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The services provided by the firm
include routine testings and assessment for specification compliance,
problem solving, field investigations and evaluation trials. The Company
also undertakes other related services depending upon the actual requirements
specified by the clients.
The firm offers the following services to the civil engineering construction
industry as summarized in the following paragraphs. These services provided
to clients are treated confidentially.
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CEMENT
- Chemical analysis
- Fineness and specific gravity
- Cement strength and soundness
test
- Standard consistency and setting
time by vicat method
CONCRETE
- Concrete strength tests - compressive,
indirect tensile and flexural strength
- Concrete consistency test - slump,
compacting factor
- Concrete setting time and air
content test
- Modulus of elasticity in compression
- Concrete unit weight and yield
test
- Water permeability test on concrete
and mortar
- Initial surface absorption test,
water absorption test and sorptivity test
- Analysis of fresh and harden concerte,
to determine constituent proportions
- Concrete mix design and trial
mix - normal concrete, light weight concrete, high strength concrete
etc.
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AGGREGATE TESTING
- Grading and shape tests
- Unit weight, relative density
and water absorption
- Aggregate strength and soundness
tests
- Evaluation of deleterious materials
in aggregate by physical, chemical and petrographic methods
- Petrological studies
- Resistance of aggregate to stripping
from bitumen
SOIL TESTING
- Soil classification and moisture
content
- Particle size distribution by
sieve and hydrometer method
- Soil chemical test
- Compaction test
- One dimensional consolidation
test
- Compression shear test
- California Bearing Ratio test
- Permeability test
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BITUMEN
- Specific gravity
- Softening point
- Penetration test
BITUMINOUS
CONCRETE (ASPHALTIC CONCRETE)
- Bulk density and voids content
- Bitumen content and aggregate
grading
- Stability, flow, density and voids
determination - by Marshall Method
- Marshall mix design and trial
mix
- Parement coring and tickness measurement
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OTHER CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
- Steel reinforcement - Tensile
strenghth and bend tests
- Water - ph value, chemical analysis
for suitability of water for use in concrete
- Concrete admixture - specific
gravity, pH value, chloride content and solid content
- Concrete admixture testing for
specification compliance and evaluation test
- Sieve analysis, compaction and
C.B.R test for crushed aggregate road base
- Strength test and specification
compliance test for bricks, hollow blocks
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FIELD INVESTIGATIONS
- Field sampling of materials for
laboratory testing
- Concrete and bituminous concrete
coring
- In - situ density test
- California Bearing Ratio test
- Plate Bearing test
- Non - destructive concrete testing
- Investigation of concrete failure
- Assessment of concrete strength
in exitising structures
- Problem solving in the use of
concrete
- Load test on existing building
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SOIL INVESTIGATION AND FOUNDATION
ENGINEERING
- Soil sampling
- Auger boring
- Mackintosh probe
- In-place vane shear test
- Deep soundings
- Dynamic cone penetration
- Percussion and rotary drilling
- Instrumentation
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SUPERVISION AND QUALITY CONTROL
The firm provides testing equipment and experienced personnel
to station at job site on project basis for supervision and quality control
of construction materials for highway, ports, airports, housing schemes,
high - risse buildings, dams and drainage system projects.
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OTHER RELATED SERVICES
Our services are not limited to the
above mentioned. Other related services provided by the firm include technical
advisory service on concrete and bituminous concrete, staff training,
structural and foundation repairs, grouting and etc.
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