MAIN DRILLING, SAMPLING AND FIELD TESTING FACILITIES

Drilling Rigs

• MF500C Drill rotary rig, truck mounted, capacity 300m
• SAMAFOR rotary rig, truck mounted, capacity 350m

Geotechnical Investigation Field Testing

• Electrical Earth Resistivity Meter
• Plate Bearing Testing Apparatus
• Field CBR Testing Apparatus
• Double Tube Core Barrels for Hard Soil and Rock Coring (Different sizes: SWF, HWF, 412, TNW, NWF, T2-76).
• Wireline Core Barrels (HQ3 Triple Tube Core Barrels and HQ Double Tube Core Barrel).
• Pneumatic down the Hole Hammers with various diameters.
• Split Barrel Tubes with Standard Penetration Test (SPT)
• Thin Wall Tubes forSoil Sampling (shelby tubes) 3 inch diameter.
• Piston samplers 3 inch diameter.
• Drilling Rods with various diameters and lengths.
• Casing with various outside diameters and lengths.
• Water and Mud Pumps with various capacities.
• Air Compressors with various capacities.
• Evaluation of Cracking
• Temperature Monitoring of Concrete 

Geophysical Testing

• Caliper Logging and electrical resistivity

MAJOR LABORATORY TESTING FACILITIES

Soil and Aggregate

• Direct Shear Test Apparatus.
• Point Load Test Apparatus.
• CBR Test Apparatus.
• Unconfined Compression Test Apparatus
• Odometer/Consolidation Test Apparatus.
• Triaxial Compression Test Apparatus.
• Permeability Test (Constant & Falling Head) Apparatus.
• Los Angeles Abrasion Test Apparatus.
• Aggregate Crushing Value Test Apparatus.
• 10% Fines Test Apparatus.
• Flakiness & Elongation Tests Apparatus.

Concrete and Steel

• Steel Testing Machine.
• Concrete Compression Testing Machines.

Destructive Testing

• Water penetration through concrete test apparatus.
• Complete set-up for electrical measurement of concrete ability to resist Chloride Ion Penetration.
• Complete set of instruments to test the drying shrinkage of concrete.
• Vibro consistometer to test the workability of RCC.
• Compressometer to test the elastic modulus and possion's ratio of concrete.
• Concrete cores sawing apparatus.
• Various testing equipment, mixers, moulds and tools for sampling and testing of concrete. .

Non-Destructive Testing

• Electromagnetic Covermeters
• Ultrasonic Pulse velocity (UPV)
• Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Instruments.
• A unique patented field system for measuring the rate of corrosion of steel reinforcement in concrete and measuring of concrete resistivity ambient temperature and relative humidity.
• Coating Thickness Gauges
• Nuclear Moisture/Density Meters for soils & Asphalt testing
• Initial surface absorption of concrete test apparatus.
• Biaxial Inclinometer System for Measurement of Lateral Displacement
• Complete set of instruments for measuring the built-up temperatures in concrete ( with thermocomples).
• Complete set of instruments to test the water tightness of water retaining structures.

Cement 

• Atomic Absorption Apparatus
• Flame Photometer
• Blaine Air Permeability Apparatus.
• Le Chatelier Apparatus.
• Complete set of instruments to test the compressive, flexural and tensile strengths of cement. 

Asphalt

• Extraction Apparatus.
• Marshall Stability Apparatus.
• Flash & Fire Point Apparatus.
• Ductility Apparatus.
• Penetration Apparatus.
• Indentation of asphalt waterproofing membrane apparatus.
• Complete set of equipment to conduct asphalt mix designs.
• Cold pliability of asphalt waterproofing membrane apparatus.
• Asphalt cores sawing apparatus.

Environmental Testing

• Complete set of instruments to carry out all environmental tests.

Other Testing Facilities

• Fully equipped laboratories for physical, mechanical, chemical, electrical & thermal testing of soils, concrete, aggregate, bitumen, cement, water, steel, etc…
• All available equipment comply with the requirements of International Standards such as: British Standards (BS), American Standards (ASTM) and/or the German Standards (DIN).