Soil and Construction Materials Testing

Throughout the many years we have been in business and over thousands of on site operations we have developed and evolved a fully comprehensive range of services that are designed to meet every possible requirement.

Principal among our most in-demand site services are

Earthworks & Construction Materials Sampling

  • Soils / Earthworks
  • Fresh & Hardened Concrete
  • Fresh & Laid Bituminous Materials
  • Aggregates

In-situ Density
Testing

  • Nuclear Density Gauge (with required calibration)
  • Core Cutter
  • Sand Replacement

Diamond Tip
Coring

  • Concrete
  • Bituminous Materials

Asphalt Sampling & Testing

  • Nuclear Density Gauge
  • Temperature & Laying Records
  • Surface Regularity (Rolling Straight Edge & 3m Beam)
  • Texture Depth

Fresh Concrete

  • Cube Manufacture
  • Slump
  • Air Content

Pendulum Skid Resistance Testing

  • Bituminous Surfacing
  • Concrete
  • Paved Surfacing

In-situ CBR

Plate Load Testing

Dynamic Cone Penetrometer (TRL & Super Heavy)

Dynamic Plate Test (Lightweight Deflectometer)

Pull-off Testing to concrete and construction fixings

Armourstone Sampling &
Testing

Site Investigation

  • Cable Percussion Boreholes
  • Limited Access Continuous Flight Auger Boreholes
  • Dynamic Cone Penetrometer (TRL & Super Heavy)
  • Gas Monitoring
  • Ground Water Monitoring
  • Bituminous Pavement Investigation
  • Soil & Rock Logging in accordance with BS 5930
  • SPT Testing
  • Dynamic Sampler Boreholes (Window Sampling)
  • Machine & Hand-dug Trial Pits
  • BRE 365 Soakaway Testing
  • Concrete Structure Investigation
  • In-situ Sampling & Testing (Laboratory & Site Services)

We are able to offer these services because we have the extensive experience, qualifications and the full range of skills necessary to provide an in-depth testing and analysis service for contractors, architects, structural engineers, surveyors, developers, property and land owners.

On site testing, carried out by our highly skilled geotechnical & material engineers and experienced materials technicians and drilling teams, can confirm the condition, characteristics, properties and suitability for proposed construction.

Thanks to our unrivalled technical expertise, together with the backing of the latest and most advanced sampling and testing technology we can quickly and expertly sample, test, analyse and advise on suitability and compliance.

This comprehensive range of site services, supported by our laboratory facilities and expert interpretive reports, provide clients with all the information and data they require in order to make fact-based and cost effective design decisions before committing valuable time, resources and finance to a project.

Our complete catalogue of site services is available from both our London and Manchester offices and we are able to provide a full UK nationwide service.