Mechanical Testing Services

LABORATORY TESTS
CEMENT

• 10% Fineness sample by Dry Sieving method
• Standard Consistency
• Initial & Final Setting Time
• Soundness by Lechatelier’s method
• Compressive Strength for 3,7 & 28 days
• Specific Gravity
• Fineness by air permeability method

AGGREGATES
FIINE

• Sieve Analysis
• Specific Gravity
• Water absorption
• Bulk Density
• Bulking
• Materials Finer than 75 microns
• Percentage of voids
• Silt Content

AGGREGATE
COARSE

• Sieve Analysis
• Specific Gravity
• Bulk Density
• Flakiness Index & Elongation Index
• Water Absorption
• Aggregate Impact Value
• Aggregate Crushing Value
• Determination of 10% Fineness value

SOIL

• Moisture Content
• Grain Size Analysis
• Atterberg Limits
• Specific Gravity
• Free Swell Index
• Evaluation of Shear Strength Parameters –
• Direct Shear Test
• Triaxial test
• Unconfined Compressive Strength
• Compaction Tests (Light & Heavy)
• California Bearing Ratio
• Consolidation test
• Hydrometer analysis
• GPR – Ground Penetrating Radar (Geophysical Services)

ROCK

• Point load test
• Unconfined compressive strength

CONCRETE

• Concrete Mix Designs
  
  • Micro Concrete
  • Self Compacting Concrete
  • Silica Fume Concrete
  • Metakaoline Concrete
  • Special Concrete required for Specific Structural Members

• Compressive Strength of
  
  • Concrete Cubes
  • Concrete Cores
  • Hollow Blocks
  • Bricks

• Permeability of cement mortar and concrete

• Concrete cores & cubes
  
  • Water absorption
  • Block density
  • Hollow Blocks
  • Bricks

BIITUMEN

• Penetration
• Specific Gravity
• Ductility
• Softening point
• Flash and Fire Point
• Viscosity
• Marshall stability
• Stripping value of aggregate

BRIICK

• Water absorption
• Efflorescence
• Dimensions

HIGHWAY

• Mix Designs
  
  • Granular Sub Base
  • Wet Mix Macadam
  • Bituminous Macadam
  • Dense Graded Bituminous Macadam
  • Semi Dense Bituminous concrete
  • Bituminous Concrete

• Binder Content Determination of Bituminous Mixes
• Density of Compacted Bituminous Layers
• Optimum Moisture Content, Maximum Dry Density, California Bearing Ratio of Borrowed samples and existing samples.

BRIDGE

• Bridge load test (load carrying capacity of bridges)
• Rehabilitation & consultancy services
• GPR – Ground Penetrating Radar (Geophysical Services)

FIELD TESTS
SOIL
Geotechnical investigation: Borehole Drilling using Auger/ Mechanical Rig, Collection of Disturbed and Undisturbed samples for testing the same for different Parameters in Laboratory.

• Standard Penetration Test,
• Dynamic Cone Penetration Test
• Plate Load Test.
• Plate bearing test

HIGHWAY

• Non Destructive Testing of Flexible Pavement by Benkelman Beam Deflection Technique.
• Determination of Filed Dry Density by
• Core Cutter Method
• Sand Replacement method
• Binder Content Determination of Bituminous Mixes
• Rate of Spread of Binder
• Extraction of Bituminous Cores for Determination of Compacted Density
• GPR – Ground Penetrating Radar (Geophysical Services)