Today, we join the regional and international community in celebrating World Metrology Day, which is commemorated annually on May 20th in recognition of the worldwide measurement system that supports industrial manufacturing and international trade. World Metrology Day recognizes the positive impact of the measurement system in its...
Metrology
Ensuring value for money at CNG dispensers
Dispensers at Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)service stations across the country are in the process of being verified by the Legal Metrology Inspectorate (LMI), a unit of the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS). The LMI recently commenced its verification work on nozzles of dispensers installed and...
Webinar in Commemoration of World Metrology Day 2021
Date: Thursday 20th May, 2021 Time: 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Venue: ZOOM Featured Speaker: Dr Lisa Karam, Senior Scientist – National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST). Click Link to Register: https://tinyurl.com/ttbswmd21 2021 Theme: Measurement for Health Click here to read Message from the BIPM and...
T&T Receives International Recognition For Mass And Related Quantities
The Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS) has pursued and achieved international recognition for Calibration and Measurement Capabilities (CMCs) in Mass and Related Quantities by participating in the International Committee for Weights and Measures – Mutual Recognition Arrangement (CIPM-MRA). This arrangement has placed Trinidad and Tobago...
Legal Metrology Services Update #5 – 2020-09-30
All verification services provided by the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS) through the Legal Metrology Inspectorate (LMI) will cease until October 12, 2020. Additionally, owners of all measuring devices that have expired Certificates of Verification are kindly asked to submit your request for verification through...
CNG Master Meter Training
2020-07-13 STRENGTHENING CNG MEASUREMENT CAPACITY AT TTBS In fulfilling the regulatory requirements of the Metrology Act Chapter 82:06, to ensure fair trade through the verification process, the Legal Metrology Inspectorate (LMI) a unit of TTBS, hosted a two day Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Master Meter training workshop...
Resumption of Legal Metrology Verifications
TTBS would like to advise all customers and other interested parties that, all Legal Metrology Verifications will resume on Monday 8th June 2020....
TTBS Celebrates World Metrology Day 2020
Today, Trinidad and Tobago joins the international community to celebrate World Metrology Day 2020. This year’s theme “Measurements for global trade” was chosen by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) and the International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML), to create awareness of the important role...
Postponement of Legal Metrology Verifications Update 2020-05-01
In a continued effort to protect citizens against the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (GORTT) in accordance with Legal Notice No. 81 of 2020, has extended the Stay at Home Order on non-essential activities to Friday...
TTBS Accreditation Update – New ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation Symbol
The Metrology and Laboratory Services Divisions of the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS) are pleased to announce the success of a planned transfer of its accreditation ISO/IEC 17025:2017 services. The accreditation provider transfer from the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) to the American Association for...