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INCO-LAB offers a full range of laboratory testing and in-situ testing. Soil and materials testing are our profession. Take a close look at our quality testing and you will find that INCO-LAB is the name to trust. We have now expanded our chemical facilities, the highly qualified Chemists, and the experience to provide fast and effective services.

With these high quality new facilities, you can depend on INCO-LAB to provide reliable results time after time. Let us handle all your needs of materials and chemical testing, and find out how INCO-LAB can help you satisfy your requirements according to the international standards (ASTM - BS).

INCO-LAB offers a wide range of laboratory tests and on- site tests of materials in term of physics and

chemistry performed according to the latest International Standards. Our Materials Department is capable to carry out various physical and chemical testing for soil, soil-cement, concrete, natural building stones, steel and aggregates. Our laboratories are equipped with machines for measuring the compressive and flexural strength of concrete, core sampling and testing tools, chemical testing tools for testing materials such as aggregates, concrete, cement, water and soil, and other various equipment for determination of soil classification, strength and deformation characteristics.

Laboratory Equipment

	CBR testing machines.
	Proctor and modified compaction equipment.
	Direct shear test equipment.
	Triaxial testing apparatus.
	Concrete coring and compression equipment.
	Concrete permeability test apparatus.
	Concrete trial mix equipment.
	Soil and concrete air content equipment.
	Flexure test equipment.
	Chemical test equipment for soil, water aggregate and cement.
	Moisture content and dry density measurement.
	Sieve analysis equipment.
	Atterberg Limits measure equipment.
	Sedimentation analysis equipment.

Field Eqiupment

	Cone Penetration Test (CPT) electric machine.
	Plate load equipment.
	Field density cone-method equipment.
	Core testing equipment.
	CBR equipment.
	Electrical resistivity testing equipment.
	Piezometers and electronic water level indicators.
	Drive in piezometer.
	Ultrasonic, Schmidt hammer and digicover tools.
	Concrete slump equipment.
	Geotechnical and concrete instrumentation
	Impact-Echo system for measuring concrete thickness, cracks and voids within concrete.
	Half cell digital meter to perform steel corrosion test for measuring the actual thickness/diameter of steel within the reinforced concrete.

Chemical Laboratories

INCO-LAB has fully equipped chemical laboratories, and has the capabilities to provide site chemical laboratories to satisfy the need of construction, environmental monitoring and soil & materials investigation fields. Our chemical laboratories offers, but not limited the following range of tests as per the International Standards (ASTM – BS ):
Aggregates:

Sulphate content - Chloride content - Soundness of coarse and fine aggregates - Chemical analysis of aggregate for silica - Ferric oxide - Aluminum oxide - Magnesium oxide - Sulphide - Loss of ignition - etc.

Concrete:

Cement content - Aggregate content - Original total water/cement ratio - Capillary porosity - Sulphate - Chloride content - etc.

Cement:

Silica - Ferric oxide - Aluminum oxide - Calcium oxide - Magnesium oxide - Sulphur trioxide - Sulphide - Loss of ignition - Insoluble residue.

Soil:

Sulphate content - Chloride content - Carbonate content - PH value - Sulphide content - Organic matter content - etc.

Water:

Sulphate content - Chloride content - PH value - Total dissolved solids - Electrical conductivity - Magnesium content - Calcium content - Hardness of water - BOD - COD - Salinity - Alkalinity - etc.

Gypsum:

Free water - Combined water - Silicon dioxide - Insoluble matter - Calcium oxide - Iron - Aluminum oxide - Sulphur trioxide - sodium chloride.

Limestone:

Insoluble matter including silicon dioxide - free silica - Aluminum oxide - Sulphur trioxide - Magnesium oxide - Available lime content - Calcium oxide.