CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS TESTING (CMT) &

NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION (NDE) SERVICES

Construction materials testing (field quality control) and non-destructive testing help to determine conformance to project specifications during construction, thus preventing costly damages resulting from substandard materials and/or unsatisfactory materials installation.

 

Gallet & Associates provides comprehensive field and laboratory testing for soil, concrete, asphalt, roofing, welding and steel bracing.   We utilize state-of-the-art laboratories for testing soil, concrete, asphalt and roofing samples.   Tests are conducted in accordance with American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM), FAA, COE, British Standard, International Systems Organization (ISO) Committee and other testing authorities.   Our labs have been inspected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and AASHTO for conducting testing for U.S. government projects.   The Birmingham operation laboratory was the first in Alabama to be listed on the AASHTO Website, for obtaining accreditation in concrete, aggregates and asphalt.

 

Personnel include technicians certified by recognized groups such as the State Concrete Industries Associations (SCIA), the Roofing Industry Education Institute (RIEI), American Welding Society (AWS) and the National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET).   Staff attends International Building Code (IBC) courses on a regular basis.

 

Our most common materials testing services are:

  • Soils Compaction
  • Concrete (Including Batch Plant) Strength, Using Either Cylinders or Beams
  • Mortar Cube and Stacked Block Prism Tests
  • Pile/Caisson Load
  • Slump
  • Air Entrainment
  • Temperature
  • Asphalt
  • Floor Flatness Testing ("F" Number)
  • Straight-Edge Methods

 

Inspection services include:

  • Foundations
  • Roofing
  • Structural Steel Inspection, Using Visual Bolt Torque
  • Sprayed-On Fireproofing Thickness
  • Reinforced Steel Placement Verification
  • Pile-Driving Monitoring
  • Post-Tension Cable Monitoring

 

Gallet & Associates also has a non-destructive evaluation (NDE) laboratory and a certified FAA repair station.   NDE services include:

  • Magnetic Particle Testing (MT)
    • Surface and near-surface discontinuities in ferromagnetic materials
     
    • Variation of Wet Fluorescent Magnetic Particle Testing (WMFT)
     
    • MT can be performed at the client's location
     
    • Personnel certified in accordance with SNT-TC-1A
     
  • Dye Penetrant Testing (PT)
    • Surface discontinuities on alloy steel, aluminum, magnesium, brass, bronze, plastic and glass objects
     
    • Color contrast and fluorescent
     
  • Radiographic Inspection (RT)
    • Internal defects
     
    • Utilizes x-rays
     
  • Ultrasonic Testing (UT)
    • Performed in both field and laboratory settings
     
    • Highly-specialized field
     

Our engineers and engineering technicians are trained to conduct testing and/or monitoring for the following services:

  • Modular Wall Systems
  • Proofrolling
  • Soil/Rockfill Placement Verification and Nuclear Density Testing
  • Deep and Shallow Foundation Inspection
  • Reinforcing Steel Verification
  • Concrete Design, Sampling and Testing
  • Roofing Materials Placement and Monitoring
  • Floor Flatness ("F" Number) Testing
  • Random Fireproofing Quantity Verification
  • Management on Airport Projects
  • Landfill Clay Liners and HDPE Geomembranes
  • X-Ray: 150KV, 200KV, 300KV, 320CP
  • Ultrasonic
  • Magnetic Particle Testing
  • Liquid Penetrant Testing