Quality Control and Testing Services

Haddad Geotechnical Inc. provides a broad range of on-site and laboratory testing and quality control services, all in conformance with current and applicable ASTM, CSA and AASHTO standards.

On-Site Inspections:

• Inspection of foundation bearing strata for shallow and deep foundations
• Installation of helical piers and micro-piles
• Installation of temporary shoring and tie-back stressing
• Excavation, cut slopes and other earthworks
• Subgrade Approval
• Reinforcing Steel Inspection
• Grout Injection Monitoring
• Monitoring Installation of buried services (water mains, sewers, etc.)
• Ground Reinforcement

Quality Control and On-Site Testing:

• In-situ density gauge testing of engineered fill, granular base and sub-basecourses
• Ready-mix and hand-mix concrete testing (air entrainment, slump, flow and compressive strength)
• Mortar testing
• Asphalt pavement quality and compaction control
• Permeability and frost susceptibility tests
• Aggregate selection

Laboratory Testing:

• Determination of various soil properties (unit weight, earth pressure coefficient, internal angle of friction, etc.)
• Moisture content
• Gradation analyses of natural subsoils, fill materials and aggregates
• Standard and Modified Proctor testing
• Compressive strength testing of concrete, concrete block, brick, mortar and grout