Testing

Concrete

  • Review delivery tickets
  • Field sampling of fresh concrete (slump, air, temperature, cylinders, unit weight, etc.)
  • Laboratory curing & strength testing of cylinders and cores
  • Soluble chloride ion content testing
  • Placement and curing monitoring
  • Inspection of erection of pre-cast concrete elements
  • Reinforcing steel placement inspection
  • Concrete aggregate testing
  • Concrete coring & testing
  • Floor flatness/levelness testing
  • Form work inspection
  • Vapor emission testing

MASONRY

  • Sampling and testing
  • Mortar field sampling and curing
  • Grout field sampling and curing
  • Laboratory curing and compression strength testing mortar
  • Laboratory curing and compression strength testing grout
  • Maintaining records, reviewed and approved by a Professional Engineer
  • Reinforcing steel placement inspection
  • CMU Compressive strength testing

SOIL

  • Field density testing
  • Laboratory testing
  • Sub-grade stability determination and proof rolling
  • Sub-grade improvement and stabilization design
  • Backfill placement monitoring

Roofing Inspection

  • Asphaltic shingle
  • Ballast roofing
  • Ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM)
  • Modular roofing systems
  • Recycled roofing
  • Slate roofing
  • Standing seam metal roofing
  • Thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO)
  • Vegetative roof systems

AGGREGATE

  • Unit Weight
  • Gradation
  • Soundness
  • LA Abrasion
  • Specific gravity
  • Compaction
  • Moisture density
  • CBR testing

ASPHALT

  • Asphalt content and aggregate gradation
  • Unit weight
  • Roller pattern control strip, density

FIREPROOF TESTING

  • Cohesion/adhesion testing
  • Density and thickness testing
  • Substrate evaluation and placement observation

EXTERIOR INSULATION AND FINISH SYSTEMS (EIFS)

  • Observe the substrate prior to application
  • Observe application process
  • Material verification and storage
  • Observe installation for conformance with specifications and manufacturer’s recommendations

STRUCTURAL STEEL

  • Fabrication shop inspection and review of quality control procedures
  • Welded and bolted connections inspection
  • Magnetic particle & ultrasonic testing
  • Welders certification
  • Decking inspection, mechanical fasteners and tack welds
  • Inspect details in field and at fabricator shop for compliance with contract documents
  • Visual inspection of steel erection
  • Bolt torque testing

TEST AND PRODUCTION PILE INSTALLATION MONITORING (PDA)

  • PDA testing
  • Static load monitoring/evaluation (PDA)
  • Production pile capacity verification
  • Pile driving installation monitoring (including saximeter) instrumentation
  • Pile integrity testing
  • Auger cast pile installation monitoring
  • Cross-hole sonic logging of drilled shaftsPrecast Plant Inspections under Hampton Roads SI program

Subsurface Instrumentation

  • Piezometers
  • Extensometers
  • Inclinometers
  • Titlometers
  • VW Strain Gauges
  • Remote Sensing and Reporting

Pre/Post Construction Condition Surveys

  • Photographic survey of existing structures
  • Documentation of existing cracks/settlement issues
  • Installation/reading of crack monitors

VIBRATION MONITORING

  • Portable vibration monitors to measure peak particle velocity (PPV)
  • Continuous monitoring of vibrations during pile driving

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR

  • Mapping of subsurface voids, debris
  • Identify in-situ concrete reinforcement