Laboratory Material Testing

Our construction material testing services support third-party concrete testing for buildings, infrastructure, and industrial facilities: 

• Concrete core testing and in-place strength evaluation
• Concrete mix design and verification
• Concrete durability testing (rapid freeze-thaw)
• Compressive strength testing
• Flexural testing
• Fresh concrete testing: Slump, air content, temperature, and unit weight
• Permeability testing for overlays, piles, and seawater-exposed structures
• Chloride ion penetration testing
• Tensile strength testing
• Windsor probe testing for in-place concrete strength assessment
• Cement analysis and time of set
• Petrographic analysis for concrete performance and durability
• Splitting tensile strength and modulus of elasticity testing

Our material testing laboratory capabilities for masonry include:

• Masonry prism testing
• Mortar and grout testing
• Brick and concrete masonry unit (CMU) testing
• Brick absorption, compression, and moisture content testing
• Evaluation of masonry materials for compliance with project specifications
• Dimensional verification of masonry units Medical Devices

SOCOTEC's asphalt material testing services support roadway, airport, and transportation projects. These lab material testing services are supported by extensive experience with DOT and FAA requirements:

• Asphalt mix design (Marshall and Superpave)
• Performance testing, including Hamburg wheel tracking and AMPT
• Asphalt content and compaction analysis
• Bulk and maximum theoretical specific gravity testing
• Production quality control and acceptance testing

SOCOTEC provides geotechnical soil testing and aggregate analysis for civil and infrastructure projects:

• Soil Classification and Index Tests: Moisture content, Atterberg limits, grain size distribution
• Strength and Compressibility Tests: Unconfined compression, triaxial shear, direct shear
• Compaction and Density Testing: standard and modified Proctor compaction test, relative density, field density
• Permeability and Consolidation Tests: Hydraulic conductivity, swell potential, and collapsibility
• Pavement Design Tests: California Bearing Ratio (CBR), R-value, resilient modulus
• Moisture-density relationships
• Grain size and gradation analysis
• Liquid and plastic limit

Our civil material testing services support design verification and construction quality control.

• Uniaxial and triaxial compressive strength tests
• Point load strength index and Brazilian tensile strength tests
• Slake durability, porosity, and absorption testing
• Direct shear strength and modulus testing

• Sieve analysis and gradation
• Distribution
• Angularity
• Soundness and durability testing
• Specific gravity and absorption
• Sand equivalent and cleanliness testing
• LA abrasion resistance
• Unit weight

As a qualified metal testing laboratory, SOCOTEC offers:

• Structural steel testing
• High-strength bolt testing
• Tensile and hardness testing (including Rockwell hardness test)
• Steel coupon and rebar testing (including GPR and ferro scanning)
• Pile driving and deep foundation inspection
• Corrosion testing
• Welding and connection material testing

• Soil pH, resistivity, and corrosion analysis
• Organic content and sulfate testing
• Geosynthetics testing (permeability, durability)
• Chemical analysis of construction materials

• Anchor pull testing
• Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) for subsurface analysis
• Roofing and roof tile testing
• Fireproofing materials testing
• Petrographic evaluation of concrete, mortar, grout, and aggregates