Laboratory Testing

TESTING WE OFFER

CMT Technical Services delivers accredited construction-materials laboratory testing for soils, concrete, asphalt and masonry across Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Texas and Utah. First, our in-house and on-site labs turn samples around fast. Next, mobile units travel to remote projects, reducing haul times. Finally, each facility participates in AASHTO and A2LA programs, so every result arrives with third-party confidence.

CMT Technical Services can ensure that your construction project materials are best suited for your project.

Exceptional Testing For Soils, Concrete, Asphalt, And Masonry

From fast in-house and on-site testing to fully equipped mobile labs, our team tailors every program to your project’s needs. Consequently, you can feel confident knowing our labs meet AASHTO and A2LA standards..

Details of individual laboratory accreditations identified below:

As a result, rapid turnaround is a core promise we make on every project.

GEOTECHNICAL AND SOIL LAB

Our geotechnical group models shear strength while the concrete lab designs high-performance mixes.

Geotechnical Testing

• Collapsible or expansive soils characteristics
• Consolidations
• Finite element modeling
• Internal friction angle
• Permeability
• Shear strength
• Swell test
• Triaxial compression
• Unconfined compressive strength

Aggregates And Soil Lab

• Durability of rock
• Electrochemical properties of soils
• Freeze thaw of aggregate
• Freeze thaw of soil cement
• Macro duvall
• Organic impurities
• Organic matter content
• Permeability
• Petrography
• Potential alkali-silica reactivity
• Soil/cement designs
• Wetting and drying of soil-cement

LAB AND TESTING

Asphalt Lab

• CIR Mix Designs
• Ideal-CT (cracking test)
• Marshall Mix Designs
• RAP Binder Content
• Semi-circular Bending Beam

Concrete Lab

• Abrasion Resistance
• Chloride Ion Permeability (Coulomb)
• Concrete Mix Designs
• Creep Testing
• Elastic Modulus
• Forensic Investigations
• High Performance Concrete Mix Design
• Maturity Curves
• NRMCA Concrete plant inspections
• Poisson Ratio
• Scaling Resistance
• Shear Strength of concrete/rock interface
• Surface Resistivity
• Trial Batch’s (Lab and Field)

Masonry Testing 

Provides a way to determine what mix of materials, design aggregate structure, asphalt binder, and moisture sensitivity to use. This is used for asphalt and concretes. 

• CMU Block Certification & Testing
• CMU Prisms
• Grout Testing
• In-place Shear of Brick
• Mortar Testing