Concrete & Pile Testing

CET SAFEHOUSE prides itself on it’s wealth of knowledge and expertise, providing our customers with test results for poured fresh, reinforced and hardened concrete. We are also able to offer clients detailed reports on existing structures where the concrete condition is potentially deteriorating, identify its root cause and more importantly, the best repair solution.

CET SAFEHOUSE has unrivalled experience in this field. We employ some of the UK’s leading technical advisors who are experts in concrete technology and are based at our UKAS accredited laboratories. We deliver a quality, competent and highly efficient service at competitive prices throughout the UK to contractors, structural consultants and building owners alike.

The range of specialist services CET SAFEHOUSE offers includes the following:-

• In-situ concrete testing of fresh concrete
  • Manufacturing of concrete cubes
  • Concrete workability determination (SLUMP)
  • Air content
  • Compaction factor (CF)
• Pile integrity testing
  • Sonic Echo techniques (TEAP)
  • Dynamic pile loading (SIMBAT)
  • Transient Dynamic Response (TDR)
• Laboratory testing
  • Compressive strength of concrete cubes & cores
  • Cement content
  • Chloride content
  • Aggregate testing
  • Petrographic examination
• Specialist testing of hardened concrete structures
  • Strength estimations
    • Windsor pin
    • Schmidt hammer
    • Portable coring
  • Ferroscan reinforcement mapping surveys
  • Structural inspection
    • Half cell potentials
    • Covermeter surveys
    • Chloride profiling
    • Concrete resistivity

For further detailed information regarding concrete testing please visit M.G. Associates (specialist division of CET SAFEHOUSE Limited) website http://www.concrete-testing.com