Geolabs Watford Head Office and Main Laboratory
GeolabsWatford, Hertfordshire
UKAS Schedule 1982, issue 032 dated 17 September 2026, identifies Geolabs’s Watford laboratory at Bucknalls Lane, Garston. It separately identifies the Midlands laboratory. The schedule lists defined soil, rock, aggregate and unbound/hydraulically bound mixture entries marked Watford, including selected entries not allocated to Midlands; this guide confines technical claims to the Watford-coded entries.
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Key facts
- Current UKAS-listed Watford laboratory
- UKAS Schedule 1982, issue 032 dated 17 September 2026, identifies Geolabs at Bucknalls Lane, Garston, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 9XX as a laboratory location for mechanical and physical soil tests.
- Separate site allocations in the current schedule
- The schedule separately identifies the Midlands laboratory and assigns location codes to its detailed entries. This guide confines technical and accreditation claims to entries marked Watford, including selected entries not allocated to Midlands.
Testing capabilities
Selected Watford geotechnical soil-testing entries
UKAS Schedule 1982 lists defined Watford entries including isotropically and anisotropically consolidated triaxial compression, small and large shearbox, ring shear and triaxial permeability tests, as well as selected physical and classification soil tests.
Selected Watford rock, aggregate and mixture entries
The schedule lists Watford entries for selected rock characterisation and strength tests, aggregate particle-size distribution and particle density/water absorption, and selected unbound and hydraulically bound mixture compaction and CBR-related methods.
Equipment and published limits
| Specification | Published value | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| Selected current Watford rock-strength entries | The schedule lists Watford determination of point-load strength and anisotropy indices with loads from 2 kN to 55 kN, and unconfined compressive strength with loads from 10 kN to 2,000 kN. | These are selected current Schedule 1982 rock entries allocated to Watford. They are not a complete equipment inventory or universal capacity statement. Confirm the applicable rock, sample, test, standard, load range, condition, reporting, availability and terms directly with Geolabs. |
Access and contact
Geolabs’ current contact page lists Watford testing schedules at watford@geolabs.co.uk and +44 (0)1923 892 190, and identifies Bucknalls Lane, Garston, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 9XX. Treat these as information routes and confirm applicable site, scope, sample, test, availability, reporting, price and lead time directly with Geolabs.
Facility contact
- Address
- Bucknalls Lane, Garston
Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 9XX
United Kingdom - Telephone
- +44 (0)1923 892 190
- 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 Watford as a laboratory location for mechanical and physical soil tests. The schedule’s detailed entries are location-coded, so only entries marked Watford 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, load range, conditions, reporting, availability, price and lead time directly with Geolabs. Do not assume that any scope described for Watford applies 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 Watford site allocation, separate Midlands allocation, ISO/IEC 17025:2017 statement and defined Watford-coded soil, rock, aggregate and mixture entries; provider pages supply the public Watford 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 Watford 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 Watford 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 Watford laboratory location, ISO/IEC 17025:2017 statement, separate Midlands allocation and defined Watford-coded entries. The guide does not generalise the schedule beyond its listed location codes, activities, standards, test types, methods, conditions, exclusions and limits.