Our Laboratories
Allstate Consultants’ geotechnical and construction materials laboratories have been provided with the latest laboratory equipment and have been designed and constructed to create a productive and professional work environment.
Our laboratory technicians have been well trained by experienced geotechnical engineers to perform soil and concrete tests in an efficient manner and in accordance with appropriate engineering standards. Our up to date laboratory equipment is well maintained and regularly calibrated.
All laboratory tests are assigned by an experienced geotechnical engineer who supervises the laboratory work and reviews the test results. Laboratory test data is processed by trained personnel, reviewed by the geotechnical engineer and presented on the test boring logs or in standardized report quality formats approved by our geotechnical manager. Consolidation, Triaxial Compression and Grain Size Distribution Test Reports are developed and presented using our firms licensed GEOSYSTEM software.
Allstate Consultants performs the following soil tests in our geotechnical and construction materials testing laboratory at 3312 LeMone Industrial Blvd. in Columbia.
SOIL LABORATORY TESTS
- Water Content
- Dry Unit Weight
- Unconfined Compressive Strength
- Specific Gravity
- Atterberg Limits
- Sieve Analysis
- Hydrometer Analysis
- CBR Tests
- Swell Potential and Swell Pressure using Lever Arm Consolidometers
- Consolidation Tests using Geotest Lever Arm Consolidometers
- Consolidation Tests using GeoTac Computer Controlled Load Frame and Data Acquisition System
- Unconsolidated Undrained and Consolidated Undrained Triaxial Compression Tests with Pore Pressure Measurements using GeoTac Computer Controlled Load Frame and Data Acquisition System
- Flexible Wall Permeability Tests using GeoTac Triaxial Cells and Panels
- Standard and Modified Proctor Tests
CONCRETE LABORATORY TESTS
- Compressive Strength of Concrete Cylinders using 300,000 lb Test Mark Load Frame
- Flexural Strength of Concrete Beams using 20,000 lb. Test Mark Load Frame
- Compressive Strength of Grout Cylinders and Cores using Test Mark Load Frames
- Compressive Strength of Mortar and Grout Cubes using Test Mark Load Frames
- Aggregate Sieve Analyses, Bulk Density, Specific Gravity, Absorption
