement the policies and procedures in their work.
The Senior Management and Staff of Torch Lab also undertake to ensure that all activities are conducted in strict accordance with company documented procedures and comply with the requirements of the ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Standard, and continually improve the effectiveness of the management system.
