Capabilities

Geotechnical and Soils

DRILLING:

Drill Rig  - CME

Little Beaver Drill Rig

 

MATERIALS TESTING:

Proctor-Modified (ASTM D-1557)

             Standard (ASTM D-698)

Modified Proctor with Gradation and PI

Standard Proctor with Gradation and PI

Mechanical (Sieve) Analysis

  (ASTM D-422)

% < 200 Sieve

Atterberg Limits

Natural Moisture Content

  (ASTM D-2216

Specific Gravity (ASTM D-854)

Swell Consolidation

One Dimensional Consolidation

  (ASTM D-2435

Triaxial Shear CU with Pore Pressure

Permeability (ASTM D-2434)

  Undisturbed

  Remolded

Pinhole Dispersivity

  Undisturbed

  Remolded

Unconfined Compression

  (ASTM D-2166)

Relative Density (ASTM D-2049)

Hydrometer

 

Concrete

Field Sampling of Fresh Concrete for Slump, Air, and Molding Cylinders

Cylinder Compressive Strength

  (ASTM C-617, C-34)

Cylinder Compressive Strength

  (Made by Others)

Motor Cubes

Gunite Cylinder Compressive Strength

Grout Coring

Grout Cores

Grout Prisms

Concrete Core Compressive Strength

Flexural Strength of Concrete

  (ASTM C-78)

Soil Cement Unit Weight, Gradation, and Moisture

Soil Cement Compressive Strength

  Briquette

  Cores

  lean fill briquette @ 10 feet

 

Asphalt

Field Sampling and on-site Density Tests

Extraction of Asphaltic Cement

Gradation of Extracted Aggregate

CTB (1 set of 3)

Shrinkage Test

Marshall Testing of 1 Set of 3 Specimens

Extraction, Gradation, 1 Set of 3 Marshals with Maximum Theoretical

Immersion—Compression of Asphaltic Material for Lab Services

Asphalt Mix Design

Length and Density of Asphalt Core Specimens

Maximum Theoretical Density (Rice)

Aggregate

Sieve Analysis of Fine and Coarse Aggregates (ASTM C-136)

  Coarse (3”-4”)

  Fine (#4-#200)

Fractured Face Count and Gradation of Coarse Aggregate 3”-4”

Unit Weight and Voids in Aggregate

  (ASTM C-29)

Specific Gravity and Absorption

  Coarse (ASTM C-147)

  Fine (ASTM C-148)

Rip-Rap Gradation

Sand Equivalent Value of Soils and Fine Aggregate (ASTM D-2419)

Clay Lumps and Friable Particles in Aggregates (ASTM C-142)

Fractured Face Count of Course Aggregate Unit Weight and Strength of CTB Series Complete

Concrete and Asphalt Coring

 

95% of all testing is in-house.