Concrete is the most widely used construction material. It is estimated that the present use of concrete in the world is approximately 11 billion metric tones every year. TEC Service’s laboratory tests every component in the concrete mix design (cement, fly ash, slag, admixtures, fine and course aggregate) as well as the concrete mix itself. TEC Services can also evaluate the plastic properties of the mix as well as the hardened properties. Our laboratory performs tests that few laboratories are accredited for and proficient in performing.
TEC Services laboratory is approved and/or inspected by AMRL (AASHTO Materials Reference Laboratory), CCRL (Cement and Concrete Reference Laboratory) and the US Army Corps of Engineers for concrete testing. Our laboratory accreditations include: ISO 17025, AASHTO R18 and we are an approved laboratory for the US Army Corps of Engineers. Stringent quality assurance and quality control procedures provide results engineers can rely on as they consider recommendations for your project. Our concrete laboratory has provided mix designs for the pavement industry, nuclear industry, and commercial industry.
TEC Services’ employees are active members in ACI, ASTM, ICRI, FRCA, ASCE and SWRI. Several TEC employees are current or past committee members, committee chairs, board members and presidents of the above mentioned organizations local and national chapters. TEC Services works closely with ASTM in the development of concrete test methods, testing guidelines and specifications.
Some of the services our laboratory provides are mentioned below: If you have any questions about testing not listed below please feel free to call us at your convenience.
|
ASTM C39
|
Compressive Strength of Cylindrical Concrete Specimens
|
|
ASTM C42
|
Obtaining and Testing Drilled Cores and Sawed Beams of Concrete
|
|
ASTM C78
|
Flexural Strength of Concrete
|
|
ASTM C157
|
Length Change of Hardened Hydraulic-Cement Mortar and Concrete
|
|
ASTM C192
|
Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens in The Laboratory
|
|
ASTM C642
|
Test Method for Density, Absorption, and Voids in Hardened Concrete
|
|
ASTM C496
|
Splitting Tensile Strength of Cylindrical Concrete Specimens
|
|
ASTM C469
|
Static Modulus of Elasticity and Poisson’s Ratio of Concrete in Compression
|
|
ASTM C494
|
Standard Specification for Chemical Admixtures for Concrete
|
|
ASTM C666
|
Resistance of Concrete to Rapid Freezing and Thawing
|
|
ASTM C995
|
Time of Flow of Fiber-Reinforce Concrete Through Inverted Slump Cone
|
|
ASTM C1116
|
Specification for Fiber-Reinforced Concrete
|
|
ASTM C1140
|
Preparing and Testing Specimens from Shotcrete Test Panels
|
|
ASTM C1202
|
Electrical Indication of Concrete’s Ability to Resist Chloride Ion Penetration
|
|
ASTM C1018
|
Flexural Performance of Fiber-Reinforced Concrete (Using Beam With Third-Point Loading) (Withdrawn 2006)
|
|
ASTM C1385
|
Sampling Materials for Shotcrete
|
|
ASTM C1399
|
Obtaining Average Residual-Strength of Fiber-Reinforced Concrete
|
|
ASTM C1436
|
Materials for Shotcrete
|
|
ASTM C1480
|
Packaged, Pre-Blended, Combined Materials for Use in Wet or Dry Shotcrete Application
|
|
ASTM C1579
|
Evaluating Plastic Shrinkage Cracking of Restrained Fiber Reinforced Concrete
|
|
ASTM C1581
|
Standard Test Method for Determining Age at Cracking and Induced Tensile Stress Characteristics of Mortar
|
|
ASTM C1604
|
Obtaining and Testing Drilled Cores of Shotcrete
|
|
ASTM C1609
|
Flexural Performance of Fiber-Reinforced Concrete (Using Beam With Third-Point Loading)
|
|
ASTM C1610
|
Static Segregation of Self-Consolidating Concrete Using Column Technique
|
|
ASTM C1621
|
Passing Ability of Self-Consolidating Concrete by J-Ring
|
|
ICC-ES AC 32
|
Acceptance Criteria for Concrete with Synthetic Fibers
|
|
ICC-ES AC 198
|
Acceptance Criteria for Chemical Admixtures Used in Concrete
|
|
ICC-ES AC 208
|
Acceptance Criteria for Steel Fibers in Concrete
|
|
CRD C61
|
Resistance of Freshly Mixed Concrete to Washing Out in Water
|
|
CRD-C65
|
Standard Test Method for Flexural Toughness and First-Crack Strength of Fiber-Reinforced Concrete
|
|
CRD-C67
|
Standard Test Method for Time of Flow of Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Through Inverted Slump Cone and Concrete under Restrained Shrinkage
|
|
CRD C661
|
Specification for Anti-washout Admixtures for Concrete
|
Resources