Geolabs Midlands Laboratory
GeolabsColeshill, North Warwickshire
UKAS Schedule 1982, issue 032 dated 17 September 2026, identifies Geolabs’s Midlands Office at Albany House in Coleshill as a site for mechanical and physical soil tests. It separately identifies the Watford laboratory. The schedule lists selected soil-testing entries allocated to Midlands, while reserving others to Watford; this guide confines technical claims to the Midlands-coded entries.
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Key facts
- Current UKAS-listed Midlands laboratory
- UKAS Schedule 1982, issue 032 dated 17 September 2026, identifies Geolabs’s Midlands Office at Albany House, Station Road, Coleshill, North Warwickshire, B46 1HT as a laboratory location for mechanical and physical soil tests.
- Separate site allocations in the current schedule
- The schedule separately identifies the Watford laboratory and assigns location codes to its detailed entries. This guide confines technical and accreditation claims to entries marked Midlands, not entries marked Watford only.
Testing capabilities
Selected ISO geotechnical soil-testing entries at Midlands
UKAS Schedule 1982 lists water content, two bulk-density methods, particle density by fluid pycnometer, particle-size distribution by sieving/pipette and hydrometer methods, incremental-loading oedometer testing, unconfined compression, and unconsolidated-undrained triaxial testing at Midlands.
Selected civil-engineering soil-testing entries at Midlands
The schedule lists liquid and plastic limits, plasticity and liquidity indices, moisture content, wet/dry-sieving and sedimentation particle-size methods, 2.5 kg and 4.5 kg rammer moisture/density relationships, CBR and soaked-CBR swelling, MCV entries, one-dimensional consolidation, unconfined compressive strength, undrained triaxial shear strength and uniformity coefficient at Midlands.
Equipment and published limits
| Specification | Published value | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| Selected Midlands hydrometer entry | Particle-size distribution by hydrometer method under BS EN ISO 17892-4:2016 is listed at Midlands; the corresponding civil-engineering sedimentation hydrometer method under BS 1377-2:2022 is also listed at Midlands. | These are selected current Schedule 1982 entries allocated to the Midlands site. They are not a complete equipment inventory or universal capacity statement. Confirm the applicable sample, material, test, standard, method, conditions, reporting, availability and terms directly with Geolabs. |
Access and contact
Geolabs’ current contact page lists Midlands testing schedules at midlands@geolabs.co.uk and +44 (0)121 296 4600, and identifies Albany House, Station Road, Coleshill, North Warwickshire, B46 1HT. Treat these as information routes and confirm applicable site, scope, sample, test, availability, reporting, price and lead time directly with Geolabs.
Facility contact
- Address
- Albany House, Station Road
Coleshill, North Warwickshire, B46 1HT
United Kingdom - Telephone
- +44 (0)121 296 4600
- Website
- Official test house website
Standards and accreditation
- UKAS Schedule 1982, ISO/IEC 17025:2017
- UKAS Schedule 1982, issue 032 dated 17 September 2026, states ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation for Geolabs and identifies Midlands as a laboratory location for mechanical and physical soil tests. The schedule’s detailed entries are location-coded, so only entries marked Midlands are represented in this guide. Confirm the applicable current scope directly with Geolabs.
What to confirm with the facility
- Confirm the exact current laboratory site, material, sample, test, standard and edition, method, conditions, reporting, availability, price and lead time directly with Geolabs. Do not assume that entries allocated to Watford only apply at Midlands.
Before requesting a test
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Frequently asked questions
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Related testing facilities
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Further reading
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Sources and review
Arc reviewed Geolabs’ current home and contact pages and UKAS Schedule 1982, issue 032 dated 17 September 2026. The schedule supplies the Midlands site allocation, separate Watford allocation, ISO/IEC 17025:2017 statement and defined Midlands-coded soil entries; provider pages supply the public Midlands information route. Confirm the exact current location, scope, sample configuration and terms directly with Geolabs.
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Geolabs | Soils, rocks and aggregates laboratory
Geolabs’ current homepage is used for the published Midlands identity and information-route context. The guide relies on current UKAS Schedule 1982 for detailed site-coded scope and does not use provider-wide testing language to expand it.
Geolabs’ current contact page is used for the Midlands address, email and telephone information routes. It does not establish the independent current UKAS scope, booking, availability, capacity, price, lead time or acceptance of a particular programme.
UKAS Schedule 1982, issue 032 dated 17 September 2026, is used for the Midlands laboratory location, ISO/IEC 17025:2017 statement, separate Watford allocation and defined Midlands-coded soil entries. The guide does not generalise the schedule beyond its listed location codes, activities, standards, test types, methods, conditions, exclusions and limits.