Laboratory
Geotechnical Laboratory Testing
Laboratory testing of soil, aggregate, and concrete that supports construction planning, quality control, and technical decision-making.
Overview
Testing that supports the record
MTSVI offers a broad range of geotechnical and construction-materials laboratory testing services. Testing results provide technical information used to evaluate material properties, construction suitability, and quality-control requirements.
Laboratory testing capabilities
Soil Classification and Physical Properties
- Atterberg limit determination
- Moisture-content determination
- Unit-weight determination
- Porosity calculations
- Specific-gravity determination
- Particle-size and sieve analysis
- Hydrometer analysis
- Shrinkage-limit determination
- Organic-content testing
- pH determination
- Laboratory soil-resistivity testing
- Field soil-resistivity testing
Strength and Engineering-Property Testing
- Unconfined compressive-strength testing
- Unconsolidated-undrained triaxial testing
- Consolidated-undrained triaxial testing with pore-pressure measurement
- Consolidated-drained triaxial testing
- California Bearing Ratio testing
- Testing of remolded and undisturbed soil samples
Compaction and Density Testing
- Standard Proctor compaction testing
- Modified Proctor compaction testing
- Minimum and maximum density testing
- Lime and cement percentage evaluation
Consolidation, Swell, and Permeability Testing
- Consolidation testing
- Swell and volumetric-pressure testing
- Flexible-wall triaxial permeability testing
- Fixed-wall permeability testing
- Single-ring infiltrometer testing
Concrete Laboratory Testing
- Compressive-strength testing of concrete specimens
Need laboratory testing on a sample set?
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