Category of Services

• Quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC)
• Construction testing and inspection
• Foundation and earthwork inspection and testing

Outline of Services

Field Inspection & Testing

Foundations and soil

• Earthwork inspection and density testing
• Organic materials removal (demucking), inspection and verification
• Grouting inspection
• Deep foundations (piling) inspection and load testing

Concrete

• Inspection of placement and tests including slump, air content, temperature and unit weight
• In-situ evaluation by Swiss Hammer, Windsor Probe and Ultrasonic testing
• Reinforcement location by R-Meter and X-ray

Pavements

• Subgrade, subbase and base density testing
• Stabilization testing by Limerock Bearing Ratio (LBR) and Florida Bearing Value (FBV) Methods
• Asphalt monitoring by Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) certified inspectors during placement, density testing, laboratory extraction and gradation, mix review, control strips and thickness/unit weight coring

Structural

• Visual inspection of structural elements (reinforced concrete, engineered masonry, structural steel, wooden truss)
• Fastener tensioning, establishing job torque requirements (Skidmore-Wilhelm direct tension indicator)
• Inspections of welds and welding, including nondestructive evaluation of welds by dye penetrant, magnetic particle, ultrasonic and radiographic methods
• Post-tensioning stressing inspection

Miscellaneous

• Fireproofing thickness and adhesion/cohesion
• Floor flatness profile (dipstick)
• Coatings (paint) thickness
• Load tests for elevated floor slabs, structural components, hand railings and pipe hangers

Laboratory Testing

Soils

• Compaction (Proctor)
• Gradation
• Organic content
• pH

Permeability

• Direct shear
• Atterberg limits
• Chloride content
• Sulfate content
• Resistivity
• Carbonates
• FBV

Concrete

• Compressive and flexural strength
• Aggregate gradation, unit weight, moisture and absorption, LA Abrasion and soundness
• Cement fineness, strength and time of set

Masonry

• Compressive strength
• Absorption and moisture content
• Unit weight
• Shrinkage
• Mortar/stucco compressive, bond strength
  and shrinkage

Asphalt

• Asphalt content
• Marshall stability
• Gradation of extracted aggregates

Steel

• Tensile tests
• Bend tests

Engineering Evaluation

Professional engineering services for quality assurance on test methods, data review, and consultations related to design decisions as well as problem solving during construction