Thurston Laboratories, LLC


Services

Thurston Laboratories, LLC is proud to offer a wide range of services. We are always striving to expand our capabilities and increase our level of service. Check back regularly as we add additional offerings, or contact us with any questions.

You can download a copy of our capability statement here.

Numbers alone do not move a project forward—clear interpretation does. We turn lab and field results into decisions your team can use in submittals, meetings, and day-to-day QA/QC. Whether you need custom models of material behavior, charts that make trends obvious, or quantitative risk analysis for budget and schedule uncertainty, we pair testing with analysis built for how contractors and engineers actually work.

  • Quantitative risk analysis — quantify uncertainty in budget, schedule, and other project factors using test and project data, so you can make clearer go/no-go and contingency decisions

  • Material and structural modeling — understand how soils, concrete, and other materials behave under load so you can optimize designs and reduce costly surprises

    • Multiphase geomaterials: structural and self-interaction

    • Stress, strain, and deformation of structural materials

    • Particle transmission and interaction in matter (GEANT4)

    • Density Functional Theory approaches to quantum and atomistic effects in materials


  • Test data analysis and visualization — QA/QC trends, comparisons, and reports that help you spot issues early and communicate results to owners and inspectors

  • Custom analysis — project-specific code and deliverables when standard spreadsheets are not enough, including bespoke computational models and visualization for your materials and constraints

  • Vertical coring of in-place concrete

  • Vertical coring of in-place asphalt paving

  • Identification

  • Coring of rock specimens

  • Unconfined compressive strength per ASTM D7012(C)

  • Tensile Split (Brazilian) Test ASTM D3967

  • On-site testing of freshly mixed concrete:


  • Laboratory compression testing of concrete specimens per ASTM C39

  • In-situ testing of concrete via rebound number per ASTM C805

  • Concrete moisture and vapor testing per ASTM F1869

  • Concrete mix design and laboratory trial batches per ACI 318, ACI 211.1, and ACI 301

  • COMING SOON!

    • Flexural strength testing (Simple beam with center-point loading) per ASTM C293