Shown among staff of the Kuwait Ministry of Public Works testing laboratory are: (third from left) Khadija Almutairi, head of construction materials, construction management laboratories, Government for Testing and Quality Control and Research, Ministry of Public Works; (fourth from left) Omar Rahrouh, laboratory inspector, CCRL; (fifth from left) Anthony Bentivegna, CTL Group.

On March 29, Omar Rahrouh, Cement and Concrete Reference Laboratory, and Anthony Bentivegna, CTL Group, visited the Kuwait Ministry of Public Works testing laboratories. Affiliated with ASTM, CCRL is committed to improving quality testing in the construction materials industry.

During the visit, Rahrouh and Bentivegna participated in training sessions that provided hands-on demonstrations of numerous ASTM standardized test methods for cement paste, mortars, and concretes. The training sessions showed the nuances of the various tests that affect the precision of the individual test methods.