DOHA: NBK Ready Mix Plant, a new division of Qatar's leading business conglomerate Nasser Bin Khaled, was recently awarded National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) certificate, a world-class, prestigious industrial certificate identifying best practice and first-rate quality concrete production and processes.
NBK Ready Mix Plant is the second plant to get NRMCA certification in Qatar and the first to achieve this prominent status in a two-month record time. This Ready Mix Plant is equipped with cutting-edge technological facilities used in ready mix concrete plants in Qatar. It consists of a fully automatic central mixing and batching system in addition to automatic recordings of cement materials, aggregates, water and a chemical admixtures system.
Prior to NRMCA certification, fifty-five parameters of NBK Ready Mix Plant were checked, analysed and evaluated by the Advanced Construction Technology Services (ACTS) according to international guidelines of the American Stand Testing Method (ASTM), the British Stand (BS) and the German Stand (GS).
Speaking on the occasion, Assad Nasser, NBK Ready Mix Plant Operations Manager said: "NRMCA certification is a solid demonstration of our commitment and efforts in bringing forth internationalism in standards, top quality products and services and in adhering to best practices. Achieving this certificate in record time reiterates our leadership status in the market."
Concrete is a manufactured product, the quality and uniformity of which depends on the control over its manufacture. NRMCA certification provides a system for establishing satisfactory performance of concrete production. It reflects, and in many cases, exceeds the requirements of standard specifications for ready mix concrete.
This Plant Certification Programme assists management in achieving excellence in plants operations. The programme also checks the plant and the trucks for conformity in criteria pertaining to material storage, batching equipment, central mixer, ticketing system and delivery fleet condition.
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