Control engineering

Control engineering

CONTROLS ON REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES

  • Concrete sampling
  • SonReb investigations
  • Pull-Out tests
  • Widsor method tests
  • Measurement of carbonation thickness
  • Determination of the percentage of chlorides and sulphates
  • Pacometric tests
  • Sampling of reinforcement bars
  • Durometric tests

 

CHECKS ON REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES

  • Determination of working tension on prestressing cables
  • Determination of working tension of concrete
  • Visual inspection of prestressing cables
  • Georadar surveys for surveying the route of prestressing cables
  • Endoscopic surveys for the visual inspection of prestressing cables

 

CHECKS ON STEEL STRUCTURES

  • Checking the tightening torque of bolted joints
  • Verification of welded joints by liquid penetrant, magnetoscopic, ultrasonic and radiographic tests
  • Thickness measurements
  • Mechanical characterisation of steel

 

CHECKS ON MASONRY STRUCTURES

  • Determination of the working and breaking tension of wall panels
  • Determination of the sliding tension of mortar joints
  • Sonic tests for the verification of the consistency of masonry structures
  • Penetrometric tests on mortar joints
  • Thermographic investigation for the survey of the wall texture
  • Pull-off tests on consolidation elements

 

FOUNDATIONS

  • Cross-hole tests to verify the integrity of piles and diaphragms
  • Mechanical admittance tests to determine the length of piles and diaphragms
  • Load tests on small and large diameter piles

 

SCAFFOLDING

  • Load tests on slabs and stairways with distributed or concentrated overloads
  • Load tests on bridge decks
  • Lifting of bridge decks for replacement of supports
  • Laboratory tests on construction materials according to L.1086/71 (concrete, steel, etc.)
  • Laboratory tests on asphalt and bitumen
  • Data interpretation and analysis
  • Consultancy and design assistance