MacBM Construction Materials Testing Centre

Services offered:

Concrete

Complete Concrete Mix Designs; Making, Curing & Compressive Strength of Concrete Test Cubes; Slump of Freshly Mixed Concrete; Compressive Strength Tests of Concrete Blocks; Cores & Bricks Testing; Concrete Rebound Hammer Tests

Soils

Sieve Analysis; Atterberg Limits; Foundation Indicator; Maximum Dry Density & Optimum Moisture Content; California Bearing Ratio (CBR); Unconfined Compressive Strength (UCS) of Stabilized Materials; Indirect Tensile Strength (ITS) of Stabilized Materials; Hydrometer; Consolidation Test etc.

Aggregates

Aggregate Crushing Value (ACV); 10%FACT; Flakiness Index; Grading; Bulk Density; Water Absorption

Asphalt

Marshall Stability/Flow; Maximum Theoretical Density (RICE); Binder Content & Grading; BRD

Bitumen

Penetration; Softening Point (Ring & Ball)

Field Sampling & Testing

In Place Density & Moisture Content by Nuclear or Sand Replacement methods; Measurement of the Insitu Strength of Soils by the Dynamic Cone Penetrometer (DCP); Sampling of Trial Pits; Sampling of Freshly Mixed Concrete; Sampling from Stockpiles; Specialist Drilling Services; SPT; DPSH etc.

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