Information on monitoring of concrete according to ÜK2 and ÜK3 is available here:

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About us

MPA HANNOVER carries out material and component tests and maintains efficient laboratories for chemical and physical investigations as well as for the fire behaviour of building materials. In addition, MPA HANNOVER monitors and certifies in accordance with various regulations under building law and private law.

Our mission

On behalf of your safety, MPA HANNOVER is available to business, authorities, courts and private individuals as an independent, impartial materials testing facility and certification body.

Our approvals

MPA HANNOVER operates as a monitoring and certification body within the framework of the regional building regulations (Landesbauordnung - LBO) and is notified as a certification body and testing laboratory within the framework of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR). In addition, there are further approvals under building and private law.

FOR SOMETHING TO BE CONSIDERED SAFE, IT HAS TO BE INSPECTED.

Independent & impartial: We carry out material tests in the field of civil engineering

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WE DIVIDE OUR COMPETENCIES INTO SIX DEPARTMENTS:

Insulation materials and fire behaviour of building materials, building physics

MPA HANNOVER's Department for Insulation and Fire Behaviour of Building Materials, Building Physics conducts mechanical and thermal insulation tests on all types of insulating materials and tests on the fire behaviour of building products in accordance with national and European standards. more

Production engineering

Die MPA HANNOVER führt physikalisch-mechanische sowie chemische Prüfungen von Halbzeugen und Bauteilen aus Metall und Kunststoff durch. Dazu gehören Prüfungen und Zertifizierungen von rotierenden Schleifkörpern, Kfz-Kennzeichen, Rohrleitungsbauteilen, Installationsmaterialien und Sicherheitsausrüstungen. more

AN EXCERPT OF OUR PROJECTS

From time to time we will include examples of material tests.

News

Posted 7. June 2019

Monitoring concrete on-site

MPA HANNOVER is a recognized inspection body for monitoring the placement of concrete of monitoring classes 2 and 3 in accordance with DIN EN 13670 / DIN 1045-3. Regularly, colleagues from the department for “Mechanical-technological testing” are on construction sites. The following pictures give a small impression of the recent construction projects: Neubau Niedersächsischer Landtag, Hannover, […]

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Posted 8. February 2019

New professor for building materials

Starting 01st Feb. 2019, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Haist belongs to the team of “Instituts für Baustoffe der Leibniz Universität Hannover”. He will follow Prof. Ludger Lohaus. During a transitional phase, the house is collegially managed by Prof. Lohaus and Prof. Haist. Prof. Haist will take over the scientific management of the MPA HANNOVER together with Prof. […]

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Posted 8. February 2019

WIRTSCHAFTSMINISTER ALTHUSMANN BESUCHT MPA HANNOVER

Pressemeldung Wirtschaftsminister Althusmann besucht MPA HANNOVER Der niedersächsische Minister für Wirtschaft, Arbeit, Verkehr und Digitalisierung, Dr. Bernd Althusmann hat am 4. Februar 2019 die Materialprüfanstalt für das Bauwesen und Produktionstechnik (MPA) in Hannover besucht. Die wissenschaftlichen Leiter der Einrichtung, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ludger Lohaus, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd-Arno Behrens und Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Haist sowie der kaufmännische […]

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