Areas in which we offer our expertise

Our skills

N

Environment and Civil Engineering

Scitec Research offers consulting services to industries that must ensure compliance with myriad ordinances and directives. In agreement with its customers, Scitec Research establishes analytical programs to ensure compliance with applicable statutes and, as necessary, provides remedial compliance solutions.

Routine analytical programs to assess compliance with the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs (FDHA) in the following areas :

  • Ordinance on waste limitation and disposal

  • Ordinance on water protection

  • Ordinance on contaminated sites (OSites)

  • Ordinance on impact on the soils (OSol)

N

Pharmaceutical industry

  • Development of analytical methods for analysis of pharmaceutical compounds by LC-MS/MS

  • Chemical and microbiological analysis of supplied water, purified water, and water for injections

  • Validation and monitoring of environmentally controlled cleanrooms ISO 5-9 (ISO 14644 / EU GMP Annex I). Analysis of viable and non-viable particles and control of surfaces

  • Development of site-specific micro-bacterial databases

  • Contamination surveillance and environmental quality monitoring

N

Water quality assessment

  • Determination of mineral water potability according to the Swiss regulations

  • Analysis of ultra-traces of micro-pollutants (phytosanitary products and drug residues such as chlorothalonil, benzidine, glyphosate) in drinking water and wastewater

  • Monitoring of S1 / S2 / S3 zones, containing water well pumps and phreatic napes

  • Evaluation of bacteriological water quality (mesophilic aerobic bacteria, Escherichia coli, Intestinal Enterococci)

  • Determination of Legionella in showers, swimming pools, spas, domestic hot water, cooling water, medical and dental offices

  • Analytical program for exportation of mineral water to the U.S.

  • Search for specific pathogens (e.g., Cryptosporidium)

N

Food safety

Microbiological analysis of the following pathogens:

  • Bacillus cereus
  • Enterobacteriaceae
  • Escherichia coli
  • Mesophilic aerobic germs
  • Listeria monocytogenes / 25 g (qualitative)
  • Listeria monocytogenes quantitative
  • Salmonella / 25g (qualitative)
  • Coagulase positive staphylococci
N

Pollution and health

  • Analysis of asbestos in air and materials

  • Determination of concentration of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in materials and in air

  • Pollutants released by friction of surfaces (metals, PAH)

  • Analysis of micropollutants (phytosanitary products, endocrine disruptors, residues of pharmaceutical compounds)

N

Construction

  • Analysis of asbestos in materials using polarized light microscopy in accordance with ISO 22262-1

  • Asbestos analysis in air using SEM-EDX in accordance with VDI 3492

  • PCBs in building materials (e.g., seals)

  • Verification of compliance of the quality of circulating water for heating and cooling systems in accordance with the SWKI BT 102-01 SICC directive

  • Water corrosivity index

  • Agressivité de l’eau envers le béto