Geotechnical and Materials SOQ

Geotechnical and Materials | SOQ

Geotechnical Soils Laboratories

WSP’s laboratories are managed by a team of registered professional engineers and certified lab technicians and are validated to perform work for the USACE or are accredited through the Construction Material Engineering Council (CMEC). Our laboratories are equipped with state of-the-art, calibrated test equipment which include high-tech data tracking systems. They are also used to maintain quality control and compliance of construction materials and materials preparation. The facilities offer precision in field and laboratory testing operations with timely turn-around and delivery time. Our technicians perform a myriad of lab and field tests to measure the engineering properties of soils and rock including: z Aggregate durability, abrasion, and organic impurities z Asphalt coring, sampling and logging z Classification and index parameters z Coarse and fine fraction specific gravity and absorption z Compressive and tensile strength (concrete and grout/soil-cement mix) z Concrete slump, air, and temperature z Concrete, grout, and shotcrete sampling z Constant rate of strain consolidation z Direct and direct simple shear z Double ring infiltration z Drill rig monitoring z Earthworks, aggregates, and concrete z Field density (sand cone and troxler nuclear gauge) z Field testing/sampling

z Flexible and fixed wall permeability z Florida bearing value z Laboratory vane and penetrometer z Limerock bearing ratio z Moisture-density (proctor) compaction z One dimensional (oedometer) consolidation z Soil sampling and loggings (hand auger and piston tubes) z Swell and shrinkage z Triaxial shear testing; consolidated undrained; unconsolidated undrained; consolidated drained z Unconfined compression z Vane shear testing z Well slug testing The laboratories are also used to maintain quality control and compliance of construction materials and materials preparation. We provide on-site testing and quality control inspections on many of our projects. Our inspectors are trained and certified through the American Concrete Institute (ACI), National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET) and other various laboratory and field technician certifying agencies to provide various construction inspection services. As part of our construction materials testing (CMT) services, we have experience in setting up and maintaining field laboratories at construction sites.

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