Construction Materials Testing - CMJ Engineering

Services

Construction Materials Testing

CMJ provides construction materials testing services and operates a full laboratory. The following tests are performed in accordance with ASTM E 329 requirements.

Foundation Observation

  • •Foundation Material
  • •Foundation Depth/Penetration
  • •Proper Cleaning
  • •Reinforcing Steel Size, Spacing, Tolerance
  • •Concrete Placement

Concrete Field Testing

  • •Molding Compressive and Flexural Strength Specimens
  • •Entrained Air Content
  • •Slump
  • •Temperature
  • •Unit Weight
  • •Yield
  • •Batch Plant Observation
  • •Concrete Coring

Laboratory Concrete Tests

  • •Compressive strength of concrete specimen
  • •Flexural strength of concrete specimen
  • •Compressive strength of concrete cores
  • •Lab thickness of concrete cores
  • •Aggregate sieve analysis
  • •Specific gravity of aggregates
  • •Review of mix designs

Additional Services

  • •General Steel Observation
  • •Mortar Cube Fabrication
  • •Proof Rolling Observation
  • •Consultation-Sulfate-Induced Heaving

Soil Field Testing

  • •In-place moisture density testing
  • •In-place sieve analysis on soil-lime or soil-cement
  • •In-place depth check of soil-lime or soil-cement
  • •Lime or cement application inspection
  • •Full-time earthwork inspection

Laboratory Soils Testing

  • •Optimum moisture density tests (Proctor)
  • •Atterberg limit tests
  • •Lime series tests
  • •Cement series tests
  • •Soil sieve analysis
  • •Soil hydrometer test
  • •Soil classification test

Inspection and Observation

  • •Drilled Shaft Pier Inspection
  • •Spread Footing Inspection
  • •Reinforcing Steel Inspection
  • •Water Line Slurry Inspection
  • •Roofing Observation
  • •Visual Structural Steel Inspection
  • •Ultra-Sonic Weld Inspection