Our Services

Laboratory Services

TECHNICON has a full-service testing laboratory that incorporates multiple phases of the construction industry. All tests are performed by trained and certified personnel. Test procedures are followed carefully by all our staff. TECHNICON can fabricate test equipment for custom purposes.

TECHNICON offers the following Laboratory Services:

Construction Materials Testing 

  • Fully Equipped ASTM C1077, C1093, E329, and D3666 Certified Laboratory
  • Caltrans Certified for Concrete, Asphalt, and Soils
  • Compressive Strength Tests of Concrete, Mortar, Masonry, and Grout
  • High Strength and Specialty Concrete Mix Design Trial Batches
  • Mix Designs and Trial Batches for Grout, Gunite, Mortar, and Shotcrete
  • Flexural Strength Determinations of Concrete
  • ASTM C33 Aggregate Quantitative/Qualitative Testing
  • Asphaltic Concrete Hveem Volumetric and Density Testing
  • Concrete Masonry Unit and Prism Compression and Drying Shrinkage Testing
  • Cement-Treated Base (FDR) Designs and Qualification Testing
  • CDOT and CAHSR Laboratory Trial Batches for Strength and Drying Shrinkage
  • Prequalification of Structural Concrete

Structural Steel 

  • Fully Equipped ASTM C1077 Certified Laboratory
  • Structural Steel Testing
  • Tension and Bend Tests of up to #14 Reinforcing Bars
  • Welder Qualification Testing
  • Weld Procedure Qualification Testing
  • Machining of Test Specimens
  • Custom Specimen Preparation and Testing

Geotechnical Testing 

  • Fully Equipped Geotechnical Laboratory
  • Flexible Wall Permeability of Treated and Untreated Soils
  • Rigid Wall, Constant-Head Permeability of Soils
  • Effect of Consolidation and Direct Shear of Soils
  • pH, Minimum Resistivity, and Sulfate and Chloride Content of Soils
  • Expansion Index, Hydrometer/Sieve Analysis, and Plasticity Index of Soils
  • R-Value of Treated and Untreated Soils and Aggregate Bases
  • Specimen Remolding
  • Unconfined Compressive Strength of Cohesive Soils
  • Unconsolidated, Undrained Triaxial Compressive Strength of Soils

Custom Load Testing for Manufacturing Industries

  • Custom Load Testing of Miscellaneous Products – Compression and Tension
  • Utility Vaults (up to 60″); Piers; Glass; 60,000-400,000 pound capacity
  • Fabrication of Custom Test Equipment for Forensic Analyses