Laboratory

LABORATORY SERVICES

ConformaTech is equipped with a geotechnical and materials testing laboratory, and as a result, is not dependent on the schedule or variable quality of testing laboratories. By providing complete in-house services, we can deliver prompt, efficient service while maintaining high quality assurance and quality control standards.

ConformaTech has achieved the highest level of technical expertise and accreditation in the United States for testing excellence and technical competence. We have a proven ability to provide unbiased, technically accurate field and laboratory analysis in accordance with procedures established by the ASTM International, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Organization (AASHTO), American Concrete Institute (ACI), American Welding Society (AWS), International Building Codes (IBC), International Code Council (ICC) and other national and local agencies to meet project specific requirements. ConformaTech’s internal quality control, in conjunction with inspections by unbiased, external agencies, provides a record for the substantiation of test results.

ConformaTech personnel are accredited with the ICC and ACI. These memberships give us technical resources from which to draw information, as well as keeping us up-to-date on the latest building and materials developments. As required by ASTM, all of our services are conducted under the direction and management of a registered professional engineer.

ConformaTech provides a broad range of materials engineering, materials testing and QA/QC services for the design and construction of new projects, as well as the investigation of existing structures. ConformaTech’s technicians and engineers can perform standard test methods or modify or develop new test procedures to fit the needs of any particular project. A summary of laboratory testing procedures routinely performed by ConformaTech is presented below:

Earthwork and Soils

  • Sieve analysis
  • Moisture-density relationship
  • Moisture content/dry density
  • Plasticity Index /Atterberg limits
  • Hydrometer analysis
  • Density of undisturbed samples
  • Specific gravity
  • Expansion/consolidation
  • Uniaxial compression test
  • Soil/lime/cement mix designs
  • Concrete, shotcrete and masonry materials
  • Compressive testing and flexural strength
  • Mix design/verification
  • Time of set
  • Efflorescence tests
  • Swiss hammer test
  • Coring
  • Failure and stress analysis
  • Slump, air content, unit weight, yield and temperature

Aggregate Testing

  • Organic impurities
  • Alkali reactivity
  • Lightweight pieces in aggregate
  • Sand equivalent
  • Sulfate soundness test
  • Clay lumps & friable particles
  • Specific gravity and absorption
  • Los Angeles abrasion
  • Sieve analysis
  • Unit weight of aggregate
  • Fractured face count

Asphalt

  • Compressive strength
  • Sand equivalent
  • Density of asphalt cores
  • Extraction and sieve analysis
  • Index of retained strength
  • Coring
  • Asphalt mix design
  • Maximum theoretical specific gravity
  • Marshall density, stability & flow

Nondestructive Testing

  • Paint and coating thickness testing
  • Structural steel
  • Magnetic particle/liquid penetrant