Technical Assessment Body for Construction Products (TAB)
Empa is the official Technical Assessment Body (TAB) for building products in Switzerland. Its expertise and experience enable technical assessments of newly developed building products for which there are no harmonized standards as yet.
Legal basis for the technical assessment of building products
- Bauproduktegesetz (BauPG, SR 933.0)
- Bauprodukteverordnung (BauPV, SR 933.01)
The lists for authorized post-tensioning and anchoring systems have no longer been valid since July 1, 2015. A follow-up solution was realized in conjunction with the Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects (SIA). In the appropriate registers, you will find the post-tensioning and anchoring systems, for which suitability for use in Switzerland was determined with an initial inspection and a conformity assessment in accordance with the corresponding standard.
Post-tensioning systems
- SIA 262 - post-tensioning system register (in German)
The register includes the post-tensioning systems where their suitability for use in Switzerland was determined with an initial inspection and a conformity assessment in accordance with Norm SIA 262/1 “Betonbau – Ergänzende Festlegungen”.
Anchoring systems
- Guidelines on the technical approval of anchoring systems (in German)
- SIA 267 anchoring systems register (in German)
The register includes the anchoring systems where their suitability for use in Switzerland was determined with an initial inspection and a conformity assessment in accordance with Norm SIA 267/1 “Geotechnik – Ergänzende Festlegungen”.
General
- Fee regulations of the assessment body for building products (in German)
- Application form for European Technical Assessment (in German)
- Wegleitung zum Bauproduktegesetz (in German)
Additional links