Our engineers have the technical expertise and diligence to keep your project moving forward including:
Special Inspection
On-Site Structural Inspection
- Foundation Design Recommendation
- Supplemental Earthwork Recommendations
- Installation and Monitoring of Piezometers and Settlement Gauges
- Slope Stability
- Retaining Wall
- Supervision of Reinforced Earth Construction
- Cement Treated Base or Lime Treated Sub-base
Fabrication Shop (Source) Inspection
- Concrete Batch Plant
- Precast Fabrication Shop
- Steel Fabrication Shop
- Welding, Bolting, & Materials Identification
Field Testing
- Asphalt Placement
- Proofload/Pull Testing of Reinforcing Steel and Post-Installed Bolts
- Torque Testing of Anchors
- Ferro-Scanning
Non-Destructive Testing (NDT)
- Ultrasonic, Magnetic, Particle, Dye-Penetrant
- Pachometer
- Shmidt Hammer
- Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)
Mechanical/Electrical Inspection
- Compliance with Product Listing
- Verify Size and Type
QA/QC Testing Programs
Quality Control (QC)
- Dedicated On-site Quality Control Manager (QCM)
- QC Plan Development
- Contractor QC
Mix Design Reviews
- Asphalt Concrete
- Portland Cement
- Cement Treated Base
- Concrete Trial Batches
- Structural Masonry
On-Site Laboratory Testing Facility
- Full Service Laboratory for Remote/ Large Projects (Soils, Flex Beam, Compression tests)
- Dedicated On-site Laboratory Technician
- Immediate Test Results and Reports
Non-Destructive Testing
NDT Testing
- Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)
- Floor Flatness/Floor Levelness Testing (FF/FL)
- X-ray and Isotope Radiography
- Ultrasonic (UT) Inspection
- Magnetic Particle (PT) Inspection
- Liquid Penetrant Inspection
- Visual Inspection
- Pachometer
- Coating Thickness
- Rebound Hammer (Schmidt Hammer) Testing
Rebar Location
- Determine depth and spacing
- Scan on concrete walls, slabs, footings, beams and columns
- Avoid reinforcement for anchor installation, electrical conduit, plumbing, and mechanical units
- Confirms existence and placement of reinforcement
Geotechnical
Geotechnical Engineering
- Foundation Design Recommendation
- Supplemental Earthwork Recommendations
- Installation and Monitoring of Piezometers and Settlement Gauges
- Slope Stability
- Retaining Wall
- Supervision of Reinforced Earth Construction
- Cement Treated Base or Lime Treated Sub-base
Construction Observation and Testing
- Grading
- Driven or Drilled Piles/Caissons
- Shoring and Underpinning
- Soil Nailing
Earthwork Testing
- Standard Proctor & Modified Proctor
- California Impact Compaction
- Soil Cement – Moisture/Density
- Resistance Value (R-Value)
- California Bearing Ratio (CBR)
- Sand Equivalent
- Durability Index
Existing Building Survey
Special Testing Services
- Full-scale structural load testing
- Verification of reinforcing steel within concrete members (i.e. pachometer)
- Crack and deflection monitoring
- Foundation surveys
- Anchorage and condition assessments of building facades and veneers
- Testing of existing or newly installed anchorage.
- Compressive strength and tensile testing of various materials
- Physical and chemical testing of structural steel and reinforcing bars
- In-place masonry shear testing
- Concrete / masonry core sampling
- Moisture emission testing of concrete floor slabs
- F-Number measurement (Floor Flatness Testing) using the FACE Dipstick 2000 Floor Profiler.
- Wood moisture testing
- Rebound hammer (Schmidt Hammer) testing
- Coefficient of Friction testing
- Load testing of specialty fixtures / apparatus under field or laboratory conditions
- Temperature monitoring of freshly mixed concrete by means of thermos couplers and data acquisition units
Investigative Services
- Testing of existing or newly installed anchorage into concrete, masonry and other materials related to floor, wall, false ceiling and cladding connections (i.e., tension and shear tests)
- Corrosion studies on reinforced concrete and structural steel structures
- Deterioration studies of concrete exhibiting alkali-silica reaction, sulfate attack and other deleterious effects
- Fire damage investigations
- Glu-lam delamination / deterioration investigations
- Moisture infiltration investigations of concrete slabs
- Crack investigations of concrete members and structures
- Material Investigations and condition surveys of existing structures