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The Building Test Centre East Leake laboratory

Saint-Gobain Construction Products UK LTD t/a The Building Test CentreLoughborough, Leicestershire

The Building Test Centre at East Leake is operated by Saint-Gobain Construction Products UK LTD. Current register 0296 and schedule issue 066 identify the laboratory as location A, with acoustic, fire, structural and physical testing of building materials and products. Field acoustic activities are separately coded B. Individual product, method and classification exclusions apply.

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Key facts

Exact laboratory and scope allocation
East Leake, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE12 6NP is schedule location A. Building and building-element field acoustic activities are location B and are separate from this laboratory scope.
Retained testing groups
Local scope covers laboratory sound insulation/absorption, specified fire resistance and reaction-to-fire tests, partition/racking tests and gypsum/product physical methods. Required product and method must match the schedule.
Published enquiry routes
Fire and reaction-to-fire: +44 115 945 1947. Acoustic, structural and physical: +44 115 945 1948. The owner offers a quote/question form. James.Lucas@saint-gobain.com and +44 115 945 1692 are schedule-published, with James Lucas listed without a verified present role.

Testing capabilities

Laboratory sound insulation and absorption

Location A lists airborne and floor-impact sound insulation, plus sound absorption to BS EN ISO 354:2003 using interrupted noise only. The BS EN ISO 10140-1:2021 airborne product scope excludes annexes B, C, D, E and I for doors, windows, glazing, small technical elements and shutters. Field acoustic work is separately coded B.

Specified building-system fire resistance

Location A lists fire resistance for specified walls/partitions, floors/flat roofs, beams, doors/shutters, glazing, ceilings, penetration seals and protective membranes. ASTM E119 excludes the hose-stream test. BS EN 13381-4:2013 excludes loaded-column testing. Fire classifications and extended applications remain subject to the schedule’s recognised DIAP/EXAP conditions.

Reaction to fire and classification

Location A lists BS EN 13823:2020+A1:2022 single-burning-item testing excluding floorings, BS EN ISO 11925-2:2020, BS EN ISO 1716:2018 and BS EN ISO 1182:2020. Reaction classification uses BS EN 13501-1:2018 with the schedule’s recognised field-of-application limits. No expert-judgement or blanket approval outcome is inferred.

Partition and wall structural testing

Location A lists BS 5234 Part 2:1992 partition stiffness, impact, door slamming, crowd pressure and specified anchorage tests. Uniformly distributed load uses documented in-house method UDL AP 085. Load-bearing wall racking is listed to BS EN 594:2011. No quantitative load capacity is verified.

Gypsum and product physical tests

Location A lists specific physical clauses for gypsum plasterboard, mat-reinforced gypsum boards and gypsum fibre boards, including dimensions, flexural/load behaviour, water absorption and hardness. Shear and density apply where listed for the exact product. Paper/board grammage uses BS EN ISO 536:2020. These are product-specific methods, without complete-standard approval.

Equipment and published limits

Public information not available. Contact test facility provider for more information.

Access and contact

Use the owner’s departmental phones or quote/question form to discuss the product, assembly, test method and required report. Fire/reaction-to-fire use +44 115 945 1947, and acoustic/structural/physical use +44 115 945 1948. The schedule also publishes James.Lucas@saint-gobain.com and +44 115 945 1692, without a present-role claim. Agree East Leake laboratory delivery or separately scoped field work, preparation and current availability.

Facility contact

Address
East Leake
Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 6NP
United Kingdom

Standards and accreditation

UKAS 0296 and ISO/IEC 17025:2017
The current exact register identifies Saint-Gobain Construction Products UK LTD t/a The Building Test Centre. Schedule issue 066 is dated 1 October 2025. Location A is the East Leake laboratory, and B is field acoustic activity at buildings. No unrelated site or mirror-status claim is retained.
Laboratory acoustic methods
Local references include BS EN ISO 354:2003 interrupted-noise only, BS EN ISO 10140-2:2021 and BS EN ISO 717-1:2020 for airborne sound, and BS EN ISO 10140-3:2021 with BS EN ISO 717-2:2020 for floor impact. The stated product/annex exclusions apply.
Fire product and classification boundaries
Exact fire rows include BS EN 1365-1:2012 walls, 1365-2:2014 floors, 1365-3:2000 beams, 1634-1:2014+A1:2018 doors/shutters, 1364-1:2015 glazing, 1364-2:2018 ceiling membranes and 1366-3:2021+A1:2024 penetration seals. ASTM E119 excludes hose stream. Fire classifications use BS EN 13501-2:2023 or 13501-1:2018 within recognised DIAP/EXAP conditions and exclude individual expert judgements.
Reaction methods and withdrawn editions
BS EN 13823:2020+A1:2022 excludes floorings. The schedule lists BS EN ISO 11925-2:2020, 1716:2018 and 1182:2020, plus BS EN 13238:2010 conditioning. Older BS EN ISO 1716:2010 and BS EN 1363-1:2012 are explicitly marked withdrawn. Required edition and scope need agreement.
Structural and product-specific methods
Partition tests use BS 5234 Part 2:1992, UDL uses in-house AP 085, and racking uses BS EN 594:2011. Gypsum plasterboard uses listed clauses of BS EN 520:2004+A1:2009. Mat-reinforced and fibre boards use separate BS EN 15283-1:2008+A1:2009 and 15283-2:2008+A1:2009 rows. Paper/board grammage uses BS EN ISO 536:2020.

What to confirm with the facility

  • Match the test to location A laboratory scope or separately coded B field activity. Confirm the product, assembly and exact method rather than assuming all building elements are covered.
  • Acoustic exclusions apply to the listed BS EN ISO 10140 annexes and ISO 354 interrupted-noise method. Fire testing excludes the ASTM E119 hose-stream test and BS EN 13381-4 loaded-column testing. Single-burning-item scope excludes floorings.
  • Fire classification must use the schedule’s recognised DIAP/EXAP basis. Individual expert judgements are outside that entry. Agree any withdrawn edition and required classification or reporting before testing.
  • Provide product drawings, dimensions, construction/material details, specimen quantity, installation and conditioning requirements, target method, acceptance criteria and reporting needs.

Before requesting a test

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Frequently asked questions

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Further reading

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Sources and review

Reviewed by Arc on 1 October 2026 in Europe/London using four fresh official captures. Exact testing register 0296 and the eight-page schedule confirm the operator and East Leake laboratory A, with field acoustics B separately allocated. Every complete PDF page was extracted, rendered and visually inspected. Issue 066 and PDF creation/modification are dated 1 October 2025, distinct from the actual review. Five local method groups retain acoustic annex/technique exclusions, fire hose-stream/loaded-column/flooring exclusions, withdrawn references, product-specific clauses and recognised DIAP/EXAP classification limits. No equipment capacities or individual expert-judgement outcomes are inferred. Current owner departmental phones/form and schedule James Lucas contact are qualified, with protected owner email not decoded. Original titles, canonicals, publisher dates, bodies, headers and provenance are retained. Prior schedule bytes are identical. The prior homepage differs in raw bytes, so corroboration is limited to the exact retained visible excerpts and matching publisher metadata. Imported mirror status and coordinates are cleared.

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  1. Homepage - The Building Test Centre

    The Building Test Centre · Reviewed

    Owner identifies East Leake centre and five testing-service groups. Exact site allocations, methods and exclusions follow the current official schedule. No chamber/furnace capacity figures retained.

  2. Contact Us - The Building Test Centre

    The Building Test Centre · Reviewed

    Owner publishes fire/reaction-to-fire phone1947, acoustic/structural/physical phone1948 and quote/question form. Protected email is not decoded. Schedule email/contact is separately retained, without a present-role or booking guarantee.

  3. Search UKAS accredited organisations

    United Kingdom Accreditation Service · Reviewed

    Exact Saint-Gobain Construction Products UK LTD t/a The Building Test Centre Testing Laboratories0296 block confirms East Leake LE126NP and1692phone. Unrelated search results and organisation-selector entries are excluded. No imported mirror status used.

  4. 0296Testing Multiple

    United Kingdom Accreditation Service · Reviewed

    Issue066 dated1October2025, eight complete pages inspected. LocationA is EastLeake laboratory, B field acoustic work at buildings. Retained guide claims localA scope only, with specific acoustic/fire/product exclusions and DIAP/EXAP classification limits. No furnace/chamber capacities, whole-product certificate or individual expert judgement inferred.