Laboratory Testing

ALLWEST can provide cost effective quality control/quality assurance services to meet our clients’ needs. We are proud of our laboratory staff’s ability to produce accurate, representative test results in a timely manner.

The following tests are performed in-house to ensure accurate results. ALLWEST also has long standing relationships with reliable laboratories for specialized testing services not listed.

Aggregates

Aggregate pH
Clay Lumps & Friable Particles
Cleanliness Value
Crusher Control
Ethylene Glycol
DMSO
Deleterious Substance
Dry Rodded Weight
Durability Index (Coarse & Fine)
Fine Angularity
Flat & Elongated Particles
Fracture Face
Idaho Degradation
Lightweight Particles
L.A. Abrasion
Organic Impurities
Sand Equivalent
Sieve Analysis
Specific Gravity (Coarse & Fine)
Spring Loaded Proctor
Sulphate Soundness (Coarse & Fine)
Source Investigation
Unit Weight
Washington Degradation

Asphalt

Core Density
Extraction with Gradation
Extraction (Oil Content)
Reflux Extraction with Gradation
Theoretical Maximum Density
Gyratory/Volumetrics
Superpave Testing

Masonry

Absorption
Block Shrinkage
Compressive Strength:
Mortar, Grout, Brick & Block

Soils

Atterberg Limits
California Bearing Ratio (CBR)
Chlorides & Sulfates
Consolidation Testing
Grain Size Analysis
Liquid Limits/Plastic Limit
Organic Content
Moisture Density Curve (Proctor)
Resistivity
Specific Gravity
Unit Weight/Moisture Content
Unconfined Compression
Hydrometer Analysis

Concrete

Compressive Strength
Mix Design Verifications
Unit Weight/Yield