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Construction & Materials Sampling & Testing

NTS offers a broad spectrum of services to assist contractors, property owners, architects, and engineers to provide quality assurance and quality control for various construction projects.

 

During the projects design phase NTS can provide a variety of test to assist the architects or engineers in their decision process.

 

NTS offers geotechnical soil borings in accordance with ASTM D 1586 and borrow source testing.

 

Some of the borrow source tests that NTS can perform include:


  • Soil classifications
  • Washed sieve analysis
  • Hydrometers
  • Sand and clay permeabilities
  • Ballast resistivity
  • Many others

Once the project begins NTS offers both field and laboratory testing services. Testing services are provided by experienced, certified personnel.

 

Examples of field tests that NTS routinely performs are:


  • Sand cones (ASTM D 1556)
  • Nuclear Moisture Density Compaction Testing (ASTM D 2922)
  • Footing and rebar inspections
  • Concrete testing services

Some common laboratory tests that NTS performs include:


  • Soil Gradations (ASTM D 422)
  • Standard Proctor Test (ASTM D 698)
  • Modified Proctor Test (ASTM D 1556)
  • Flexible wall clay permeability (ASTM D 5084)
  • Constant head permeability (ASTM D 5856)
  • Concrete cylinder compressive strength tests (ASTM C 873)

NTS also offers a variety of unique project specific field and laboratory services.

 

NTS personnel are trained in a wide variety of materials testing disciplines.

NTS personnel attend refresher classes and various seminars to assure that our soils technicians and project managers understand the current methodologies and practices.

 

Some of the certifications held by NTS personnel include:


  • American Concrete Institute (ACI) and MNDOT Grade I Field Testing Technician
  • MNDOT Aggregate Production Level I
  • MNDOT Grading and Base Level I
  • MNDOT Bituminous Plant I
  • MNDOT Bituminous Street I
  • Nuclear Safety Gauge Training

Due to NTS` strong connection to Brownfield Development, many of our field technicians have also completed OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER training, which allows our personnel the level of safety training to work in potentially hazardous environments, with the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) upgrade.

 

If you would like more information or obtain a price quote for please call or email:

 

Matt Lucas

(218) 780-5674

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