LABORATORY TESTING
INDEPENDENT + STANDARDIZED + SPECIALTY
The Durability Engineers Building Materials Laboratory provides advanced testing and forensic capabilities to solve the complex problems with construction materials and structures. Equipped with state-of-the-art equipment for standardized and specialty testing and applied research. The laboratory includes equipment for chemistry, petrography, mortar, concrete, corrosion, and structural testing.
CEMENT + SUPPLEMENTARY CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS
Durability Engineers performs standard and specialized testing of the chemical and physical properties of Portland cement, supplementary cementitious materials and other finely divided materials providing information concerning:
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Strength
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Soundness
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False Set
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Composition
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Time of Set
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Sulfate Resistance
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ASR Mitigation
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Absorption
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Shrinkage
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Fineness
AGGREGATE TESTING
Durability Engineers performs standardized and specialized testing chemical, physical and durability properties of aggregates providing information concerning:
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Absorption
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Specific Gravity
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Gradation
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Soundness
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Clay & Friable Particles
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Lightweight Particles
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Organic Impurities
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Chloride Analysis
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Scratch Hardness
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Flat & Elongated Particles
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Petrographic Examination
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Abrasion
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Freeze-Thaw Resistance
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Alkali-Silica Reactivity
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Alkali-Carbonate Reactivity
CONCRETE TESTING
Durability Engineers performs standardized and specialized testing of fresh, hardened, durability and volume stability properties of concrete providing information concerning:
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Mixture Verification
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Fresh Properties
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Mechanical Properties
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Absorption
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Shrinkage & Expansion
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Creep & Shrinkage
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Abrasion Resistance
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Freeze-Thaw Resistance
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Deicer Scaling Resistance
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Chloride Ion Penetration
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Alkali-Silica Mitigation
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Alkali-Carbonate Mitigation
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Petrographic Examination
DURABILITY + SPECIALTY TESTING
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ASR Resistance
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ASR Mitigation
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Chemical Resistance
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Freeze Thaw
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Salt Scaling Resistance
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Sulfate Resistance
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Volume Stability
Durability Engineers performs standard and specialized tests for building construction materials providing information concerning: