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.

  • Quantitative Risk Management of budget, schedule, and other project factors

  • ACI certified Concrete Construction Special Inspection of cast-in-place concrete and reinforcement

  • Vertical coring of in-place concrete

  • Vertical coring of in-place asphalt paving

    Water Testing

  • Water Quality Basic Package - Color, Hardness, Alkalinity, pH, Turbidity, Total Chlorine, Chlorine Dioxide, Fluoride, Phosphate, Nitrate, Nitrite, Sulfate, Total Coliforms & E. Coli P/A, UV Absorbing Organic Constituents

  • Biologics

    • Total Coliforms and E. Coli in water, Most Probable Number Method per Method 8091

    • Presence/Absence of Total Coliforms and E. Coli in water via Modified Colitag

    • Presence/Absence of Legionella in water

    Inorganics

    • Free cyanide content in water via Pyridine-Pyrazalone reaction spectrophotometry

    • Lead concentration in water via fast column extraction

    • Copper concentration in water via Standard Method 3500-Cu C or E

    • Manganese concentration in water via Periodate Oxidation or PAN

    • Iron concentration in water via Standard Method 3500-Fe B



    Soil Testing

  • Soil pH per ASTM D4972

  • Soluble sulfates in soil per ASTM C1580


  • COMING SOON!


    • Extractable P, K, Ca, Mg, NO3 in soil

  • 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 guided by ACI Spec-301-20 and standards therein

  • COMING SOON!

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

  • Background ionizing and non-ionizing radiation measurement

  • Radiological Contamination Survey/Count and Dose Quantification per NRC NS-RS-PR-300

  • COMING SOON!

    • In-home Radon Measurement

    • Radiological Contamination Survey with Isotope Identification

  • Bespoke Computational Models

    • Multiphase Geomaterials: structural and self-interaction

    • Stress, Strain, and Deformation of structural materials

    • Particle transmission and interaction in matter (GEANT4)

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


  • Data Visualization and Analysis

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