Laboratory Services

In-House Materials Testing Laboratory

We recognize your need for accurate and timely results of the materials that require testing. Our in-house geotechnical soil testing laboratory and construction materials testing laboratory have been proficient in providing results for over 50 years. We know you need to keep your project on schedule and precise and valid test results are our top priority. Upon receiving test results, we can also provide follow-up environmental consulting or other geotechnical services.

AASHTO Accredited Logo

Each of our Michigan laboratories is AASHTO Accredited by AAP for various scopes of testing:

Grand Rapids

laboratory concrete testing equipment

Our Grand Rapids materials testing laboratory is AASHTO Accredited in:

  • Quality Management System
  • Asphalt Mixture
  • Soil
  • Aggregate
  • Concrete

Ann Arbor

Inside a construction materials testing lab

Our Ann Arbor materials testing laboratory is AASHTO Accredited in:

  • Quality Management System
  • Asphalt Mixture
  • Soil
  • Aggregate
  • Concrete

Okemos

Concrete cylinders ready to be tested in our concrete testing lab

Our Mid-Michigan laboratory located in Okemos is AASHTO Accredited in:

  • Quality Management System
  • Concrete

Concrete Testing Laboratory

  • Concrete Compression
  • Core Compression
  • Beam Flexure
  • Splitting Tensile
  • Mortar and Grout Testing
  • Trial Batching 
  • Shrinkage
  • Alkali Silica Reactivity (ASR)
  • Trial Batching 

Soil testing services

  • Organic Content/pH
  • Direct and Triaxial Shear
  • Consolidation and Compressibility
  • Flexible Wall Permeability
  • Unconfined Compression
  • ASTM D2487 Soil Classifications 
  • Hydrometer, Sieve Analysis 
  • Atterberg Limits 
  • Bulk Density, Moisture

aggregate laboratory

  • Sieve Analysis, Loss-By-Wash
  • Sodium and Magnesium Soundness
  • L.A. Abrasion 
  • Specific Gravity, Absorption
  • Unit Weight 
  • Modified/Standard Proctor 
  • Maximum/Minimum Index Density 
  • Falling/Constant Head 

bituminous laboratory

  • Bitumen Content 
  • Extraction, Gradation
  • Marshall Stability and Flow
  • Bulk Specific Gravity 
  • Gyratory Compactor 
  • Theoretical Maximum Density

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other testing

  • Steel Tensile Strength
  • Weld Bend 
  • Fireproofing Density 
  • Grout Prism Compression 
  • CMU Block Compression 
  • CMU Block Absorption 
  • PVC and ABS Truss Pipe

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