Support sustainable and circular construction

Our Market Solutions feature services we provide at scale across multiple geographical regions, unlocking unique value for your business operations. Our global network of experts and laboratories provide additional services, enabling you to follow international and local market trends while complying with regulatory obligations.

Construction Process Services

Contaminated Land Services

Our global network of field technicians, mobile laboratories and laboratory facilities help you to efficiently address regulatory compliance and contamination risks. We enable you to:

  • Ensure effective site remediation for new and redevelopment projects works
  • Reduce testing suppliers by taking advantage of the largest network of environmental laboratories
  • Reduce environmental site risk of planned and future developments

Construction Supervision

We help you to complete your project on time and on budget, while meeting all relevant regulations and quality standards. Our services enable you to:

  • Ensure technical and legal requirements are met
  • Take advantage of our global brand to provide trust to your clients
  • Ensure contractors are independently supervised

Health and Safety Inspection During Construction

Our local health and safety construction experts ensure safety regulations are followed during the construction process, enabling you to:

  • Provide trust to insurance companies
  • Reduce the number of construction accidents
  • Ensure compliance with local H&S regulations

NDT During Construction

We provide non-destructive testing (NDT) services during steel and concrete construction of foundations, facades and structural steel components, enabling you to:

  • Take advantage of our global brand to provide trust to your clients
  • Reduce your supplier base by centralizing your supply chain for NDT testing

Construction material services

Building material testing

Our laboratory network provides material testing according to local standards and environmental regulations. We enable you to:

  • Reduce your supplier base by centralizing your supply chain for material testing
  • Take advantage of the SGS brand to provide assurance to your customers

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

Our global expert team provides LCA for construction materials, buildings and company assets, enabling you to:

  • Comply with international tender requirements and local regulations
  • Improve brand value in local and international markets

Environmental Product Declaration (EPDs)

By using the results of an LCA, we enable you to prepare your EPD to inform your customers and clients about the environmental impact and the carbon footprint of your product. We enable you to:

  • Support your customers with material credits in green building schemes
  • Comply with your customer‘s purchasing guidelines
  • Increase your product visibility on local and international markets

Cradle to Cradle (C2C) Certification

As a certified General Assessor, we test, analyze and evaluate your product and support you in getting ready for certification, enabling you to:

  • Promote your active participation in a circular economy
  • Allow your customers to gain credits in green building schemes
  • Improve product and brand recognition on local and international markets

Note

Our portfolio of EHS solutions is different in North America. For a detailed listing of EHS services, please visit https://www.sgs-ehsusa.com