Concrete Testing to Upper Levels of Office Building

Drilling for Chloride Samples

Core Drilling for Samples

Core hole, core ready to be taken to laboratory for testing

South West Concrete Repairs offer a full range of onsite investigative, exploratory works and destructive and non destructive testing.  Working with the technical departments of our material manufacturers and suppliers we can also offer an independent, comprehensive report and recommendation service.

Visual Surveys
Used to determine the possible reasons for concrete deterioration and the general condition of the structure, plus the extent of works necessary to remedy the failure and the most appropriate repair system to affect repair.

Cover Meter Surveys
Identifies steel reinforcement within the structure and is used to determine steel reinforcement bar spacing, size of reinforcement bars and the depth of reinforcement from the surface.

Carbonation Depth Testing
Used to determine the extent carbon dioxide and other gases have penetrated the concrete, carbon dioxide has a detrimental effect on the concrete's natural alkalinity.

Soundness or acoustic Hammer Test Survey
Gives a general appraisal of the 'soundness' of the concrete and identifies hollow or honeycombed areas beneath the surface. Also used to identify delamination of surface coatings.

Rebound or Schmidt Hammer Tests
Gives an approximate indication of the concrete strength. When used over large areas can also indicate variability in strength over the structure.

Chloride Testing
Determines the amount of chlorides within the concrete. Chlorides lead to an increased risk of corrosion of embedded metals.

Pull Off Test

Borroscope

Rebound Hammer

Covermeter

Ferroscan