Consolidated Engineering Laboratories provides material engineering and testing services. Our resources, experience and credentials are unparalleled in the timely and accurate testing of construction materials. Our materials testing services include the following:
  • Aggregates – Gradation, Specific Gravity, Unit Weight, Absorption, Organic Impurities, L A Rattler, Sulfate Soundness, Clay Lumps and Friable Particles, Moisture Content, Sand Equivalent, Flat and Elongated Particles, Fractured Particles

  • Asphalt – Penetration, Softening Point, Ductility, Torsional Recovery

  • Bituminous Mixtures – Marshall and Hveem Methods, Stability/Flow, Air Voids, Theoretical Maximum Density, Bulk Specific Gravity and Density Using Parafilm, Index of Retained Strength (Lottman), Extracted Aggregate Gradation, Asphalt Content by Ignition Method and Solvent Extraction

  • Brick – Compressive Strength

  • Concrete – Compressive Strength, Unit Weight, Shrinkage, Modulus of Elasticity, Flexural Strength, Splitting Tensile

  • Emulsified Asphalts – Particle Charge, Residue by Evaporation, Residue by Distillation, Sieve, Demulsibility, Saybolt Viscosity

  • Fireproofing – Density

  • Grout – Compressive Strength

  • High Strength Bolts

  • Masonry Grout and Mortar – Compressive Strength

  • Masonry Units – Dimensions, Compressive Strength, Absorption, Moisture, Density, Shrinkage

  • Reinforcing Steel – Tensile Strength, Bend Test, Elongation

  • Prestressing Steel Tendons – Tensile Strength, Elongation

  • Shotcrete – Compressive Strength

  • Soils – Standard and Modified Proctor Compaction, Sieve Analysis, Specific Gravity, Unconfined Compressive Strength, Water Content, R-Value, Direct Shear, Plasticity Index ( Atterberg Limits), Single Point Consolidation, Moisture-Density Tubes

  • Roofing – Unit Weight, Ply Count