CONCRETE & MASONRY TESTING
Look to Braun Intertec for reliable concrete and masonry testing.
Whether you’re constructing a new highway, a 20-story commercial high-rise or building a bridge across the Mississippi River, concrete and masonry will be significant in your construction specifications and building process. When general contractors, engineers and architects look for quality concrete and masonry testing, they turn to Braun Intertec. Product producers who need third-party evaluation testing for product submittals also rely on us as their laboratory of choice.
Testing for a wide range of samples.
Our certified technicians perform testing on a wide range of concrete and masonry samples including concrete cylinders, drilled cores, concrete cylinders cast in place in cylindrical molds (CIPPOC), shotcrete panels, grout, concrete and clay brick, concrete and clay pavers, masonry mortar, concrete masonry units (CMU), segmental retaining wall units and CMU prisms.
Our specialized services include evaluating materials for freeze–thaw durability, length change of hardened concrete, residual strength of fiber-reinforced concrete, linear drying shrinkage of concrete masonry units, flexural bond strength of masonry, and chloride ion penetrability. A variety of compression machines, environmental chambers, length comparators and certified technicians deliver your test results when you need them most. When you need us, we help troubleshoot problems as they arise on the job.
Some of the major equipment we use in our materials laboratories include:
- X5 250-600k compression machines
- Tenney environmental chambers
- Walk-in environmental chamber
- Rapid freeze-thaw chamber
- 100% moist room
- 50% moist room
If you have any question about industry testing standards for our concrete or masonry testing services, please contact us.