SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Testing Services

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Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) providing complete fire testing services to the construction and building materials manufacturing industries:

• Fire testing meeting national and international building code standards

• Code consulting

• Engineering evaluations

• Nationally and internationally recognized third party quality assurance and inspections

To complement the fire testing services, SwRI also performs testing and engineering in:

• Materials research and structural mechanics

• Polymer research and coatings technology

• Nondestructive evaluations

• Chemical analysis

• Analysis of toxic gases

• Environmental sciences and engineering

• Engineering dynamics

Working with SwRI provides numerous advantages to the construction industry:

• Multiple testing and evaluations at one single location (one-stop shopping)

• Efficient time scheduling (programs can be run concurrently)

• Cost-effective testing (eliminating additional transportation costs between test sites)

• Quick turnaround for tests and reports

• Competent craft technicians with experience in many facets of the construction industry

For more information about fire technology for the construction industry at SwRI or how you can contract with SwRI, please call (210) 522-2311 or e-mail fire-info@swri.org.
 

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Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is a multidisciplinary, independent, nonprofit, applied engineering and physical sciences research and development organization with 11 technical divisions.

February 07, 2007