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Simtec East Goscote materials testing laboratory

Simtec Materials TestingEast Goscote, Leicestershire

Simtec Materials Testing operates the East Goscote laboratory identified as Leicester in UKAS schedule 10108. Current issue 023 allocates specified aggregate, bituminous-material, concrete and soil tests to Units 72, 113, 114 and 116, The Burrows. Other laboratories and activities coded Site have separate allocations and are not treated as East Goscote laboratory methods.

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Key facts

Exact Leicester laboratory
Units 72, 113, 114 and 116, The Burrows, East Goscote Industrial Estate, East Goscote LE7 3XD. This is the Leicester location in the current schedule and HQ Leicester on the owner contact page. The register and schedule header identify Unit 116, while the repeated owner footer uses the shorter 72, 113, 116 list.
Current method-by-location scope
UKAS 10108, ISO/IEC 17025:2017, issue 023 dated 17 July 2026. The 16-page schedule allocates each row by laboratory or Site code. Only rows carrying Leicester are presented as local laboratory testing here.
Published enquiry
Current owner phone +44 116 3196100, info@simtec-mt.co.uk and an enquiry form. The July 2026 schedule separately lists Don Strang and don@simtec-mt.co.uk, without an independently verified present role.

Testing capabilities

Scheduled Leicester aggregate tests

Local rows include sample reduction under BS EN 932-2:1999, sieving under BS EN 933-1:2012, flakiness under BS EN 933-3:2012, recycled-aggregate classification under BS EN 933-11:2009 and Los Angeles fragmentation under BS EN 1097-2:2020, including Annex A. Water content uses BS EN 1097-5:2008. Pyknometer density/water absorption uses BS EN 1097-6:2022 for 0.063–4 mm and 4–31.5 mm fractions. Magnesium sulphate uses BS EN 1367-2:2009 and uniformity coefficient uses BS EN 14688-2:2018. These are Leicester rows, without transferring other-site aggregate methods.

Scheduled Leicester bituminous-material tests

Local rows include needle penetration at 25°C under BS EN 1426:2024, ring-and-ball softening under BS EN 1427:2015, recovery under BS EN 12697-3:2013+A1:2018 and specified binder-content procedures under BS EN 12697-1:2020. Leicester grading uses BS EN 12697-2:2015+A1:2019. Density, voids and refusal-density rows use BS EN 12697-5:2018, -6:2020, -8:2018 and -9:2002. Preparation, specimen dimensions, vibratory compaction and destructive pavement thickness use -28:2020, -29:2020, -32:2019 and -36:2022 respectively. Site-only sampling and temperature measurements are separate.

Scheduled Leicester concrete laboratory tests

Local fresh-concrete rows include making/curing under BS EN 12390-2:2019, flow table under BS EN 12350-5:2019 and pressure-gauge air content under BS EN 12350-7:2019. Hardened-concrete rows include cube compression under BS EN 12390-3:2019 with shape/curing under -1:2021 and -2:2019, density under -7:2019+AC2020, flexural strength under -5:2019, tensile splitting under -6:2023, core examination/compression under BS EN 12504-1:2019 and initial surface absorption under BS 1881-208:1996. Taking cores, slump and self-compacting-concrete tests coded Site are separate.

Scheduled Leicester soils and bound-mixture tests

Local soil rows cover water content under BS EN ISO 17892-1:2014+A1:2022, wet/dry/hydrometer grading under -4:2016, limits/plasticity under -12:2018+A2:2022 and unconsolidated undrained triaxial compression under -8:2018. Version-specific BS 1377 rows cover classification, density, compaction, MCV, CBR and triaxial methods, with 1990 and 2022 editions retained separately. Local mixture rows list reference density/water content under BS EN 13286-4:2021, CBR/bearing index/swelling under BS EN 13286-47:2021, specimen manufacture under -51:2004 and curing under BS EN 14227-1:2013. Direct-shear and mixture cubic-compression rows allocated to other sites are not transferred.

Equipment and published limits

Published equipment limits and conditions
SpecificationPublished valueConditions
Aggregate pyknometer method fractions0.063–4 mm and 4–31.5 mmExact Leicester fractions for particle density and water absorption under BS EN 1097-6:2022. These are method fractions, without establishing a general specimen, apparatus or sieve capacity.
Bitumen penetration condition25°CExact Leicester needle-penetration condition under BS EN 1426:2024. This does not establish a laboratory temperature range.
Soil compaction method conditions2.5 kg and 4.5 kg rammersExact Leicester dry-density/water-content relationships appear under BS 1377-4:1990 and BS 1377-2:2022. These method conditions do not establish apparatus counts or a general loading capacity.

Access and contact

Use the owner enquiry form, +44 116 3196100 or info@simtec-mt.co.uk for the Leicester headquarters. The schedule dated 17 July 2026 separately lists Don Strang and don@simtec-mt.co.uk, without independent present-role verification. Agree the exact method and edition, Leicester laboratory versus Site work, sample condition, preparation, quantities, reporting and programme. Confirm delivery and access arrangements before sending materials.

Facility contact

Address
Units 72, 113, 114 and 116, The Burrows, East Goscote Industrial Estate
East Goscote, Leicestershire, LE7 3XD
United Kingdom

Standards and accreditation

UKAS 10108, ISO/IEC 17025:2017
Current issue 023 dated 17 July 2026 uses location codes for each method. Leicester identifies the East Goscote units. Brandon, Antrim, Newtownbutler, Kilkelly and Site activities have separate allocations, so accreditation is not transferred between locations or to the wider group network.
Aggregate and bituminous method editions
Exact local aggregate methods include BS EN 1097-6:2022 pyknometer fractions and BS EN 14688-2:2018 uniformity coefficient. Local bituminous grading retains BS EN 12697-2:2015+A1:2019, while the 2024 grading edition in other location rows is not substituted. BS EN 1426:2024 needle penetration is at 25°C. Each procedure and edition must match its Leicester row.
Concrete method restrictions
Leicester tensile splitting uses BS EN 12390-6:2023 and initial surface absorption uses BS 1881-208:1996. Other local concrete methods retain the exact editions stated in their rows. Slump flow, V-funnel, L-box, site coring, carbonation and pile-integrity activities carrying Site are separate from this laboratory scope, and other-site water absorption is not transferred.
Soil and mixture method editions
Local ISO 17892 rows retain parts -1:2014+A1:2022, -4:2016, -12:2018+A2:2022 and -8:2018. BS 1377-1:2016, -2:1990, -4:1990, -7:1990 and -2:2022 apply to their stated Leicester properties. Local mixture methods retain BS EN 13286-4:2021, BS EN 13286-47:2021, -51:2004 and BS EN 14227-1:2013. The other-site BS EN 13286-41:2021 cubic-compression row is not allocated here.

What to confirm with the facility

  • Confirm the exact method and location code. Other laboratories and Site-only activities in the multiple-location schedule do not become East Goscote laboratory tests. The shorter repeated owner footer does not establish closure of Unit 114.
  • Confirm the method edition and conditions. Leicester bituminous grading, concrete tensile splitting and initial surface absorption have specific published editions. Aggregate fractions, needle-test temperature and rammer masses do not establish machine capacities or equipment counts.
  • Confirm numerical apparatus, specimen and reporting limits with the provider. Concrete tensile splitting does not establish general metallic-material tensile testing, and direct-shear, rock and other-site mixture-compression rows are not allocated to this laboratory.
  • Provide material type, quantities, dimensions, condition, preparation needs, required methods and editions, reporting requirements and preferred dates. Agree laboratory or field work, sample delivery, storage, disposal, access and costs.

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 owner and UKAS captures. Current issue 023 dated 17 July 2026 was downloaded and all 16 complete PDF pages visually inspected. Leicester laboratory identity is Units 72, 113, 114 and 116 at The Burrows, East Goscote, matching owner HQ contact. The register and schedule header use Unit 116, and the shorter owner footer omits 114 without proving closure. Only rows carrying Leicester support the four local aggregate, bituminous, concrete and soil/mixture groups. Brandon, Antrim, Newtownbutler, Kilkelly, wider-network services and Site-only activities are not transferred into local laboratory capabilities. Exact method versions, amendments, fractions and conditions are retained, without general metallic tensile, machine-count or capacity inference. Current owner phone/email/form are separate from July 2026 schedule-listed Don Strang/email without a present-role claim. PDF creation/modification timestamps are 27 July 2026. No owner/contact publication or modification date was verified, and register-template dates do not date the result. Original titles, canonicals, JSON-LD, date metadata, bodies, headers, extraction, all 16 complete-page images, font configuration, stderr and provenance are retained. Prior homepage and schedule originals are raw-byte identical. Imported accreditation wording and postcode coordinates are replaced by the verified location scope and empty locations.

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    Current downloaded issue 023 dated 17 July 2026, all 16 complete pages visually inspected. Leicester means Units 72, 113, 114 and 116 at The Burrows, East Goscote. Only rows carrying Leicester support local laboratory capabilities. Brandon, Antrim, Newtownbutler, Kilkelly and Site activities remain separate. Exact method editions, fractions and conditions are preserved without machine-count, capacity or general metallic-tensile inference. Don Strang and don@simtec-mt.co.uk are dated schedule-listed details without independent present-role verification.