Laboratory Services

Concrete

Our civilization was built on CONCRETE! We help make sure our civilization stays standing by providing the following services:

  • Compressive Strength
  • Flexural Beam Testing
  • Core Drilling
  • Concrete Shrinkage
  • Concrete Slab Moisture
  • Relative Yield Calculation
  • Mix Design

Masonary

The masons of centuries past would totally geek out if they could see all the things we can do with MASONRY these days. Our masonry services include:

  • Compressive Strength of Prisms
  • Compressive Strength of Mortar
  • Compressive Strength of Grout
  • Compressive Strength of Block
  • Absorption of Block
  • Dimensional Analysis
  • Net Area, Shrinkage

Soil

SOIL. It’s not a dirty word at Western Testing. Our Soils Analysis and Testing services include:

  • Atterberg Limits (Liquid & Plastic)
  • Gradation (Washed & Dry)
  • Size Analysis, Permeability
  • pH Value
  • California Bearing Ratio
  • Consolidation
  • Direct Shear
  • Moisture-Density (aka Proctor)
  • Moisture Content
  • Relative Density
  • Unconfined Compression

Aggregate

AGGREGATE – one lump or two? Let’s find out! Our Agg services include:

  • California Durability
  • Clay Lumps
  • Light Weight Particles in Aggregate
  • MOH’s Hardness
  • Organic Impurities
  • Sand Equivalent
  • Specific Gravity (Fine & Coarse)
  • Sieve Analysis
  • Fractured Face Count
  • DiMethylSulfoxide (DMSO)
  • LA Abrasion
  • Moisture Content
  • Oregon Air Degradation (Fine & Coarse)
  • Sodium/Magnesium Soundness (Coarse & Fine)
  • Unit Weight

Asphalt

You bet your ASPHALT – Here’s what we do to make sure your bet is a winner:

  • Compaction Testing
  • Specific Gravity
  • Rice Specific Gravity