Construction Materials & Water
VICC’s laboratories combine sophisticated instrumentation, modern laboratory facilities, the latest analytical techniques, experienced laboratory professionals and rigorous quality assurance programs to ensure that our testing and analysis are accurate and meet international norms. VICC is committed to quality, accuracy, timeliness, defensibility, and client confidentiality while adhering ASTM and other industry-recognized standards.
VICC provides professional geotechnical engineering, environmental consulting, materials testing, and special inspection services for residential, commercial, and civil projects. Our engineers, technicians, and inspectors have a wide range of local knowledge and relevant expertise and work diligently to develop positive working relationships with local regulatory agencies, site planning engineers, and contractors.
Construction Material Testing (CMT): VICC offers a wide array of materials testing which are either performed by our field personnel in conjunction with accepted construction practices or in our in-house laboratory facilities. VICC is also a provider of nuclear gauge field compaction testing services.
Our in-house state-of-the-arts facilities ensure that clients get the most accurate results, along with the expertise of our testing and analytical staff that gives you effective recommendations and solutions for utilizing the results.
Specializing in water testing for the geotechnical, environmental, and construction industries, VICC Laboratory is equipped to perform many advanced tests and all testing is conducted in accordance with the latest specifications. VICC has a line of field testing equipment, and can mobilize it to any location, and conduct comprehensive tests and bacteriological analysis of water conditions in-the-field
CMT Tests Offered
- Aggregate & Concrete Test
- Test for compressive strength of cylindrical concrete specimens Astm C39
- Test specimens in Field Astm C31
- Aggregate – Unit weight and voids Astm C29
- Fine Aggregate – Surface moisture Astm C70
- Mineral Aggregate Washing – Sieve Analysis (75mm) Astm C117
- Fine Aggregate – Specific Gravity and Absorption Astm C128
- Course Aggregate – Specific Gravity and Absorbtion Astm C127
- Sieve Analysis of fine/course Aggregate Astm C136
- Concrete – Unit weight, yield, and air content Astm C138
- Aggregate – clay lumps and friable particles Astm C142
- Fresh Concrete Samples Astm C172
- Slump Test Astm C143
- Concrete – Temperature Astm C1064
- Concrete test specimens – Laboratory Astm C192
- Flexural Strength – Third point loading Astm C78
- Copping Concrete Cylinders Astm C617
- Aggregate – Moisture content Astm C566
- Flat and elongated particle Astm D4791
- Fineness modulus Astm C104
- Aggregate samples Astm D75
- Soil Test
- Sieve analysis Astm D422
- Soil classification Astm D2487
- Atterburg Limits – Liquid limit, plastic limit, plasticity index, group index of soil materials Astm D4318
- Field Density – Sand cone Astm D1556
- Moisture content – drying method Astm D2216
- Proctor (Moisture – Density determination) Astm D1557
- Asphalt Test
- Asphalt mix design – Marshall method Astm D1559
- Bitumen aggregate mixtures – Coating and stripping Astm D2489
- Extraction – Bitumen from bituminous paving mixture Astm D2172
- Bulk specific gravity and density Astm D2726
- Air void percentage Astm D3203
- Plastic Flow resistance – Bituminous mixture using Marshall Apparatus Astm D1559
- Sampling – Bituminous Materials Astm D140
- Sampling – Bituminous Paving Materials Astm D979
- Sieve Analysis – Mineral fillers (road and paving materials)Field density – Asphalt mixture Astm D242
- Theoretical Maximum specific gravity and density – Bituminous paving mixtures Astm D2041
- Mechanical Sieve Analysis – Extracted aggregate Astm D5444