Aggregate Sampling The next series of Fun Fact Friday posts will be an aggregate of knowledge about aggregates! What makes aggregates so important? Well, as an important component of concrete,…
How Cold Weather Impacts the Structural Integrity of Concrete As a Western New York-based firm, we are no strangers to cold weather. The temperature has a daily impact on our…
Qualifications and Importance of Certified Welding Inspectors A certified welding inspector must have a combination of qualifying education and work experience, with documentation to support. According to the American Welding…
The Importance of Floor Flatness and Levelness Testing Floor Flatness and Floor Levelness can be critical to the safety of people and equipment, especially in areas with high foot and…
Exterior Insulated Finishing System Inspections One of the many services offered by Encorus Group’s Civil Materials Testing & Inspection Group is EIFS inspections. According to ASTM international, EIFS, or Exterior…
Petrographic Testing When building any type of structure, it is important to make sure that the materials you are using are structurally sound to guarantee the integrity and longevity of…
Hydrometer Analysis Testing This Fun Fact Friday article will describe the procedure for hydrometer analysis of soils. This procedure measures the particle-size distribution of fine-grained soils and is one of…
DID YOU KNOW? #funfactfriday Fun Facts: How to Determine Optimal Moisture Content in Soil The Fun Fact Friday post for this week will concentrate on one of the services offered…
Floor Flatness / Levelness Testing One service that Encorus’s Civil Testing Group Civil Materials Testing provides is the measurement of floor flatness and levelness. Floor flatness, known as FF, measures…