Services in built environment

The construction industry is facing major changes with Boverkets new building regulations 2025, where functional requirements replace detailed solutions. Without concrete advice, the industry must demonstrate how the requirements are met. RISE offers independent verification of industry document.

RISE concrete assessors have extensive experience in inspecting damages in various types of facades, such as facades of concrete elements, plaster or brick.

Optimized recipe for good fracture sealing in rock mass to ensure that environmental and maximal water ingress requirements are met.

RISE concrete assessors have extensive experience in examining damages to different types of balconies, e.g. balconies with load-bearing slabs of reinforced concrete and so-called steel frame balconies (load-bearing frames with steel beams). More information about types, damages, etc. can be found …

For several decades, RISE concrete assessors have inspected garages and car parks because they usually receive concrete damages. Most often, the damages are caused by chlorides from thawing salt, which is taken in with the cars during winter time. The chlorides penetrate the concrete and eventually…

Burglary and theft protection is more and more requred since society and sales demand protective products. RISE offers testning of a wide range of products and different classifications, for example doors, gates, blinds, windows, safes, locks and fittings.

There are strong economic and environmental reasons to continue to use the existing DH networks in Europe in a reliable and cost-effective way as long as possible. At RISE we have now developed a novel fast, reliable and cost-effective field test method called “PipeOpsy™” – a biopsy for pipes.

RISE offers the Universal Design service in accordance with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The service is a process-driven approach that is based on seeing the needs of actors with regard to different forms of accessibility within the framework of the community buildi…

Self-adhesive labels are attached to archive boxes and other storage media to inform about the contents. The National Archives’ technical regulations RA-FS 2006:4, Appendix 3, set the requirements for testing the durability of self-adhesive labels. RISE testing evaluates whether the labels meet the…

The review identifies, for example, weaknesses and deficiencies that may make it difficult to achieve good moisture safety and the requirements of building regulations. The review may also result in a favorable assessment or in initial guidance for improvement and development. In complex cases, su…

The disease-causing bacterium Legionella is spread by inhaling aerosols from water systems, for example tap water in buildings. RISE offers help in assessing risks for the growth and spread of Legionella according to the requirements stated in the Drinking Water Directive chapter 10.

In industry and in other operations, progress is rapid and changes are constantly ongoing. In a workplace, human, technology and organization interact. This interaction creates the work environment and needs to be taken into account in the event of changes.

Accredited tests for mechanical, physical, and chemical properties of cement, masonry cement and mortar according to EN 197-1 and EN 413-1. We also perform sampling, audit inspections and evaluations in the above-mentioned areas against the Construction Products Regulation, CPR. RISE is a notified …