Intertek Opens Building-Construction Lab in Fridley, Minnesota
02/20/2019
The facility is located in the Northern Stacks, a new industrial distribution and office/warehouse business park in Fridley. The expanded space will allow the group to offer customers in the building and construction industry systemic Assurance, Testing, Inspection and Certification solutions, underpinned by innovative technology and new capabilities, and backed by Intertek’s precision, speed and expertise.
Gavin Campbell, Senior Vice President at Intertek said, “Our mission at Intertek is to offer our customers Total Quality Assurance solutions through innovative services, experienced subject matter experts and state-of-the-art technology and equipment.”
“We’re thrilled to be opening a new, larger, cutting-edge facility in Minneapolis to bring our customers the best-in-class services they need to get their products to market quickly and efficiently,” he added.
In the expanded lab space, Intertek’s experts will offer a robust set of testing and certification services, including: full scale indoor mock-up capabilities, air/water/structural testing, impact and pressure cycle testing, air/water field testing, vertical façade/roof inspections, acoustical field testing, insulating glass testing, large- and small-scale environmental chamber testing, safety glass testing, thermal testing and thermal computer simulations.
The facility is accredited by the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA), International Accreditation Services (IAS), National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC), Safety Glazing Certification Council (SGCC), International Green Construction Code (IgCC), Miami-Dade County, Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) and the Florida Building Commission (FBC).
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