Laboratory Testing

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