Materials Testing Services in Alberta
Alpha Adroit's Advanced Materials Testing Services in Alberta include concrete testing, soil testing — including also soil compaction testing using nuclear densometers — rock testing, grout testing, and asphalt testing.
We provide services for the accurate determination of representative in-situ or engineered materials properties, proper selection and design of construction materials, and quality control of construction materials and their compliance with design specifications, including:
- Conducting standard, advanced, and custom-designed field and laboratory tests on soil, concrete, rock, aggregate, asphalt, and waste materials (ASTM, CSA, AASHTO, and Alberta specifications)
- Laboratory testing, field testing, testing review, interpretation of test results, development of technical specifications, and mix design for Portland cement concrete, grout (including Sika grout), mortar, shotcrete, plastic concrete, soil-cement, lime-treated soil, fly-ash treated soil, RCC (Roller Compacted Concrete), zero-slump concrete, light-weight concrete fills, and recycled materials
- Concrete Non-Destructive Testing (Concrete NDT)
- Inspection and materials testing services for utility line placement, site grading, and construction of embankments, engineered fills, excavations, and retaining walls
- As part of foundation inspection services including monitoring, inspection, and materials testing services for driving of steel piles and construction of concrete shafts, caissons, belled piles, Compacto piles, CFA piles, footings, and mat foundations
- Rebar and form inspection and materials testing services for fresh and cured concrete for reinforced concrete constructions
- Soil testing and proof rolling inspection for pavements and sub-grades
- Soil compaction testing using nuclear densometer for sub-grades, site grading, engineered fills, and structural fills
- Concrete testing services for structural concrete, plastic concrete, zero-slump concrete, light-weight concrete, grout concrete, Sika grout, cementitious grout, non-shrink grout, shotcrete, roller-compacted concrete (RCC), cementitious materials, and asphalt concrete materials
- Materials engineering and design, lab tests, research, interpretation of test results, and development of technical knowledge databases for new engineering materials
- Materials testing for Forensic Geotechnical Engineering applications (failure investigation, expert witness, remedial and repair engineering)
- Total Quality Management (TQM) and Registered Professional Engineer of Record Services for design review and field review of geotechnical engineering and construction materials testing aspects of building projects in compliance with Alberta Building Code (ABC), National Building Code of Canada (NBCC), and International Building Code (IBC)
— Call us Toll-Free: 1-844-4-ADROIT (1-844-423-7648) or please contact us here for more information (for Construction Quality Control Services in Alberta, please contact 780-708-4110).
A summary of our materials testing and construction quality control services is provided below:
Soils- Field Tests and Sampling
- Visual classification
- Pocket Penetrometer test
- Drilling and disturbed sampling
- Coring and core sampling
- Test pitting and block sampling
- Shelby tube sampling
- Osterberg tube sampling
- Continuous thin-wall tube sampling
- Standard Penetration Test (SPT)
- Cone Penetration Test (CPT)
- Seismic Cone Penetration Test with pore-water pressure measurement (SCPTu)
- Self-boring and Pre-bored Pressure-meter Test (PMT, sPMT)
- Field vane test
- Dilatometer test
- Slug test
- Nuclear field density and moisture content determination for soil compaction testing, asphalt testing, and concrete testing
- Sand cone test
- California Bearing Ratio (CBR)
- Plate Load Test (PLT)
- Field soil resistivity test (electrical resistivity and conductivity)
- Soil corrosivity (corrosion potential)
Soils- Laboratory Tests
- Moisture content test
- Organic content test
- Atterberg limit tests (plastic limit and liquid limit)
- Sieve analysis
- Hydrometer test
- Specific gravity
- Unified and AASHTO classification
- Soluble sulfate test
- Laboratory soil and aggregate resistivity test (electrical resistivity and conductivity)
- Soil corrosivity (corrosion potential)
- Salinity test
- PH test
- Pinhole test (dispersive clays)
- Thermal conductivity test
- Hydraulic conductivity test
- Compaction tests (standard and modified Proctor)
- Consolidation test
- Swelling, shrinkage, and collapsing potential tests
- Direct shear test
- Ring shear test (Alberta)
- Vane shear test
- Unconfined compressive strength test
- Triaxial Tests: unconfined compressive (UC), unconsolidated undrained (UU), consolidated undrained (CU), consolidated drained (CD), dynamic tests with bender element, and special stress path tests
- Soil-water characteristic curves for unsaturated soils
- California Bearing Ratio (CBR)
Rocks- Field Tests and Sampling
- Visual classification, mapping of discontinuities, and Rock Quality Indexing such as RQD
- Pocket penetrometer test on soft rocks
- Schmidt hammer test (Alberta and Saskatchewan only)
- Drilling
- Coring
- Test pitting
- Hydraulic fracturing test
- Seismic Cone Penetration Test with pore-water pressure measurement (SCPTu) in soft rock
- Self-boring and Pre-bored Pressure-meter Test (sPMT and PMT)
- Dilatometer test in soft rock
- Slug Test
- Lugeon test
Rocks- Laboratory Tests
- Moisture content test
- Density
- Wetting-drying disintegration test
- Atterberg tests for argillaceous rocks
- Thermal conductivity test
- Hydraulic conductivity test
- Direct shear test
- Ring shear test
- Schmidt hammer test
- Unconfined compressive strength (UCS) test
- One dimensional creep and relaxation tests
- Triaxial Tests
Concrete- Fresh Concrete Tests and Sampling
- Air content
- Temperatures of fresh concrete and air
- Slump
- Cement content
- Water content
- Density
- Flume test for grout, shotcrete, and mortar
- Preparation and curing of cylindrical, cubic, and beam samples
- Potential Alkali-Silica Reactivity of aggregates
- Aggregate abrasion test (Micro-Deval)
- Mix design and review
- Construction monitoring
Concrete- Hardened Concrete Tests and Sampling
- Concrete coring - core sampling
- Concrete Non-Destructive Testing (Concrete NDT)
- Compressive strength (UCS) of concrete cylinders (3" by 6", 4" by 8", and 6" by 12") and cubes
- Tensile strength of concrete cylinders (Brazilian test)
- Creep test
- Schmidt hammer test
- Density
- Void percentage
- Hydraulic conductivity test
- Thermal conductivity test
- Direct shear test (interfacial shear between concrete and soil or other construction materials
- Interpretation of Stress-Strain-Time-Temperature relationships at extreme (elevated and cryogenic) temperatures and high pressures
Asphalt- Field Tests and Sampling
- Nuclear field density determination
- Asphalt coring and core sampling
- Temperatures of asphalt mix and ambient air
- Construction monitoring
Asphalt- Laboratory Tests
- Mix design and review
- Density
- Moisture content test for emulsified asphalt, petroleum products, oil sand, complex tars, and other bituminous materials by distillation method
- Bitumen content test
Water Tests
- Turbidity
- TDS (Total dissolved solids)
- Hydrocarbon Contamination
- Metal Contamination
- PCBs (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
- Salinity
- Sterilants
Alpha Adroit provides materials testing services throughout Alberta including and not limited to the following major centers. Mileage (if applicable at all) will be calculated using one of the following closest municipality addresses (or hotel/camp address for remote projects) for large projects (please confirm at the time of requesting or ordering materials testing services):
For special or large projects — to better serve our clients — we have an option to offer adjusted mileage and travel time that are based on the distance of the municipality address of the closest city to the project site. Mileage (if applicable) will be calculated using one of the following closest municipality addresses (or hotel/camp address for remote projects) for large projects - PLEASE confirm at the time of requesting services: City in Alberta Address For special or large projects — to better serve our clients — we have an option to offer adjusted mileage and travel time that are based on the distance of the municipality address of the closest city to the project site. Mileage (if applicable) will be calculated using one of the following closest county addresses (or hotel/camp address for remote projects) for large projects - PLEASE confirm at the time of requesting services: County in Alberta Specialized or Rural Municipality National Parks:
Alpha Adroit Engineering Ltd provides geotechnical engineering, materials testing, concrete testing, soil compaction testing, and QA/QC services for construction compliance with Alberta Building Code, Alberta Transportation, City of Edmonton Specifications, City of Calgary Specifications, and other municipality and county specifications throughout Alberta including and not limited to the following major Alberta regions.Airdrie
400 Main Street SE, Airdrie, Alberta T4B 3C3 Brooks
201 1st Avenue West, Brooks, Alberta T1R 1B7 Calgary
800 Macleod Trail SE, Calgary, Alberta T2P 2M5 Camrose
5204 - 50 Avenue, Camrose, Alberta T4V 0S8 Chestermere
105 Marina Rd, Chestermere, Alberta T1X 1V7 Cold Lake
5513 - 48 Avenue, Cold Lake, Alberta T9M 1A1 Fort McMurray
9909 Franklin Avenue, Fort McMurray (Wood Buffalo), Alberta T9H 2K4 Fort Saskatchewan
10005 - 102 Street, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta T8L 2C5 Grande Prairie
10205 - 98 Street, Grande Prairie, Alberta T8V 2E7 Lacombe
5432 - 56 Avenue, Lacombe, Alberta T4L 1E9 Leduc
1 Alexandra Park, Leduc, Alberta T9E 4C4 Lethbridge
910 - 4th Avenue South, Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 0P6 Lloydminster
50 Avenue, Lloydminster, Alberta T9V 0W2 Medicine Hat
580 - 1 Street SE, Medicine Hat, Alberta T1A 8E6 Red Deer
4914 - 48 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 3T3 Spruce Grove
315 Jespersen Avenue, Spruce Grove, Alberta T7X 3E8 St Albert
5 St Anne Street, St Albert, Alberta T8N 3Z9 Wetaskiwin
4705 - 50 Avenue, Wetaskiwin, Alberta T9A 0R8
Alpha Adroit Engineering Ltd provides geotechnical engineering, materials testing, concrete testing, soil compaction testing, and QA/QC services for construction compliance with Alberta Building Code, Alberta Transportation, City of Edmonton Specifications, City of Calgary Specifications, and other municipality and county specifications throughout Alberta including and not limited to the following Alberta regions.Athabasca
Athabasca County Banff
Improvement District No. 9 (Banff) Barrhead
County of Barrhead No. 11 Bashaw
Camrose County Bassano
County of Newell Beaumont
Leduc County Beaverlodge
County of Grande Prairie No. 1 Bentley
Lacombe County Black Diamond
Municipal District of Foothills No. 31 Blackfalds
Lacombe County Bon Accord
Sturgeon County Bonnyville
Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87 Bow Island
County of Forty Mile No. 8 Bowden
Red Deer County Bruderheim
Lamont County Calmar
Leduc County Canmore
Municipal District of Bighorn No. 8 and Kananaskis Improvement District Cardston
Cardston County Carstairs
Mountain View County Castor
County of Paintearth No. 18 Claresholm
Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26 Coaldale
Lethbridge County Coalhurst
Lethbridge County Cochrane
Rocky View County Coronation
County of Paintearth No. 18 Crossfield
Rocky View County Daysland
Flagstaff County Devon
Leduc County Didsbury
Mountain View County Drayton Valley
Brazeau County Drumheller
Kneehill County / Special Area No. 2 / Starland County / Wheatland County Eckville
Lacombe County Edson
Yellowhead County Elk Point
County of St. Paul No. 19 Fairview
Municipal District of Fairview No. 136 Fort Macleod
Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26 Fox Creek
Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 Gibbons
Sturgeon County Grande Cache
Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 Granum
Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26 Grimshaw
Municipal District of Peace No. 135 Hanna
Special Area No. 2 Hardisty
Flagstaff County High Level
Mackenzie County High Prairie
Big Lakes County High River
Municipal District of Foothills No. 31 Hinton
Yellowhead County Innisfail
Red Deer County Irricana
Rocky View County Killam
Flagstaff County Lamont
Lamont County Legal
Sturgeon County Magrath
Cardston County Manning
County of Northern Lights Mayerthorpe
Lac Ste. Anne County McLennan
Municipal District of Smoky River No. 130 Milk River
County of Warner No. 5 Millet
County of Wetaskiwin No. 10 Morinville
Sturgeon County Mundare
Lamont County Nanton
Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26 Okotoks
Municipal District of Foothills No. 31 Olds
Mountain View County Onoway
Lac Ste. Anne County Oyen
Special Area No. 3 Peace River
County of Northern LightsNorthern Sunrise CountyMunicipal District of Peace No. 135 Penhold
Red Deer County Picture Butte
Lethbridge County Pincher Creek
Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9 Ponoka
Ponoka County Provost
Municipal District of Provost No. 52 Rainbow Lake
Mackenzie County Raymond
County of Warner No. 5 Redcliff
Cypress County Redwater
Sturgeon County Rimbey
Ponoka County Rocky Mountain House
Clearwater County Sedgewick
Flagstaff County Sexsmith
County of Grande Prairie No. 1 Slave Lake
Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124 Smoky Lake
Smoky Lake County Spirit River
Municipal District of Spirit River No. 133 St. Paul [N7]
County of St. Paul No. 19 Stavely
Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26 Stettler
County of Stettler No. 6 Stony Plain
Parkland County Strathmore
Wheatland County Sundre
Mountain View County Swan Hills
Big Lakes County Sylvan Lake
Red Deer County Taber
Municipal District of Taber Thorsby
Leduc County Three Hills
Kneehill County Tofield
Beaver County Trochu
Kneehill County Turner Valley
Municipal District of Foothills No. 31 Two Hills
County of Two Hills No. 21 Valleyview
Municipal District of Greenview No. 16 Vauxhall
Municipal District of Taber Vegreville
County of Minburn No. 27 Vermilion
County of Vermilion River Viking
Beaver County Vulcan
Vulcan County Wainwright
Municipal District of Wainwright No. 61 Wembley
County of Grande Prairie No. 1 Westlock
Westlock County Whitecourt
Woodlands County
Banff
Banff National Park Of Canada
Elk Island
Elk Island National Park
Jasper
Jasper National Park Of Canada
Waterton
Waterton Lakes National Park of Canada
— Call us Toll-Free: 1-844-4-ADROIT (1-844-423-7648) or please contact us here for more information.
Alpha Adroit Engineering Ltd is a professional member of APEGA (The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta), EGBC (Engineers and Geoscientists BC), APEGS (Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan), CNSC (Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission), ACSA (Alberta Construction Safety Association), and CGS (Canadian Geotechnical Society).