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Mon, 03/24/2014 - 11:42
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Ashghal Announces ISO 17025 Accreditation for its Centre for Resarch and Development

Doha, March 23 (QNA) - The Public Works Authority Ashghal announced that its Centre for Research and Development has been officially accredited with ISO/IEC 17025:2005 certificate. With this international certification awarded by United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS), Ashghals Centre for Research and Development achieves excellence for being one of the few governmental centres in Qatar and other GCC countries awarded such an accreditation to supervise the quality of its projects. H.E. Eng. Nasser bin Ali Al-Mawlawi, President of the Public Works Authority, received the accreditation certificate from Sir Duncan Nichol, Non-Executive Director of the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) yesterday (23 March 2014). In a press release issued today, Al Mawlawi expressed his pleasure for this achievement which he said is a clear manifestation of Ashghals efforts in enhancing quality supervision in all its operations and projects, confirming that UKAS is a prestigious entity whose accreditation is a real challenge due to its stringent assessing and auditing processes. He thanked the valued members of the team at Ashghals Centre for Research and Development and the Quality and Safety Department for their continuous efforts that resulted in this achievement. ISO 17025 is a global standard specifying requirements that testing and calibration laboratories have to meet in order to demonstrate that they operate to a quality system, and it provides the accredited laboratories with international recognition and trust. The accreditation of Ashghals Centre for Research and Development is a step towards enhancing efficiency and technical abilities for its programmes and quality studies conducted by the centre. Ashghals Quality and Safety Department undertakes quality control sampling and testing for all programmes including quality and environmental studies. The centre conducts tests for water, soil and liquid wastes, which include chemical and microbiological laboratory testing mechanism for water, water sites testing, and the possibility of collecting samples in traditional ways; in addition to collecting samples by automated machines, and remote controlling and tracking of testing samples and results.(QNA)

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