Geotechnical Engineering and Materials Testing Firm

Principals of the firm each have over 40 years of extensive experience in New Mexico and provide management and technical oversight of all projects. We have wide-ranging geotechnical engineering experience in foundation design, retaining structure design, water resource projects including earthen and rock dams, subterranean utilities, and heavy civil projects. Each office is capable of providing complete Materials Testing Services, which include over 80 different services and specialized tests. Geo-Test, Inc. possesses a New Mexico radiation license that allows us to maintain and store nuclear density gauges at each office location. Our laboratories are fully equipped and staffed by certified technicians to perform common soil, aggregate, concrete, and asphalt pavement testing. Our Albuquerque facility is also accredited through the AASHTO Accreditation Program. Geo-Test has provided consulting services in material engineering and geotechnical engineering investigations throughout New Mexico and the Southwest for over thirty years.

Dry, cracked clay soil pattern.

Laboratory Tests

Soils

Moisture - Density Relation Test
Unit Cost (ASTM D-698)
Unit Cost (ASTM D-1557)
Sieve Analysis (3" - #200) (ASTM C-136)
Plasticity Index (Atterberg Limits) (ASTM D-4318)
Hydrometer Analysis (ASTM D-422)
Moisture Content
Expansion (Swell, Constant Surcharge)
FHA Soil Volume Change Meter
Percent Consolidation

Geo-Test pickup truck parked outside.

Time-Rated Consolidation (ASTM D-2435)
Direct Shear (ASTM D-3080)
Permeability (Constant or Falling Head), Undisturbed
Permeability (Constant or Falling Head), Remolded
Unconsolidated Undrained Triaxial Shear (ASTM D-2850)
Unconfined Compression, Undisturbed (ASTM D-2166)
Unconfined Compression, Remolded (ASTM D-2166)
Density of Undisturbed Ring Sample
California Bearing Ratio (CBR) (ASTM D1883)
Specific Gravity - #10 Fraction (ASTM D-854)
Sample Prep (Laboratory)
Soil pH (ASTM G-51)
Soil Resistivity (ASTM G-57)
One-Dimensional Swell (ASTM 4546)
Floor Moisture Test Kits

Concrete cylinder samples curing submerged.

Compressive Strength Tests (Curing & Capping)

Concrete Cylinders & Cubes (ASTM C-39)
Hold Cylinders Not Tested
Flexural Strength (Beams) (ASTM C-78)
Concrete Cores (ASTM C-39)
Single-Use Cylinder Molds
Concrete Mix Design
Less Aggregate Tests/negotiable
CTB Mix Design

Concrete

Compressive Strength Tests (Curing & Capping)
Concrete Cylinders & Cubes (ASTM C-39)
Hold Cylinders Not Tested
Flexural Strength (Beams) (ASTM C-78)
Concrete Cores (ASTM C-39)
Single-Use Cylinder Molds
Concrete Mix Design
Less Aggregate Tests/negotiable
CTB Mix Design

Asphalt core samples for testing.

Asphalt

Asphaltic Concrete Pavement Analysis
Includes Extraction, Gradation, Gyratory
Specimens and Voids Analysis
Asphaltic Concrete Mix Design
Lab Verification of Asphalt Mix Design
Retained Stability of Bituminous Mixture (ASTM D-1075)
Asphalt Content & Gradation of Bituminous Mixture
Unit Weight, Stability & Flow (ASTM D-1559)
Asphalt Core Density and Length (ASTM D-2726)
Maximum Theoretical Specific Gravity (ASTM D-2041)
OGFC Mix Design
Superpave Mix Design
Gyratory Specimens (AASHTO T-312)

Sieve stack with aggregate stones.

Aggregate

Clay Lumps - Friable Particles (ASTM C-142)
Organic Impurities (ASTM C-40)
Sand Equivalent (ASTM D-2419)
Fractured Face Count + #4
Fractured Face Count + #10
Los Angeles Abrasion (ASTM C-131)
Magnesium or Sodium Sulfate Soundness (ASTM C-88)
Specific Gravity & Absorption
(Coarse or Fine Aggregate) (ASTM C-127, C-128)
Unit Weight (ASTM C-29)
Lightweight Pieces (ASTM C123)
Flat and Elongated pieces
Aggregate Correction Factor (ASTM C-231)
Uncompacted Void Content (Fine Agg.) (ASTM C-1252)
Aggregate Soundness by Freeze/Thaw