Building material testing is an essential part of construction. While the quality of your materials plays a role in compliance, it also affects how your final product aligns with your design specs. Working with ECS as your third-party testing team can help you confirm material quality before you dive into your project. Get in touch with us today to find out how we can help!
What Is Building Material Testing?
Construction Materials Testing (CMT) primarily involves testing structural materials used to build new projects from the ground up, materials and components used to construct new additions or new components being added to an existing facility. These include earthwork, shallow and deep foundations, destructive and non-destructive concrete testing, wood construction observations, structural masonry, structural steel, sprayed-on fireproofing, Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems (EIFS), roofing evaluation and testing and asphalt pavement evaluation and testing.
CMT Services That We Offer
Our unique electronic reporting system delivers field and laboratory reports rapidly, giving the construction team valuable information on a timely basis. The majority of test reports are reviewed by ECS engineers and delivered via email to the project team within 24 to 36 hours of the test and/or observation.
Material testing services we offer include:
Due Diligence/Planning (Design)
- Plan and cost reviews
- Bank Draw Reviews
- Submittal Reviews
- Steel Fabrication shop inspections
- Concrete batch plan inspections
- Concrete maturity curve development
- Welders certifications
Design (Laboratory Services)
- Concrete mix designs
- Soil Lime/Cement mix design
- Full depth reclamation design
Construction (Consulting and Testing)
- Observation Services
- IBC Chapter 17 Special Inspections
- Third-Party Code Compliance
- Construction Materials Testing
- Floor Flatness/Floor levelness testing
- Fmin Testing
- Rebound Hammer testing
- Windsor Probe testing
- Gloss meter testing
- Spray applied fire resistant materials observation and testing
- Fire penetration and joints observation and testing
- Ultrasonic testing
- Magnetic particle testing
- Liquid dye penetrant testing
- Coupon testing
- Slab moisture testing
- Concrete compression testing
- SWM pond observation and testing
- Post tension observation and testing
- Tilt up construction observation and testing
- Deep foundation observation and testing
- Retaining wall observations and testing
- Geotextile and Geofabric observations and testing
Operations & Maintenance
- Crack monitoring
- Pavement Evaluations
- SWPPP Observations
- Bank Draw Reviews
- Forensic Studies
- Confined space entry
