Material Testing in the Field & Laboratory
Field Test and sampling for Soil: In MR Engineering we provide the following field tests for soil and asphalt:
- Field density and moisture content determination for soil and asphalt by nuclear densometer
- Visual soil classification
- Pocket Penetrometer Test
- Drilling and disturbed sampling
- Standard Penetration Test (SPT)
- Cone Penetration Test (CPT)
- Field vane test
- Coring and core sampling
- Test pitting and block sampling
- Shelby tube sampling
- Sand cone test
- California Bearing Ratio (CBR)
Laboratory Test for Soil: Our experienced laboratory staffs provide the following laboratory tests for soil and asphalt:
- Moisture content test
- Organic content test
- Atterberg limit tests (plastic limit and liquid limit)
- Sieve analysis
- Hydrometer test
- Specific gravity
- Unified and AASHTO classification
- Soluble sulphate test
- Compaction tests (standard and modified Proctor)
- Consolidation test
- Swelling, shrinkage, and collapsing potential tests
- California Bearing Ratio (CBR)
Field Test and sampling for concrete: We provide the following field tests for fresh concrete, grout, mortar and shotcrete:
- Air content of fresh concrete
- Slump of fresh concrete
- Density of fresh concrete
- Consistency of grout
- Concrete coring and core sampling
- Preparation and curing of cylindrical, and beam samples for concrete
- Preparation and curing of cube mold for grout and mortar
- Concrete mix design and review
- Concrete Strength Non-destructive
- Test (NDT)
- Locate Concrete Rebar
- Construction monitoring
Laboratory Test for concrete: We provide the following laboratory tests for hardened concrete, grout, mortar and shotcrete:
- Compressive strength of concrete cylinders (3" by 6", 4" by 8", and 6" by 12") and cubes
- Tensile strength of concrete cylinders
- Creep test
- Schmidt hammer test
- Density