Construction Materials Testing
Field and laboratory testing that keeps the pour on schedule
Concrete, soils, aggregate, masonry and asphalt testing coordinated directly with our geotechnical team — so a failing break or a marginal density result gets a constructability answer, not just a number.
Materials testing is where specifications either hold up or quietly fail. We sample and test in the field and in the lab, then report results on a turnaround that lets you act on them while the work is still in front of you.
That covers concrete from sampling through cylinders, cores and flexural beams; soils moisture-density relationships and in-place density; aggregate gradation, durability and specific gravity; masonry prisms and grout; and asphalt mix verification and placement density.
The advantage of having geotechnical engineering in the same building is interpretation. When a result comes in low, you don't just get a report — you get a recommendation about what it means for the structure and what remediation is proportionate.
Actionable turnaround
Results are reported to reach you while the decision is still reversible, not two weeks after the pour.
Engineering interpretation included
A marginal result gets an engineer's read on consequence and remedy, not a shrug and a data sheet.
Source and plant inspection
Batch plant, precast and aggregate source inspection available when the spec requires verification upstream.
One coordinated scope
Testing, inspection and soils under one contract. One call to (949) 678-7913 covers all of it.
Capabilities
Test methods by material
Filed by material category — concrete, soils and aggregate, masonry, asphalt — so a spec-checking PM can scan for what they need.
Concrete
- Making and curing test specimens in the lab and field
- Compressive strength of normal and lightweight concrete
- Flexural strength of concrete (third-point loading)
- Obtaining and testing drilled cores and sawed beams
- Measuring length of concrete cores
- Slump of hydraulic cement concrete
- Density (unit weight), yield and air content — gravimetric
- Air content by volumetric method
- Capping cylindrical specimens
- Sampling freshly mixed concrete
- Temperature of freshly mixed portland cement concrete
- Determining density of structural concrete
- Preparing and testing specimens from shotcrete test panels
- Moist cabinets, moist rooms and water storage tanks
Masonry & Mortar
- Sampling and testing masonry units
- Compressive strength of masonry units and related units
- Capping concrete masonry units and masonry prisms
- Linear drying shrinkage of concrete masonry units
- Preconstruction and construction evaluation of mortars — consistency by cone
- Preconstruction and construction evaluation of mortars — compressive strength
Aggregate
- Sampling aggregate
- Reducing samples to testing size
- Sieve analysis of fine and coarse aggregates
- Bulk density
- Specific gravity and absorption
- Soundness of aggregate
- Aggregate durability index
- Total moisture content by drying
- Organic impurities in fine aggregates for concrete
- Plastic fines in graded aggregates and soils
Soil
- Moisture-density relations (compaction curves)
- Density of soil in place
- Laboratory determination of moisture content
- Dry preparation of disturbed soil samples
- Determining liquid limit
- Expansion index of soils
- Classification of soils for engineering purposes
- Description and identification of soils (visual-manual)
Asphalt Mixtures
- Bulk specific gravity of compacted hot mix asphalt — saturated surface-dry specimens (cores)
- Bulk specific gravity of compacted hot mix asphalt — paraffin-coated specimens (cores)
- Density of bituminous concrete in place by nuclear methods
- Bituminous pavement testing
Sprayed Fire-Resistive Materials
- Thickness and density of sprayed fire-resistive material
- Cohesion / adhesion bond strength testing
- Field sampling and verification
Need a specific standard or test method that isn't listed? Call (949) 678-7913 — we'll confirm whether it's in house or coordinate an accredited partner lab.