How to reduce the risk in the proving process for quality construction products

Abstract

Quality infrastructure with its components ensures compliance of products and services with the mandatory requirements, interests of consumers and businesses, and contributes to the maintaining of the quality of products and services. Quality infrastructure promotes export, competitiveness and innovation. Conformity assessment helps ensure certainty that products and services deliver on their promises. In other words, conformity assessment builds trust. This paper, which is based on the questionnaire, presents the real situation or the number of accredited laboratories in the Republic of Macedonia for testing in the field of construction as well as the participation in PT schemes, with an emphasis on the cement as a crucial product in the construction industry.