Divisions of the Bureau

Administrative & Finance Division

The Administrative Division provides support and service for the activities of the Bureau, and performs various administrative functions regarding human resources (staff), budget preparation, financial affairs and other related administrative areas.

 
Certification Division

This Division is responsible for the implementation of certification programmes to ensure that certain products has passed performance and quality assurance tests or qualification requirements stipulated in regulations such as a national standards, or that it complies with a set of regulations governing quality and minimum performance requirements.

 
Standardization Division

The Bureau is responsible for the preparation and promotion of standards in relation to goods, services, processes and practices locally. The Bureau recognizes that standards require genuine public/private partnerships involving industry, producers, governments, consumer groups and regulators. Standards are therefore developed in a wide variety of fields by Technical Committees comprised of experts in each field. This Division of the Bureau is responsible for planning, organizing and directing the development of national standards. Justification must be provided for any standards development project. The division works closely with various technical committees and other interested parties to develop and execute the standards development work programme.
 
 
Implementation Division

The Implementation Division of the Grenada Bureau of Standards (GDBS) is responsible for implementing compulsory standards in Grenada. The Standards Act, No. 16 of 1989 and Metrology Act of 1997 mandates the Bureau to provide specific services which includes the implementation of compulsory standards and the monitoring of practices, processes and services that affect the health and safety of the consumer or adversely affect the environment and to ensure that all weighing and measuring instruments used in trade are verified for accuracy.

Currently there are 24 compulsory standards administered by the GDBS. Compliance with the compulsory specifications is a legal requirement for the sale, manufacture and importation of these products.

Metrology is the science of measurement. The Metrology Unit is part of the Implementation Division of the Grenada Bureau of Standards and it is equipped and capable of providing much needed calibration and verification services to the private sector. Such services will also assist businesses in operating within the legal framework of the Metrology Act.
 
 
Materials Laboratory Division

The Materials Laboratory Division of the Grenada Bureau of Standards provides materials testing services to the construction industry, private sector, homeowners and contractors. These services include testing of soil, concrete blocks, asphalt, aggregates and cement and geo-technical investigation. All tests are conducted in accordance with national, regional and international standards such as American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM International), British Standards Institute (BSI), etc.