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Our Services

Construction Materials Laboratory

Aggregate Testing

NTI’s in-house laboratory has been inspected and approved by the Oregon Building Officials Association (OBOA), the City of Portland Bureau of Development Services (COP-BDS), the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA Lab Certificate #3087.01 Scope of Accreditation), the Washington Association of Building Officials (WABO), the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).

Aggregate Testing

  • Accelerated Expansion US ACOE CRD-C148
  • Clay Lumps & Friable Particles ASTM C142; AASHTO T112
  • Elongated Materials ODOT TM229; ASTM D4791
  • Fractured Faces ASTM D5821
  • L.A. Abrasion ASTM C131/C535; AASHTO T96
  • Lightweight Pieces ASTM C123; AASHTO T113 (2.0 & 2.4 Specific Gravity)
  • Moisture Density Relationship - Modified ASTM D1557; AASHTO T180
  • Moisture Density Relationship - Standard ASTM D698; AASHTO T99
  • No. 200 Wash ASTM C117; AASHTO T11
  • Oregon Air Degradation; ODOT TM208
  • Organic Impurities ASTM C40
  • Sand Equivalent ASTM D2419; AASHTO T176
  • Sieve Analysis ASTM C136; AASHTO T27
  • Sieve Analysis Combined with No. 200 Wash
  • ASTM C136/C117; AASHTO T27/T11
  • Soundness - Magnesium or Sodium, 5 cycles ASTM C88; AASHTO T104
  • Specific Gravity and Absorption Coarse Aggregate
  • ASTM C127; AASHTO T85
  • Specific Gravity and Absorption Fine Aggregate
  • ASTM C128; AASHTO T84
  • Uncompacted Void Content of Fine Aggregate ASTM C1252; AASHTO T304
  • Unit Weight and Voids in Aggregate ASTM C29; AASHTO T19
  • Wood Particles; ODOT TM225
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