ift Rosenheim - Institut für
Prüfen - Forschen - Zertifizieren

Tests and Evidences under Building Law

ift Rosenheim is a notified body and admitted testing, certification and surveillance body by the construction supervising authority for roller shutters. The high quality and acceptance of the evidences under building law of ift Rosenheim secure the recognition of the results for national approval, for approval of individual cases and for CE-marking throughout Europe.

Quality is not an accident

The certification body of ift Rosenheim supports you with industry-specific and technically competent auditors and evaluates your management systems and products in this manner. Certification by ift Rosenheim enjoys a high level of acknowledgement and acceptance with manufacturers, designers, dealers, tendering agencies and users or consumers.

ift is recognised by the building supervisory authority for certification of Ü marking and one of the first notified bodies of the industry, authorised for certification and surveillance of Ü marking. The direction of the industry's important standardisation commissions warrants an important headstart of knowledge for ift, offering decisive advantages regarding handling and interpretation of product standards as well as the mandatory CE marking in Europe.

The "flexible" accreditation by DAkkS (Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle, the national accreditation body) is the basis for competent and diversified service. Cooperation with leading national and international certification bodies, such as SKG (NL), BCCA (B), HFA (A) and CSTB (F) ensure the mutual recognition of testing and surveillance. In this manner, companies are in a position to avoid multiple tests or surveillance operations.

ift-Quality Sign - transparent and reliable

Windows and doors are durable products with great influence on the energy performance and quality of life, in particular the daylight supply, natural ventilaton and the visual contact between interior and exterior. A good quality, usability and functionality of windows, doors and facades arises when the individual components function as a system and are suitable for the intended purpose of use. Even small defects such as incorrect screwing of fittings, joints in the inner seal or an undersized mounting quickly lead to structural damage. Therefore, house owners rightly expect that construction elements are fit for use and are safe and work continuously over a long period.

Aspects such as usability, functionality, durability, safety and convenience are part of quality. The quality and performance of construction elements strongly depends on the purpose. However, one window type for each purpose cannot exist. Therefore, an application-oriented planning and tendering is necessary.

In addition, the quality requirements required by the market are different. Hence, an effective internal and external quality control is needed to ensure that the determined properties (CE mark) of a specimen window (test specimen) can alsoe be reached by a ‘normal’ window produced in series. Therefore, ift Rosenheim has developed the graduated quality mark (tested, standard, quality and premium).

Clearly defined criterias and tests, such as regular third party control and a transparent communication of the evaluation criterias and technical parameters on ift-website (www.ift-rosenheim.de/ift-qualitaetszeichen) are behind the ift quality mark. Competence and neutrality create confidence among house owners, architects, developers, authorities and other people interested in building.

Task and mission statement

Construction products need to be continually adapted to the needs and requirements of a dynamic and increasing European market. Innovations as well as new requirements and technologies pertaining to materials and constructions must also take the service life of construction products into consideration. That is why Research and Development are the strategic pre-requisites for ensuring the market position in a sustained manner.

Research projects of ift Rosenheim are user-oriented and aligned with the mission statement "Practical solutions for practical use". Research results can be used directly in the form of construction recommendations, standards, guidelines or data sheets.

ift Rosenheim can also take care of your entire project management − from the analysis to applying for financing from various funds and right up to the publication of results or providing scientific support at the time of the market launch.

Services to research projects

• Contract research and examinations in the light of the development according to the requirements of the customer,
• Support with the acquisition of funds,
• Support for lodging the application and project formulation,
• Project management,
• Development and examination of products.

ift Centre of Technical Experts

Building components such as windows, doors and facades are complex systems that are critical for the functions and suitability of use of a building. Furthermore, these building components play an important role in the architectonical design and the value of the property. It is accordingly problematic, if these building components do not work as desired.

The ift Expert Centre utilises its experience spanning several years in the fields of testing, certification and research, where the holistic consideration of building components and installation conditions is always in the foreground. The assignments can be dealt with comprehensively.

Expert opinion and consultancy

• during planning
• during construction process and approval in new buildings or at refurbishments
• in case of damage
• for the technical assessment of existing buildings