The company has its origins as a civil engineering firm that operated in East London in the mid 1960’s. This included a testing laboratory and it was decided, for various reasons, that this element should be discarded and set up as an entity operating independently. Thus, the seeds were sewn for what was to eventually become (in April 1990) Controlab and the name has not been changed since.
Controlab’s Head Office is situated in Vincent (East London) with the main laboratory situated in North End (East London) and branch laboratories in Mthatha, Kokstad, Queenstown, Johannesburg and Cape Town (under the name of Geoscience Laboratories (Pty) Ltd). We have also opened a sister laboratory in Lusaka, Zambia.
Controlab is a Level 2 B-BBEE contributor with 51% black shareholding.
Controlab is a specialist testing company, catering for the civil, geotechnical and structural engineering fraternity. It offers a full range of testing services of soils, aggregates, bitumen, asphalt, concrete and geotechnical investigations for, amongst others, new roads, borrowpits, road rehabilitation, gravel roads, township developments, buildings and structures. We have had field laboratories on various projects nationally for both the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) and various other government departments.
Our Company has also previously monitored the Eastern Cape Gov Provincial Laboratories in the absence of other qualified personnel.
In February 2008, we achieved our SANAS accreditation (EL)(ISO/IEC 17025) for the laboratory (reference number T0308). Controlab is audited annually to ensure that our testing procedures meet the required quality standards.
Assistance with the Environmental Authorisation and Waste Management License Application Processes with
the Dept of Environmental Affairs for an array of projects
Vast experience in mining applications particularly permitting/licensing of borrowpits with the
Dept of Mineral Resources.
Geotechnical Reports.
Company Details
- Employees
- 21
- Address
- 1 Alfred Rd, Buffalo City,eastern Cape 5247,south Africa
- Industry
- Civil Engineering
- NAICS
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Heavy and Civil Engineering ConstructionOther Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
- Website
- controlab.co.za
- Keywords
- Soils, aggregates, bitumen, asphalt, concrete and geotechnical and material investigations for, amongst others, new roads investigations, borrowpit investigations, road rehabilitation, housing projects, centreline investigations for road upgrade or construction, sourcing of material for construction, buildings and structures, Material related assistance in the form of concrete design, asphalt and surfacing designs, Compilation of geotechnical or material reports indicating the various risk, constraints or suitability of materials to be taken into account during the design phase of the projects., Assistance with the Environmental Authorisation and Waste Management License Application Processes with the Department of Environmental Affairs for an array of projects, The team has vast experience in mining applications particularly permitting/licensing of borrowpits with the Department of Mineral Resources., Performing ground water protocol investigations to determine the sensitivity of a proposed development with regards to ground water contamination as well as recommending mitigating factors that could be considered in the design phase of projects, Petrographic analysis of core samples to identify the chemical composition of rock to be used as hard rock quarries for the construction industry..
- HQ
- Buffalo City, Eastern Cape
Controlab South Africa (Pty) Ltd. Questions
Controlab South Africa (Pty) Ltd.'s website is controlab.co.za
Controlab South Africa (Pty) Ltd.'s LinkedIn profile is https://za.linkedin.com/company/controlab-mthatha
Controlab South Africa (Pty) Ltd. has
21 employees.
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Controlab South Africa (Pty) Ltd.'s industry is
Civil Engineering
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Controlab South Africa (Pty) Ltd.'s categories are Civil Engineering
