The Testing and Inspection Division provides services in the implementation and review of geotechnical and geostructural designs; and general construction inspections and materials testing including:
- Fully certified soil and aggregate testing laboratories, concrete laboratory certified to CSA Level 1 criteria in accordance to CSA A283, and asphalt laboratories certified by CCIL (Canadian Council of Independent Laboratories) Categories A, B, C, and D. Terraprobe is a CNSC (Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission) licensed operator of appropriate nuclear density gauges
- Conventional and specialized testing tools and knowledge to carry out fieldwork and laboratory testing as required
- Geotechnical Field review for Buildings, Earthworks, Roadways and Parking Lots, Retaining Walls and Slope Restoration
- Field and Laboratory Testing for soil, aggregate, asphalt, concrete, grout, mortar
- Foundations & bearing capacity; footings, caissons, piles
- Excavation stability and backfill monitoring
- Underground services installation inspections and monitoring
- Compaction control and engineered fill construction
- Assessment of soil properties, gradation, in-situ permeability and hydraulic conductivity testing using Guelph Permeameter
- Investigation of concrete cracking, high strength concrete temperature and strength calibration services
- Concrete block testing, adsorption, freeze-thaw
- Asphaltic testing including bitumen content, gradation, Marshall bulk density, stability and air flow, air voids
- Evaluation of asphaltic and concrete pavements
- Design and inspection of rotary drill rig platforms in accordance with Ont. Reg. 213/91, s. 156