A division of Geotechnical and Materials Engineers Inc.

Your Professional Partner in Construction
Materials and Foundation Related Testing

Services

Services

GME Testing staff is committed to resolving the foundation and geotechnical-related problems all the way through construction services and materials testing confronting our clients actively, economically, efficiently, and with minimum interruption to normal routine.

We are dedicated to employing state-of-the-art technologies and using up-to-date, efficient resources in addressing geotechnical evaluations and material testing.  And we offers a full complement of scientific and engineering services to solve complex problems with timely, cost-effective, and technically sound solutions.  This involves sampling earth materials and analyzing them thoroughly in a soil mechanics laboratory.  Using the compiled data, GME Testing can assist clients to avoid poor foundation design, performance or unnecessary construction delays and cost reduction.

GME Testing is committed to providing quality and timely services in the following areas

  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Drilling Services
  • Testing Services
  • Laboratory and Construction Material Testing
  • Environmental Services

Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering

Registered P.E’s. in the States of Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin and Arizona

Our services include the following:

  • Subsurface Explorations
  • Site Suitability Evaluation
  • Project Feasibility Studies
  • Foundation Engineering and Consulting
  • Retaining Structures Assessments
  • Soils and Subgrade Evaluations
  • Earthwork Monitoring and Testing
  • Settlement Analysis
  • Slope Stability Analysis
  • Standard and Reinforced Earthen Slope
  • Embankment Analysis
  • Pavement Evaluation and Design
  • Post-Construction Evaluation: (failure investigations, underpinning consulting)

Drilling Services

GME Testing owns and operates, through a team of DNR Certified Drillers, its own fleet of drill rigs and field sampling and testing equipment.

All drilling rigs are equipped with standard split sampling and coring equipment as well as Shelby tubes and vary from truck mounted heavy-duty rigs to maneuverable ATV’s and truck mounted skid mounted drill rigs. We have the ability to drill inclined holes, pressure meter testing and vane testing in the field. In addition to conducting and / or monitoring of well pump tests.

Post Construction Evaluation

  • Failure Investigations
  • Foundation Evaluations
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Testing Services

Services include Soils, Aggregate, Concrete, Mortar/Grout, Masonry, Steel, and Asphalt

Soils Field Testing

ICC & INDOT Certified Soils Technicians

Troxler and CPN Certified Soils Technicians

  • Field Compaction (Density) Testing
  • Earthwork Monitoring
  • Foundation Installation Monitoring
  • Conventional footing (column, walls, etc.) Excavations Evaluation and Inspection
  • Deep Foundation (piles and caissons) Installation Evaluation and Inspection
  • Deep Foundation Load Tests
  • Proofrolling Evaluations
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Masonry Inspection and Testing

ICC Certified Masonry Inspectors

  • Mortar & Grout Sampling/Testing
  • Mortar Compressive Strength Testing
  • Mortar Density Testing
  • Block Prism Tests
  • Block Absorption and Moisture
  • Block Compressive Strength Tests

Concrete Testing

ACI Level 1 Certified Inspectors

ACI Concrete Strength Testing Technicians

Certified F-Meter Operators

  • Concrete Temperature check
  • Slump Test
  • Air Entrainment Test
  • Unit Weight Test
  • Yield Test
  • Molding Beams for Flexural Strength Testing
  • Making and Casting Concrete Cylinders
  • Concrete Coring
  • Concrete Strength Check (Swiss Hammer/Windsor Probe)
  • Concrete Placement Inspections
  • Calcium Nitrite Tests
  • Concrete Moisture Content Test
  • Relative Humidity Inspections
  • Batch Plant Inspections
  • Floor Flatness and Levelness Testing
  • Post Tensioning Testing and Inspections
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Steel Inspection and Testing

ICC Certified Weld and Fireproofing Inspectors

  • Bolt Tightness Testing
  • Weld Inspections
  • Reinforcing Steel Inspections
  • Survey Reinforcing Steel
  • Magnetic Particles Services
  • Ultra Sonic Testing Services
  • Fireproofing Thickness Testing
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Laboratory Soils and Asphalt Testing

GME laboratory provides a detailed analysis of surface and subsurface composition and chemistry of soils. GME Testing owns and operates its own full-services analytical laboratory facilities. The laboratory is equipped with various specialty tests, CBR, unconfined compression testing devices and normal soils classification equipment. The GME Testing laboratory in Fort Wayne, Indiana is accredited by the AASHTO Accreditation Program (AAP).

Soils Laboratory Testing

Level 1/Level 2 Soils Technicians
Level 1/Level 2/Level 3 Aggregate Technicians

  • Moisture Content Testing
  • Moisture-Density Relationships Testing (Standard and Modified Proctors)
  • California Bearing Ratio Testing (CBR)
  • Grain Size Analysis (Mechanical and Hydrometer)
  • Unit Weight (Density) Testing
  • Specific Gravity Testing
  • Organic Content Testing
  • Permeability/Hydraulic Conductivity
  • Unconfined Compressive Strength
  • Atterberg Limits Testing
  • Shrinkage Limits Testing

Asphalt Inspection and Testing

Level 1/Level 2/Level 3 Asphalt Mix
Design Technicians

  • Asphalt Coring
  • In-Place Density
  • Thickness Evaluations
  • Temperature Monitoring
  • Asphalt Coring
  • In-Place Density
  • Thickness Evaluations
  • Temperature Monitoring
  • Bitumen Content
  • Extraction Testing
  • Aggregate Gradation

Environmental Services

GME Testing routinely conducts phase I ESA as well as Phase II on various type of projects in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. We provide our clients with a single point of contact and focused accountability to ensure an efficient resolution and measurable improvement. At GME Testing we are diligent about working effectively and efficiently in order to minimize our client’s cost. We pride ourselves on being cost effective and very competitive while performing quality work at a very high standard.

Our professional capabilities and exposure represented by qualified professional  geologists and scientists in the environmental field and technically trained individuals aim to bring the resources and expertise that our client organizations need.