Industrial Chemical Management

Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory. Soil, Aggregate & Concrete Testing.

Cermalab was established in May 2002, and is based in Bld 46F on the CSIR campus, Meiring Naude Drive, Brummeria, Pretoria, South Africa.

We offer a wide range of testing services for Civil Engineering, Geotechnical, Chemical, Rock Mechanics and Agricultural fields. Soillab is known to be a company that has build its reputation by providing clients with comprehensive, cost-effective service and often innovative solutions to their technical needs. Soillab's mission statement is: "To be the preferred provider of testing services in the civil engineering industry, nationally and internationally. " We have close to 300 staff within the group, including registered professional engineers, Technologists, Technicians, skilled and semi-skilled personnel. In 2012 Soillab merged with SMEC, which has over 5 000 employees in more than 70 offices in Australia, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and North and South America.

Waterlab (Pty) provides a service which covers a broad range of technical aspects surrounding water and purification. In addition to providing a full range of analyses on purified potable water, treated sewage or industrial effluents, Waterlab (Pty) Ltd also provides an inspection and evaluation service for the optimum operation of these treatment plants.

Rocklab as a division of Soillab offers a service that conducts all rock related testing for the mining, geotechnical and civil engineering Industry, ranging from the basic tests on rock as well as highly sophisticated tests using highly sophisticated machinery and equipment. Rocklab is one on the few laboratories in the world that can do Triaxials on rocks.