Materials

Thurber Professionals and Technologists offer a wide range of services to determine conformance of construction procedures and materials to the project specifications, design assumptions and good construction practices. Our services include materials testing of soil, aggregates, asphalt, grout, concrete, shotcrete and mortar, pile load testing, site grading operations, aggregate crusher control, in-situ testing of clay liners and pavement testing.

Thurber’s well equipped laboratories are designed to conduct a wide range of tests on a variety of construction materials to assist engineers select representative design parameters and also for quality assurance purposes. Our testing capabilities range from routine tests on a variety of construction materials to advanced testing such as triaxial strength, deformation, consolidation, shear and swelling potential of soils.

We add value to projects by providing materials engineering consulting for the selection and design of construction materials to achieve the design service life of structural components. Additionally, we provide in-place condition evaluation services to assist in the design of repair and remediation measures required to extend the service life of structural components.