Concrete

• Quality Assurance - Verification of Concrete to the Project Specification
• Surface Distress (Scaling, Spalling, Discoloration, Popouts, Mortar Lift-offs, Salt-scaling, Delamination, Dusting, Crazing, Cracking, Blistering)
• Curling and Cracking
• Corrosion of Reinforcing Steel in Concrete
• Alkali-Aggregate Reaction
• Internal and External Sulfate attack
• Delayed Ettringite Formation (DEF)
• Seawater Attack
• Efflorescence, Staining, Discoloration
• Loss of Strength
• Delayed Hydration of Free Lime & Magnesia in Hardened Concrete
• Physical Salt Attack
• Acid and Alkali attack
• Surface Abrasion
• Freezing of Plastic or Hardened Concrete
• Abnormal Setting (Delayed or Accelerated Setting)
• Fire Attack
• Cement & Concrete Burn

 

 

Masonry

• Water Leakage
• Cracking
• Freeze-Thaw Durability
• Efflorescence
• Quality Assurance
• Mortar Evaluation - Type, Composition, Condition, Comparison

 

 

Tiles & Flooring

• De-bonding of Floor Tiles
• Tile Cracking
• Bumps, Blisters, Discoloration
• Moisture related problems and Floor Covering Failures

 

 

Protective Coating

• Paint failure from plaster, drywall
• Cracking in stucco
• Paint failure from concrete floor
• Other coating failure from substrate

 

 

Field Reconnaissance

• Condition Survey and Selection of Sample Locations
• Delamination Survey
• Half-cell Potential Survey
• Moisture Vapor Transmission Rate
• Relative Humidity Profile