Test For Aggregates

• Estimation of Deleterious Materials and Organic Impurities
• Specific Gravity, Density, Voids, Absorption and Bulking
• Mechanical Properties
• Soundness
• Mortar Making Properties of Fine Aggregate
• Alkali Aggregate Reactivity
• Petrographic Examination

Test For Bricks

• Measurement and Quality
• Water Absorption
• Efflorescence
• Compressive Strength

Test For Cement

1. Physical Tests 
   
   • Fineness
   • Soundness
   • Consistency
   • Setting Time - Initial and Final
   • Compressive Strength
2. Chemical Analysis
   • Ratio of percentage of line to percentage of silica, alumina and iron oxide.
   • Ratio of percentage of alumina to that of iron oxide
   • Insoluble residue, percent by mass
   • Total Sulphur content calculated as Sulphuric Anhydride (SO3), percent by mass.
   • Total loss on Ignition

IS : 269-1989 - Ordinary Portland Cement 33 Grade
IS : 8112-1989 - Ordinary Portland Cement 43 Grade
IS : 12269-1989 - Ordinary Portland Cement 53 Grade 
IS : 435-1989 - Portland Slag Cement 
IS : 1489(Part I)1991 - Portland Pozzolona Cement Specification 
Part I Fly Ash based 
IS : 1489(Part 2)1991 - Portland Pozzolona Cement Specification 
Part 2 Calcined Clay based

Tests in Cement Concrete

1. Compressive Strength
2. Concrete Mix Design Method of Method of Sampling and Analysis of Concrete
   • Sampling of Fresh concrete in the field
   • Securing and preparing Test Specimens from hardened Concrete
3. Test For Workability
   • Slump Test
   • Compacting Factor Test
   • Flow of cement concrete by the use of the flow table
   • Consistency of Concrete by VEE-BEE Consistometre
4. Analysis of Freshly Mixed Concrete
5. Determination of Weight per cubic metre, yield, Cement Factor And Air content of Freshly Mixed Concrete
6. Air content of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Pressure Method 
7. Cement Content of Hardened Portland Cement Concrete
8. Determination of Changes in Length on Drying and Wetting ( Initial Drying Shrinkage, Drying Shrinkage, Moisture Movement

IS : 516-1959 - Method of test for Strength in Concrete 
IS : 456-1978 - Plain and Reinforced Concrete
Section 1 - General
Section 2 - Material, Workmanship, Inspection and Testing 
Section 3 - General Design Requirements
Section 4 - Special Design Requirements for Structural Members and systems 
Section 5 - Structural Design ( Limit State Method ) 
Section 6 - Structural Design ( Working Stress Method )


9. Tests in Water
   • Chlorides
   • Sulfates
   • Organic Matter
   • Inorganic Matter 
   • Suspended Solids