Construction Materials Testing

Our construction material testing laboratory has been in operation since 1967. Our main laboratory is located in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico (South East Metropolitan Area of San Juan). We also have a field office at Ponce (South Coast, PR) and Mayaguez (West Coast, PR). Depending on the project size, we may be able to set up field offices equipped with testing equipment anywhere on the island, Virgin Islands or any other island of the Lesser Antilles. Our company has twenty five (25) laboratory technicians, an engineer and a manager dedicated solely to our testing laboratories. All of our technicians have been trained as American Concrete Institute (ACI) technicians for their corresponding duties, whether it is laboratory technician, strength testing technician or field technician.

J&S in Trujillo Alto, PR is accredited by the AASHTO Accreditations Program (AAP) for soil, construction materials and aggregates testing. In order to fulfill with the regulations imposed by the AASHTO Materials Reference Laboratories (AMRL) and the Concrete and Cement Reference Laboratories (CCRL), we are enrolled in their proficiency sample testing program. Also, JSTL has been validated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the same standards as for AAP.

  • Our laboratory is AAP compliant with the following quality standards:
  • ASTM D3740: Standard Practice for Minimum Requirements for Agencies Engaged in the Testing and/or Inspection of Soil and Rock as Used in Engineering Design and Construction
  • ASTM E329: Standard Specification for Agencies Engaged in the Testing and/or Inspection of Materials Used in Construction
  • AASHTO R18: Quality System
  • ASTM 1077: Concrete and Cement Reference Laboratories (CCRL) Quality Systems

J&S is capable of conducting field and laboratory testing of the following construction materials:

  • Cement
  • Concrete
  • Aggregates
  • Steel Rebars
  • Structural Steel
  • Masonry
  • Tiles/Ceramics
  • Fiber Reinforced Composites

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  • Brick Testing
  • Concrete Beam Testing
  • Core Testing
  • Customized Materials Testing
  • Instrumented Rebar Testing
  • Cement Treated Base Testing
  • Concrete Cylinders
  • Compressive Strength Testing

    Geotechnical Laboratory

    J&S laboratory has been testing soils in PR and the Caribbean Region since 1967. J&S is accredited by AASHTO Accreditation Program (AAP) and US Army Corps of Engineers validated for certain standards. J&S maintains a comprehensive quality control and personnel training program. J&S soil laboratory testing is monitored and verified by a PE staff engineer with the support senior geotechnical engineers.

    For specialized soil testing such as consolidations, triaxial and permeability tests, we have a state of the art fully automated testing machine. We have capability of conducting the following soil laboratory tests:

    • STANDARD PROCTOR TEST (ASTM D698)
    • MODIFIED PROCTOR TEST (ASTM D1557)
    • PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS (ASTM D1140, C117, C136, D422)
    • HYDROMETER (ASTM D422)
    • MOISTURE CONTENT (ASTM D2216)
    • ATTERBERG'S LIMITS (ASTM D4318)
    • SPECIFIC GRAVITY (ASTM D854, C127, C128)
    • ORGANIC CONTENT (ASTM D2974)
    • PH SOIL (ASTM D4972)
    • DOUBLE HYDROMETER (ASTM D4221)
    • CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO LAB (ASTM D1883)
    • CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO FIELD (ASTM D4429)
    • PERMEABILITY TEST - VARIABLE HEAD (ASTM D5084)
    • PERMEABILITY TEST - CONSTANT HEAD (ASTM D2434)
    • ONE-DIMENSIONAL CONSOLIDATION TEST (ASTM D2435)
    • SWELL TEST (ASTM D4546)
    • TRIAXIAL TEST - UU (ASTM D2850)
    • TRIAXIAL TEST - CU (ASTM D4767)
    • TRIAXIAL TEST - CD (ASTM WK3821)
    • UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH (ASTM D2166)
    • DIRECT SHEAR (ASTM D3080)
    • CLASSIFICATION TEST - USCS & AASHTO (ASTM D2488)
    • UNCONFINED COMPRESSION BY SPRING TESTER
    • SULFATE CONTENT (EPA 9038A)
    • CHLORIDE CONTENT (EPA 325.2)
    • LABORATORY SOIL RESISTIVITY TEST (AASHTO T-288)
    • SOUNDNESS TEST BY SODIUM SULFATE (ASTM C88)
    • ORGANIC IMPURITIES (ASTM C40)
    • PERCOLATION TEST
    • POTENTIAL VOLUME CHANGE (PVC) TEST (FHA 595)
    • SAND EQUIVALENT (ASTM D2419)
    • UNIT WEIGHT
    • UNIT WEIGHT DRY - VIBRATORY TABLE (ASTM D4253)
    • SHRINKAGE LIMIT BY WAX METHOD (ASTM D4943)
    • FLAT AND ELONGATE TEST (ASTM D4791)
    • ABRASSION (ASTM C131)
    • SODIUM ABSORPTION RATIO TEST
    • ROCK CORE COMPRESSION TEST
    • SPECIFIC GRAVITY AND ABSORPTION (ASTM C128)

    Please consult our staff engineers for other specialized tests that you may require.

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    • Consolidation Test
    • Automated Consolidation And Triaxial Testing