• Product evaluation and documentation
• Expert professional engineering witness testimony
• Post construction forensic evaluation and professional recommendation
• Materials coordinator
• Monitor and update all material certifications on projects
• Inspect incorporated materials for compliance with the requirements of the project documents
• Update and issue material test reports log
• Coordinate and monitor material testing firms to achieve timely and accurate reporting of such tests
• Review all comparison test between QC/QA

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Aggregate Testing

• ASTM C117-Standard test method for materials finer than no. 200 by washing
• ASTM C127-Standard test method for density, relative density and absorption of coarse aggregates
• ASTM C128-Standard test method for density, relative density and absorption of fine aggregates
• ASTM C136-Standard test method for sieve analysis of fine and coarse aggregates
• ASTM C566-Standard test method for evaporable moisture content of aggregate by drying
• ASTM C702-Standard practice of reducing sample of aggregate to testing size

Portland Cement Concrete (PCC) Testing

• ASTM C31-Standard practice for making and curing concrete test specimens in the field
• ASTM C39-Standard test method for compressive strength of cylindrical specimens
• ASTM C138-Standard test method for density (unit weight), yield and air content of concrete
• ASTM C143-Standard test method for slump of hydraulic cement concrete
• ASTM C172-Standard practice for sampling freshly mixed concrete
• ASTM C231-Standard test method for air content of freshly mixed concrete by pressure method
• ASTM C617-Standard practice for capping cylindrical concrete specimens
• ASTM C1231-Standard practice for use of un-bonded caps in determination of compressive strength of hardened concrete cylinders
• Development of PCC Mix Design-IDOT, ACI and PCI methods

Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) / Bituminous Labratory Testing

• AASHTO T30-Standard test method for mechanical analysis of extracted aggregate
• AASHTO T164-Standard method of test for quantitative extraction of asphalt binder from HMA
• AASHTO T166-Bulk specific gravity of compacted hot mix asphalt (Superpave gyratory compactor)
• AASHTO T209-Theoretical maximum specific gravity and density of hot mix asphalt
• AASHTO T269-Standard test method of test for percent air voids on compacted asphalt mixtures
• AASHTO T308-Determining the asphalt binder content of HMA by the ignition method
• AASHTO T312-Preparing HMA specimens by means of Superpave gyratory compactor
• Development of HMA/SMA Mix Design-IDOT Superpave Methods

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Portland Cement Concrete (PCC) Inspection Services

• Quality control and quality assurance management
• Quality control and quality assurance plant inspection
  • Mix design review
  • Mixture evaluation and documentation
  • Plant calibration documentation
  • Mixture control testing
    • Air content/slump/temperature/strength specimens
    • Documentation and reporting
• Aggregate stockpile testing
  • Sampling moisture content/gradation/absorption determination
• Quality control and quality assurance field inspection
  • Mixture observation, evaluation and documentation
  • Mixture control testing
    • Air content/slump temperature/strength specimens
• Destructive and non-destructive investigation, testing and documentation
  • Investigative coring
  • Swiss hammer calibration with specific mixture
  • Swiss hammer non-destructive testing
  • Windsor® probe non-destructive strength testing

Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Inspection Services

• Quality control and quality assurance management
• Quality control and quality assurance plant inspection
  • Mix design review
  • Mixture evaluation, observations and documentation
  • Mixture control testing
    • Aggregate stockpile sampling and gradation
    • HMA sampling/splitting
    • HMA bulk and maximum specific gravities
    • HMA binder (AC) determination by extraction and ignition
    • HMA mixture adjustments recommendation
    • Documentation and reporting
• Quality control and quality assurance field inspection
  • Mixture laydown observation, evaluation and documentation
  • Mixture control testing
    • HMA temperature monitoring
    • Growth curve development and rolling pattern setup
    • Density testing and rolling pattern supervision
    • Documentation and reporting

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