The Pan-African Cement Proficiency Testing Scheme (PACE-PTS) is a joint cooperation between the BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing and the German Metrology Institute (PTB). It gives opportunity for public and private laboratories to self-assess their laboratory performance and to increase their network and skills due to a supplementary evaluation workshop.
The cement PT scheme was set up in 2012 with the aim of establishing a cement-testing network for Africa. Testing the quality of cement is an important task in order to ensure the safety of construction. PTs are evaluations of participants' performance against pre-established criteria by means of inter-laboratory comparisons. Proficiency tests are a precondition for accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025. |
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