MATtest Glasgow materials laboratory
MATtestGlasgow
MATtest publishes a construction materials laboratory at 10 Queenslie Point, Queenslie Industrial Estate, 120 Stepps Road, Glasgow, G33 3NQ. Its services include aggregates, bituminous mixtures, concrete, rock and soils. UKAS schedule 2643, issue 030 dated 11 November 2025, assigns laboratory activities to Glasgow code A and off-site concrete and soil work to X. Laboratory enquiries use lab@mattest.org or 0141 774 4032. Live register status was not independently established. Confirm the current scope and testing arrangements with the laboratory.
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Key facts
- Glasgow laboratory and contact
- The contact page identifies MATtest at 10 Queenslie Point, Queenslie Industrial Estate, 120 Stepps Road, Glasgow, G33 3NQ. It publishes lab@mattest.org for Laboratory Testing and 0141 774 4032 for telephone enquiries. General Enquiries use info@mattest.org.
- Construction materials testing
- The provider describes a purpose-built Glasgow laboratory offering soil, aggregate, concrete, rock and bituminous mixture testing. The dated UKAS schedule assigns these material groups to laboratory location A.
- Dated official scope
- The direct UKAS download is schedule 2643, issue 030 dated 11 November 2025, covering seven pages under ISO/IEC 17025:2017. The provider-linked copy is byte-identical. This dated scope does not independently establish live register status or subsequent scope changes.
Testing capabilities
Aggregate testing
A-coded entries include crushing and ten per cent fines values, dry and soaked impact values, frost heave, sieve particle-size distribution, flakiness and shape indices, Micro-Deval wear, Los Angeles fragmentation, loose bulk density and voids, water content, particle density and water absorption. The scope also lists abrasion, magnesium sulfate, drying shrinkage, chloride and sulfate methods with their individual conditions.
Bituminous mixture testing
For roads and paved areas, the dated A scope lists soluble binder content by difference using bottle rotation and pressure filtration, particle-size distribution, volumetric maximum density, dry/SSD/sealed-specimen bulk density, air voids and sample preparation. It also includes vibratory laboratory compaction and the hot sand adhesivity test on precoated chippings for HRA.
Concrete laboratory testing
The dated A entries cover hardened-concrete core and cube compressive strength, curing, shape and dimensions, and density. Making cubic strength specimens is coded A, X. Fresh-concrete sampling, slump and air content are X-coded site activities and require separate arrangements.
Rock testing
A-coded rock methods include uniaxial compressive strength and elastic modulus to ASTM D7012-23, with specimen end preparation to ASTM D4543-19. The scope also includes point load strength and anisotropy indices, water content by the listed ISRM method 1, and slake durability index.
Soil and geotechnical laboratory testing
A-coded soil methods include water content, liquid/plastic limits and plasticity index, density, particle-size distribution, loss on ignition, dissolved solids and pH. The scope lists compaction relationships, MCV, laboratory CBR, consolidation, direct shear and undrained triaxial methods. Its definitive and multistage BS 1377 triaxial rows exclude pore-pressure measurement. Separate BS EN ISO 17892 rows cover geotechnical soil methods, and an unbound/hydraulically bound mixture row specifies reference density and water content by vibrating hammer.
Equipment and published limits
| Specification | Published value | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| Aggregate crushing and ten per cent fines | Particle size 10 mm and greater | The A-coded crushing row uses BS 812-110:1990. Separate dry and soaked ten per cent fines rows use BS 812-111:1990. This is their particle-size condition, not a general laboratory sample limit. |
| Aggregate pyknometer methods | Separate particle ranges of 4–31.5 mm and 0.063–4 mm | Two A-coded BS EN 1097-6:2022 rows publish particle density and water absorption for these separate ranges. Do not combine them into a single method or machine-capacity envelope. |
| Soil compaction variants | 2.5 kg rammer, 4.5 kg rammer and vibrating hammer | The dated A scope lists these variants for dry-density/water-content relationships under BS 1377-2:2022. They are method choices, not combined test conditions or machine load capacities. |
| Earthworks friction and cohesion | 300 mm shearbox | This A-coded descriptor applies to effective internal friction and cohesion of earthworks materials under MCHW SHW, February 2016, clause 636. It is not a universal specimen limit for every direct-shear method. |
| Bituminous laboratory compaction | Vibratory compaction | The A-coded bituminous mixture method is BS EN 12697-32:2019. The reviewed sources do not establish an equipment model, specimen envelope or current throughput. |
Access and contact
Use lab@mattest.org for laboratory testing enquiries or call 0141 774 4032. The laboratory page invites enquiries for quotations, availability and further service information. The contact page separately assigns info@mattest.org to general enquiries and enquiries@mattest.org to site services. Confirm the material, method, testing location, applicable scope, sample preparation and lead time with the relevant team.
Facility contact
- Address
- 10 Queenslie Point, Queenslie Industrial Estate, 120 Stepps Road
Glasgow, G33 3NQ - lab@mattest.org
- Telephone
- 0141 774 4032
- Website
- Official test house website
Standards and accreditation
- UKAS 2643, dated location-specific scope
- The direct UKAS schedule names MATtest, number 2643, issue 030 dated 11 November 2025, accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 for the listed scope. A is the Glasgow laboratory and X is off-site concrete and soil work. The website also uses BS EN ISO/IEC 17025:2017 wording and states that accreditation is limited to activities on its schedule. Live register status was not independently established.
- Individual test methods and editions
- The dated scope assigns separate BS 812, BS EN 933/1097, BS EN 12697 and concrete method rows to their activities. Rock strength/modulus use ASTM D7012-23 and end preparation ASTM D4543-19. Soil rows distinguish BS 1377 and BS EN ISO 17892 methods. Each reference applies to its individual material, method, edition, conditions and location code.
What to confirm with the facility
- The retrieved schedule is dated 11 November 2025. Live register status and any later scope changes were not independently established. Confirm the current schedule before specifying accredited testing.
- Glasgow A and off-site X are separate allocations. Fresh-concrete sampling, slump and air content, and in-situ soil CBR, are X-coded. Making cubic strength specimens is A, X. This guide covers MATtest’s Glasgow laboratory and retains those distinctions.
- Published aggregate particle ranges, rammer masses, vibratory compaction and the 300 mm earthworks shearbox are individual method descriptors. They do not establish general facility limits, equipment capacity or suitability for every test.
- Confirm sample quantities and preparation, conditioning, test method and edition, uncertainty, reporting, availability, price and turnaround with the laboratory.
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 retrieved the current MATtest pages and both copies of UKAS schedule 2643 on 1 October 2026 in Europe/London. All seven schedule pages were extracted and visually checked for location allocation and method conditions. The direct UKAS and provider-linked PDFs are byte-identical issue 030 dated 11 November 2025. Live register status was not independently established. This guide retains Glasgow A activities, distinguishes off-site X activities and uses the published laboratory enquiry route.
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The homepage publishes construction materials laboratory testing and a separate site-testing service. It supplies provider context, without extending site activities to the Glasgow laboratory scope.
The page identifies MATtest and its purpose-built Glasgow laboratory and states BS EN ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation. Accreditation wording remains a provider statement alongside the dated official schedule.
The page publishes five material groups, a purpose-built Glasgow laboratory and quotation/availability enquiries. Its accreditation statement is limited by the published schedule disclaimer.
The Glasgow address and telephone are published. Laboratory Testing uses lab@mattest.org, General Enquiries use info@mattest.org and Site Services use enquiries@mattest.org. These routes retain their separate purposes.
The provider links its UKAS accreditation schedule. The linked November 2025 copy was retrieved and matched byte-for-byte to the direct UKAS download.
UKAS 2643 | Issue 030, 11 November 2025
The seven-page schedule assigns Glasgow laboratory location A and off-site concrete/soil location X. Issue 030 dated 11 November 2025 and individual method conditions are retained. Retrieval of the dated schedule does not independently establish live register status.
MATtest-linked UKAS 2643 | Issue 030, 11 November 2025
This provider-linked seven-page copy is byte-identical to the directly retrieved UKAS schedule. It is the same November 2025 issue, with the same A/X allocations and conditions.