Lab Testing

Fresh Concrete

• Slump test: BS EN 12350-2-2009
• Compacting factor: BS EN 12350-4-2009
• Cube preparation: BS EN 12390-2-2009
• Cylinder/beam preparation: BS EN 12350-1-2009

Scaffolding (A-frame / Modular / Shoring)

• Tensile: MS1462-1, MS1462-2-1, MS 1462-4-1, MS 1462-3-1, MS EN 10210 / MS EN 10219
• Chemical: MS1462-2-1, MS EN 10210 / MS EN 10219
• Flattening: MS1462-2-1
• Dimensioning: MS1462-2-1, MS 1462-4-1, MS 1462-3-1
• Zinc coating thickness:
• ISO 2178/ISO 1461, BS EN ISO 9227, EN 10240 / EN 1461, EN ISO 2409 / ISO 253, MS 1462-4-2
• Coating adhesion: ISO 2409
• Coating mass (min. 2 samples): MS 2384, MS 2385, AS 1397
• Stairway (cyclic load): MS 1462-3-2, MS 1462-4-1
• Test for Corrosion Resistance (Salt Spray): MS ISO 9227
• Compressive Strength of Vertical / Horizontal Tube: MS1462-1
• Load Test on Scaffolding Component (Steel Prop,Bracket, Arms Lock, Wall Tie, Brace Pins):
• MS1462-1, MS 1462-4-1
• Structure Test - Load Test (3 bay x 3 lift and 1 bay x 3 lift): MS1462-1, MS 1462-3-2
• Coupler test - Force (slipping/failure/pull apart), indentation, bending & rotational moment: MS1462-2-3
• Drop Test (Shear & Moment): MS 1462-3-2

Coring of Concrete

• Concrete coring through reinforced concrete: BS EN 12504-1
• Core specimen density: BS EN 12390-3:2009
• Compressive strength of core sample (trimmed & capped): BS EN 12504-1
• Compressive strength of core sample (without trimmed & capped): BS EN 12504-1

Hardened Concrete / Brick /Block

• Cube compression test: BS EN 12390-3-2009
• Cylinder compression test: BS EN 12390-3-2009
• Beam flexural test: BS EN 12390-5
• Cylinder tensile splitting test: BS EN 12390-6

NDT (Concrete & Steel)

• Surface hardness (12 reading per set): BS 1881 - 202: 1986/BS EN 12504-2:2012
• Rebound hammer: Analog / digital: BS 1881 - 202: 1986/BS EN 12504-2:2012

Cement

Full Scale Structure Test