Materials Testing Services
A successful project starts from the ground up
Our field and laboratory services are essential to your project’s quality. We can help you in design and selection of materials, and testing construction materials during installation to ensure they are suitable for your project. We specialize in testing and inspection of soils, fresh and hardened concrete, asphaltic concrete, structural masonry and steel. Our technologists participate in NETTCP, NICET, ICC, PCI and ACI certification programs. We have the only IFC Premier Firestop certified inspector located in the states of Maine and New Hampshire.
In the Field
Field services before, during or after construction include:
- Density testing of soils and pavement materials
- Concrete composition analysis (air content, strength, unit weight, and temperature)
- Pile load testing
- Proof and performance testing of ground anchors
- Vibration monitoring, and evaluation of control blasting measures
- Crane platform plate load tests
We are pre-qualified by the Maine Department of Transportation in the following areas:
- Highway Inspection, Construction Management, and Support Services
- Bridge Construction Inspection, Construction Management, and Support
- Aviation Facilities Inspection
- Building Inspection
- Fabrication Inspection
- Materials Testing/Inspection
- Geotechnical Construction Inspection
In the Laboratory
We maintain our own AASHTO Resource and CCRL certified testing laboratory for testing soils, rock, aggregate, concrete, masonry, and asphalt. We can also help establish construction specifications for the related areas based on our test results and analysis.
We are committed to continuous professional development and technical training in our respective practice areas and understanding the issues of our clients and community. Our professional staff is consistently trained and certified and has developed an extensive working knowledge utilizing the Code standards in Compliance Testing and Inspections and the development of Construction Specifications.
Some of the 40+ laboratory tests we provide are:
- Compressive and tensile strength of concrete, mortar, and grout cylinders
- Low density controlled low strength concrete
- Marshall flow, stability, and component percentages of asphaltic concrete
- Moisture-density relationships (standard and modified Proctor)
- California Bearing Ratio
- Sieve analysis
- Atterberg Limits
- Permeability
- Soil Consolidation Tests
- Specific gravity, absorption, freeze-thaw, and sulfate soundness
- Theoretical maximum density
Code Compliance
- International Building Code
- Department of Defense Unified Facilities Criteria
- American Concrete Institute Building Code
- Concrete Reinforcing Steel-Institute Standard
- Portland Cement Association Masonry Handbook
- American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
- American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
- Maine State Building Code
- New Hampshire State Building Code
- Massachusetts State Building Code
- Rhode Island State Building Code
- Vermont Fire & Building Safety Code
