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L. 1086

Tests on concrete

• Physical
  parameters determination
• Mechanical
  resistance tests
• Special
  tests and measurements
• Tests on aggregates for concrete
• Other Tests

Tests on steels

• Tensile tests
• Other mechanical tests on steels
• Special
  tests and measurements
• Tests on nuts and bolts
• Special tests and measurements

Tests on Brickworks

• Compressive strength parallel to the holes
• Compressive strength transversal to the holes
• Tensile strength for bending on strips
• Determination of the percentage of drilling and average area of ??a hole
  section
• Coefficient of linear expansion
• Punching test
• Moisture expansion test
• Water absorption
• Durability to freezing and thawing cycles

Hydraulic Binder Tests

• Physical evidence
• Mechanical
  resistance tests

External tests

• Diagnostics / Acceptance tests
• Local destructive and non-destructive checks on structures
• Mass
  spectrometer tests

Geotechnics

Lands

• Natural water content
• Volume unit weight
• Weight of the unit of volume of solid granules
• Particle size analysis by sedimentation (aerometry) and sieving
• Consistency or Atterberg limits
• Withdrawal limit
• Relative density
• Organic substances content
• Unconfined Compression Test – ELL
• Oedometric test with load increments
• Direct shear test with Casagrande tool
• Unconsolidated undrained triaxial compression test – UU
• Consolidated undrained triaxial compression test – CIU
• Consolidated drained triaxial compression test – CD
• Compaction test with standard or modified AASHTO mode
• Test for the determination of the CBR lift index
• Permeability test with variable load permeameter
• Permeability test with constant load permeameter
• Permeability test in an oedometric cell or Permeability test in a triaxial
  cell
• Measurement of the sulphate content
• Measurement of the carbonate content
• Swelling test
• Sand equivalent test

Rocks

• Determination of the apparent density or Determination of the real density
• Simplified petrographic description
• Water content
• Porosity measurements
• Imbibition coefficient measurement
• Freezing test
• Compression test with concentrated load (Point Load Test)
• Uniaxial compression test on specimen
• Triaxial compression test on rocks
• Bending test on rocks
• Direct shear test on joints
• Indirect tensile test
• Measurement of the elastic waves speed
• Wear resistance test
• Los Angeles test
• Permeability test
• Wear test by sliding friction
• Abrasion resistance test
• Bending test
• Measurement of the roughness of the joints
• Sclerometric test
• Abrasion index Cherchar Abrasivity Test
• Small diameter puncture test Siever’s test
• Drop Test
• Impact resistance
• Slip resistance

Aggregates

• Simplified petrographic description
• Determination of the particle size distribution
• Determination of the shape of the grains (Flattening Coefficient)
• Determination of the shape of the grains (Shape index)
• Determination of the percentage of crushed surfaces in coarse aggregates
• Determination of shell content
• Test of the sand equivalent
• Methylene blue test
• Wear resistance (micro-Deval)
• Fragmentation Resistance (Los Angeles)
• Determination of bulk density and intergranular voids
• Determination of the density of the granules and water absorption
• Determination of the sandability and abrasion value
• Resistance to freezing and thawing
• Potential reactivity of aggregates in the presence of alkali
• Degradability to sulphate solutions attacks
• Thin sections creation
• Thin section petrographic examination with polarizing microscope or X-ray
  diffractometric analysis
• Crushing coefficient

Perforations

• Rotary drilling for continuous coring or core destruction, up to a depth
  of at least 50 meters, in any type of material
• Sampling of undisturbed samples (by driving and rotating) and with limited
  disturbance

Permeability tests

• Pumping test with central hole and piezometers arranged in a radial pattern
• Permeability hole tests in soil (Lefranc test)
• Permeability hole tests in soil (Lugeon test)

Borehole tests

• Dynamic penetrometric tests Standard Penetration Test (S.P.T.)
• Scissometric tests (vane tests)
• Installation of piezometric and inclinometric columns

Environment

• Waters: human consumption, natural, industrial and / or discharged
• Lands
• Waste

Diagnostics

• Diagnosis of deterioration
• Structural analysis
• Static and dynamic tests
• Inspection and Surveillance
• Test
  on armored glass
• Tests
  on tie rods
• Investigations
  on the stress state of the masonry
• Tests
  with single and double flat jacks on walls and beams in c.a.p.
• Static
  load tests (application of uniformly distributed load)
• Static
  load tests on piles, micropiles and bulkheads
• Penetrometric (Windsor), extraction (pull out and pull off), sclerometric
  and ultrasonic tests
• Prefabrication
  of innovative self-diagnosing earthquake resistant structures
• Diagnostic
  technologies for the evaluation of the degradation and residual performance
  of steel chains and tie rods in historic masonry buildings
• New
  technologies for the assessment of deterioration and control of prestressed
  concrete structures

Streets

• Bituminous conglomerates
• Bitumen
• Controls in progress
• Road superstructures
• HWD
  tests
• Qualification
  of aggregates for roadway use (Deval, micro Deval, Los Angeles, crushing coefficient,
  CLA)

Topography

• Survey
• Terrestrial and aerial photogrammetry
• 3D Laser scanner

Metrologies

• Pressures and Forces:
  • Verification of test machines and presses calibration
  • Verification of pressure gauges calibration
  • Verification of pressure transducers calibration
• Lengths – Displacements:
  • Verification of displacement transducers calibration
  • Verification of mechanical comparators calibration
  • Verification of gauges and rulers calibration

Scientific Investigations Laboratory

• Chemistry
• Mineralogy and Petrography
• Environmental analyses
• Asbestos Research
• Foods
• Sampling
  of airborne fibers and relative samples analysis by SEM

Materials technology

• Fiberglass
• Sheaths – PVC
• TNT
• Special tests
• Tests
  on TNT and Geotextiles
• Paints

Geognostics

• Geognostic investigations
• Geognostic
  surveys at sea
• Investigations on foundation structures
• Environmental geognostic investigations
• Perforations
• Permeability tests
• Borehole tests

Monitoring

• Geotechnical monitoring
• Structural Monitoring
• Environmental Monitoring

Geophysics

• Geophysical investigations
• Georadar investigations