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LABORATORY SERVICES
ConformaTech is equipped with a geotechnical and materials testing
laboratory, and as a result, is not dependent on the schedule or
variable quality of testing laboratories. By providing complete
in-house services, we can deliver prompt, efficient service while
maintaining high quality assurance and quality control standards.
ConformaTech has achieved the highest level of technical
expertise and accreditation in the United States for testing
excellence and technical competence. We have a proven ability to
provide unbiased, technically accurate field and laboratory analysis
in accordance with procedures established by the ASTM International, Amercian Association of State Highway and Transportation
Organization (AASHTO), American Concrete Institute (ACI), American
Welding Society (AWS), International Building Codes (IBC),
International Code Council (ICC) and other national and local
agencies to meet project specific requirements. ConformaTech's
internal quality control, in conjunction with inspections by
unbiased, external agencies, provides a record for the
substantiation of test results.
ConformaTech personnel are
accredited with the ICC and ACI. These memberships give us technical
resources from which to draw information, as well as keeping us
up-to-date on the latest building and materials developments. As
required by ASTM, all of our services are conducted under the
direction and management of a registered professional engineer.
ConformaTech provides a broad range of materials engineering,
materials testing and QA/QC services for the design and construction
of new projects, as well as the investigation of existing
structures. ConformaTech's technicians and engineers can perform
standard test methods or modify or develop new test procedures to
fit the needs of any particular project. A summary of laboratory
testing procedures routinely performed by ConformaTech is presented below:
Earthwork
& Soils
- Sieve analysis
- Moisture-density relationship
- Moisture content/dry density
- Plasticity Index /Atterberg limits
- Hydrometer analysis
- Density of undisturbed samples
- Specific gravity
- Expansion/consolidation
- Uniaxial compression test
- Soil/lime/cement mix designs
- Concrete, shotcrete and
masonry materials
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- Compressive testing and flexural strength
- Mix design/verification
- Time of set
- Efflorescence tests
- Swiss hammer test
- Coring
- Failure and stress analysis
- Slump, air content, unit weight, yield and
temperature
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Aggregate Testing
- Organic impurities
- Alkali reactivity
- Lightweight pieces in aggregate
- Sand equivalent
- Sulfate soundness test
- Clay lumps & friable particles
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- Specific gravity and absorption
- Los Angeles abrasion
- Sieve analysis
- Unit weight of aggregate
- Fractured face count
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Asphalt
- Compressive strength
- Sand equivalent
- Density of asphalt cores
- Extraction and sieve analysis
- Index of retained strength
- Coring
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- Asphalt mix design
- Maximum theoretical specific gravity
- Marshall density, stability & flow
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Nondestructive Testing
- Paint and coating thickness testing
- Structural steel
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- Magnetic particle/liquid penetrant
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