Testing Service
Mattest offer customers perhaps the widest range of test batteries available from any construction materials testing house in Ireland. Please click here to view our UKAS Schedules for specific accreditations. They are as follows:
| Materials /Products Tested | Type of Test/ Properties Measured / Range of Measurement |
|---|---|
| Concrete Mortar and Screed | Cube, curing, testing and reporting to BS EN 12390 (UKAS) Cube making, curing, testing and reporting to BE EN 12350 (UKAS) Core cutting, capping, testing and reporting to BS1881.(UKAS) Slump Testing BS EN 12350 (UKAS) Air entrainment test to BS1881. In-situ plastic density determination to BS1881. Analysis of fresh concrete. Analysis of hardened concrete. Impact hammer testing. Cover meter survey. ISAT permeability. Trial mix concrete work. Humidity of floors. BRE Screed testing. Temperature measurement |
| Aggregates | Sieve analysis (dry and washed methods) (UKAS) Sampling of aggregates and graded materials. (UKAS) Silt and clay size material. Moisture content. (UKAS) Relative density and water absorption. Bulk density. Flakiness index. (UKAS) Elongation index. Aggregate crushing value. (UKAS) 10% Fines value. (UKAS) Aggregate impact value. Aggregate drying shrinkage. Aggregate abrasion value. Magnesium Sulphate soundness value. Polished stone value. Water soluble chlorides. Acid soluble sulphates Los Angeles abrasion value. (UKAS) Sand equivalent. Micro deval attrition. (UKAS) Methylene blue. ASR Potential (accelerated methods) |
| Bituminous & Asphalt Mixes | Analysis of bituminous mixes for binder and grading. (UKAS) % Refusal density. (UKAS) Texture depth. (UKAS) |
| Blocks, Bricks, Pavers and Kerbs | Compressive strength of concrete blocks. (UKAS) Compressive strength of bricks and pavers. Water absorption of bricks and pavers. Tensile strength of kerbs and paving flags. Water absorption of kerbs. |
| Soils | Particle size distribution down to 63um. (UKAS) Sedimentation 63um down. Density / moisture content relationship. (UKAS) Plasticity / Atterberg limits. (UKAS) In-situ density In-situ permeability. Oedometer consolidation. Triaxial permeability. California Bearing Ratio. (UKAS) Moisture condition value. (UKAS) Soluble sulphate. Moisture content. (UKAS) Plate bearing TRRL Dynamic cone penetrometer. Nuclear Densometer. (UKAS) |
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