CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING
Our specialists have more than 10 years of professional experience in the construction and technical control of works.
Luxcontrol, approved by the main insurance companies in the Grand Duchy as a technical control office for the ten-year and two-year guarantee insurance.
Experts are at your service during the design and execution of the work until the reception of the work, whether or not you subscribe to a ten-year warranty.
Quality implementation, reliability, safety and performance of materials have become today a major concern in the field of construction.
Owner or responsible investor, you do wish to reduce the risks connected to the technical quality of your work.
Technical evaluations and diagnostic missions and search for technical
solutions, Luxcontrol takes on a continued commitment alongside of its
customers to bring a true added-value to their projects and
developments.
Our services
▼ Technical acceptance of a construction in order to subscribe a ten year insurance
▼ Technical assistance and expertise
▼ Quality control on concrete according to EN 206
▼ Technical opinion and expertise on works
▼ Building acoustics and acoustic comfort
▼ Blower Door Test - Test for air tightness of buildings
▼ Assessment of energy losses with infrared scan
▼ Mold, moisture and ventilation systems
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Technical acceptance of a construction in order to subscribe a ten year insurance
Why opt for the decennial / biennial warranty insurance?
It is a warranty which, as its name indicates, is valid for 10 years from the date of delivery of the work. Its role is to guarantee the delivered real estate constructions against the defects and the faults which can compromise their solidity. It mainly concerns the structural works of the construction. In this case, the stairs, frames, ceilings, pipes, etc.. The biennial insurance covers the mobile or easily removable elements of a building.
Why do I need to use a control office if I want to take out a ten-year insurance policy?
The insurers covering the financial consequences of the decennial and biennial responsibilities, impose for this coverage a control of the design and execution of the works by a control office that they approve.
Is a ten-year insurance policy mandatory?
No, it is not mandatory, it is a voluntary approach which allows, among other things, the project owner to remain insured for work carried out under the responsibility of a contractor who has gone bankrupt or no longer exists on the Luxembourg market.
Even if I don't want to take out an insurance policy, how would I benefit from taking out a technical inspection for my construction site?
Due to its preventive nature, the technical control allows to reduce the risk of disaster and to avoid the majority of the potential damages inherent to any construction. Moreover, it allows to keep the possibility of taking out a decennial insurance policy after the completion of the work.
Our expertise at your service:
Our experts carry out the technical control within the framework of the professional insurances of decennial/biennial responsibility covering the whole of the works (large closed building, small works, operation of the installations and technical equipment). The mission covers the 3 phases:
- Design
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- Review of the geotechnical study
- Validation of all technical documents
- Elaboration of the Risk Definition Report
- Execution
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- Review of plans and technical documents
- Supervision of the work
- Validation of qualification certificates and technical notices
- Acceptance:
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- Assistance to the project owner
- Drafting of the Final Report for the insurance company
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If you wish the service to carry out one of these missions, Contact us
Technical assistance and expertise
Innovative concepts, multiple players, increased regulations, reduced execution times, unforeseen site events: there is no shortage of risk factors in construction operations, and technical failures can have serious consequences.
As a project owner or responsible investor, you wish to reduce and control the risks linked to the technical quality of your work, in addition to the regulatory requirements imposed in the field of health and safety at work, environmental protection and rational use of energy.
Our expertise at your service:
Luxcontrol is committed as a sustainable partner to bring real added value to your projects and achievements. Our technical assistance covers all construction projects:
- Civil engineering
- Engineering structures
- Multifunctional buildings
- Residential Buildings
- Industrial plants
- Advice on the choice of construction standards
- Development of test and control methodologies
- Verification of the design (calculations, plans,...)
- Verification of specifications, terms of reference and procedures
- Prefabrication control
- Control of the documentation file
- Assistance in the establishment of the Site Quality Plan
- Defect assessments, expert opinions and technical advice
If you wish the service to carry out one of these missions, Contact us
Quality control on concrete according to EN 206
For any construction of concrete structures in the public sector, the requirements according to DNA EN 206-1 are applicable.
The DNA EN 206 or Document National d’Application luxembourgeois is the application of the European standard EN 206 "Concrete" in Luxembourg and applies to concrete for cast-in-place structures, precast structures, precast structural elements for buildings and civil engineering structures.
Our expertise at your service:
Luxcontrol, approved by the Laboratoire de l’Administration des Ponts et Chaussées realizes :
- Concrete Quality Control (Q patent) for fresh and hardened concrete according to annex M / DNA EN 206-1
If you wish the service to carry out one of these missions, Contact us
Technical opinion and expertise on works
You are confronted with technical problems (leakage, infiltration, fissures, disband damage…) or you wish an expertise concerning a building.
Our expertise at your service:
Our engineers can help you in your efforts to find a solution adapted to your problems:
- Research of the origin of infiltrations and fissures
- Obsolescence and solidity analyzes
- Analyzes of bearing structures
- Judicial expertise
- Inspection of fixings (railing, staircases, metallic structures…)
- Inspection of façade elements and components (frame, glazing,…)
- Examination of air/water/wind sealing
- Tests and measures (sclerometry, framework coatings, wall moisture, …)
- Measures of acoustic comfort (noise, vibrations)
- Measures of thermal comfort (thermography, blower-door)
- Corrosion diagnosis and expertise
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Examination of efficiency and performance
If you wish the service to carry out one of these missions, Contact us
Building acoustics and acoustic comfort
Architectural acoustics aims at understanding and controlling the sound quality within buildings. Our experience and our collaboration for many years with project managers, architects and companies, allows the Acoustics and Vibrations service (ACV) to propose effective, integrated and customized acoustic solutions, in order to meet the regulatory requirements.
Our team of engineers is equipped with a complete range of equipment and is particularly well suited to carrying out qualified measurements.
Architectural acoustics - Expertise and technical assistance
- Acoustic insulation study of airborne noise (facades and between rooms) and impact noise
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Study of the interior rooms acoustic (open-space, restaurant, atrium, ...) (reverberation time, speech intelligibility, clarity, distraction radius, ...)
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Verification and control mission on design and study documents (help in drafting specifications with prescription and characterization of insulation values to be respected)
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Modeling by computer software
- Preventive advice, prescriptions and optimization of technical solutions
- Assistance to the project manager for the construction site supervision
- Definition of materials and their specificities of implementation
- Improvement and optimization of the sound quality of listening rooms
Measurements and analyses (during construction or acceptance)
- Measurement of airborne noise (
facades
and between rooms)
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Measurement of impact noise
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Measurement and definition of room criteria (reverberation, intelligibility, definition, clarity, ...)
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Measurement of interior equipment noise
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Investigations of vibro-acoustic problems of technical installations
- Analysis of the dynamic behavior of structures
Learn more about our services in the field of environment, industry and health security
Blower Door Test - Test for air tightness of buildings
The blower-door test allows to measure the quantity of air entering a building and to locate the air leaks. Thanks to this test, we can know the quantity of air which enters the habitat apart from the ventilation systems and know the places to be sealed to remove the parasitic air infiltrations.
To do this, it is sufficient to artificially create - with the help of a dedicated fan - a pressure difference between the inside and outside of the tested room.
This test is mandatory to determine if a building is passive or low energy.
The blower-door test is also used to locate air leaks.
Our expertise at your service:
- Realization of Blower-door test
- Determination of air leakage points
- Definition of the measures to be undertaken to correct the problems identified
If you wish the service to carry out one of these missions, Contact us
Energy certificate
The regulation on the energy performance of mixed or residential buildings has introduced minimum requirements and the principle of classifying buildings into energy efficiency categories.
In order to quantify the compliance of a building with these requirements, an energy performance certificate must be issued for the entire building in question.
The Energy Performance Certificate provides clear and precise information on the energy performance of the building. It is issued by experts approved by the Ministère de l’Economie et du Commerce Extérieur and sets out measures whose implementation will optimize energy consumption and consequently reduce the energy bill. The energy performance certificate will inevitably be the first step towards an energy renovation. It also provides information on the harmful emissions emitted by the building's energy consumption.
It provides energy performance classes for buildings from A (the best class) to I (the worst).
It must be communicated for information to potential buyers or tenants. The aim is to encourage (former) owners to invest in energy performance improvements through market mechanisms, with the new tenant or owner making energy performance (and therefore heating costs) a criterion in the decision to rent or buy.
Our expertise at your service:
Luxcontrol is approved by the Ministère de l’Economie et du Commerce Extérieur for the establishment of energy performance certificates for :
- Private buildings for residential use
- Functional buildings
If you wish the service to carry out one of these missions, Contact us
Assessment of energy losses with infrared scan
The infrared camera allows you to visualize the airtightness of a building. Indeed, used in parallel with the Blower Door, the camera highlights cold air infiltrations when the Blower Door is used to create a depression in the house.
It also makes it possible to locate the places of a building (or one of its facades) which can present insulation defects, i.e. the places where the heat of the building is lost by transmission through the walls (walls or windows).
This visualization is possible thanks to different colored zones that delimit the zones of the same temperature. Each color represents a temperature and degrades according to its variations.
The main advantage of infrared thermography is its non-intrusive character. Indeed, it is part of the non-destructive testing techniques and can be performed on installations in service.
It can be used for different purposes: fire prevention control, maintenance and servicing, leak detection, insulation verification, quality control...
Our expertise at your service:
Luxcontrol uses the technique of thermographic camera in particular in the building sector for :
- Detection of fluid leaks in concrete or encased pipes
- Verification of the correct implementation of the insulation
- Insulation control. Detection of thermal bridges
- Effective flat roof leak location
- Detection of air tightness problems in buildings
If you wish the service to carry out one of these missions, Contact us
Mold, moisture and ventilation systems
Do you have mold or condensation problems?
Our expertise at your service:
Luxcontrol performs a diagnosis for you and guides you towards appropriate solutions.
- Samples and measurements on site
- Reports and proposals for corrective actions and improvements
Instrumental diagnostic
In case of anomalies, damages or claims, additional measures may be useful to evaluate the durability of the concerned structure and its use.
Our expertise at your service:
- Crack measurements (crackmeter)
- Coating and steel diameter measurements (pachometer)
- Measurements of the compressive strength of concrete on site (sclerometer)
- Residual moisture of concrete and screed mortars
- Moisture in facades and plaster
If you wish the service to carry out one of these missions, Contact us