
Construction Materials Testing + Research Laboratory
Providing Advanced Testing + Forensic Capabilities For Construction Materials

CEMENT + SUPPLEMENTARY CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS
We conduct standardized and specialized testing of the chemical and physical properties of Portland cement, supplementary cementitious materials and other finely divided materials providing information concerning:
- Strength
- Soundness
- False Set
- Composition
- Time of Set
- Sulfate Resistance
- ASR Mitigation
- Absorption
- Shrinkage
- Fineness

DURABILITY + SPECIALTY
We conduct standard and specialty testing for concrete construction materials providing information concerning:
- Freeze Thaw
- Salt Scaling Resistance
- Sulfate Resistance
- Volume Stability
- ASR Resistance
- ASR Mitigation
- Chemical Resistance
- Alkali-Carbonate Reactivity

CONCRETE
Our laboratory provides standard and specialty testing of durability and volume stability properties of both fresh and hardened concrete, providing information concerning:
- Mixture Verification
- Fresh Properties
- Mechanical Properties
- Absorption
- Shrinkage and Expansion
- Service Life Prediction
- Abrasion Resistance
- Freeze-Thaw Resistance
- Deicer Scaling Resistance
- Chloride Ion Penetration
- Alkali-Silica Mitigation
- Alkali-Carbonate Mitigation
- Petrographic Examination

AGGREGATES
We perform standard and specialty testing on chemical, physical and durability properties of aggregates providing key data on:
- Absorption
- Specific Gravity
- Gradation
- Soundness
- Clay and Friable Particles
- Lightweight Particles
- Organic Impurities
- Scratch Hardness
- Flat and Elongated Particles
- Petrographic Examination
- Abrasion Resistance
- Freeze-Thaw Resistance
- Alkali-Silica Reactivity

Accreditations
American Association of State Highways and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
- Quality Management System
- Aggregate
- Concrete
- Cement
- Pozzolan
- Slag Cement
Departments of Transporation
- Illinois (IDOT): ASTM C1567 and ASTM C1293
- Massachusetts (MassDOT): AASHTO T303, ASTM C1260
and C1567
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