Infrastructure
Durability Engineering
Our solutions
- Service-Life & Durability Design Engineering
- Inspection & Condition Assessment
- Infrastructure Preservation
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Litigations – Materials Expertise – Forensic Analyses
- Sustainability Engineering
- STADIUM® Technology Portfolio
- Laboratory Services
- R&D/Innovation
Featured projects
- Cementitious Barriers Partnership (CBP)
- U.S. Navy Kilo Wharf Extension
- Port of Rotterdam Quay Wall Inspection
- Panama Canal – Third Set of Locks
Development of Computational Tools to Improve the Understanding & Prediction of Cementitious Barrier Performance
Durability modeling of concrete elements (e.g. caissons, piles, deck) using SIMCO's STADIUM® methodology
Yearly Inspections, condition assessments, Service-Life Evaluations, as well as Maintenance and repair strategies of Port of Rotterdam's quay walls
Assist in the design of a series of durable concrete mixtures to meet the 100-year service-life specification set forth by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP)
Specialized Laboratory Testing
- Ionic Migration (ASTM C 1202 modified)
- Pore Solution Extraction (Barneyback and Diamond procedure)
- Moisture Transport (ASTM C 1792)
- Petrographic Analysis (Including Scanning Electron and Optical Microscopy, Energy Dispersive X Ray Analysis, etc.) (ASTM C 856)
- X-Ray Diffraction Analysis
- X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis
- Chemical Analysis (ASTM C 114)
- Half-Cell Potentials of Uncoated Reinforcing Steel in Concrete (ASTM C 876)
- Effects of Chemical Admixtures on the Corrosion of Embedded Steel Reinforcement in Concrete Exposed to Chloride Environment (ASTM G 109)
- Seawater Analysis (Chemical Composition)
- Paste Content (based on ASTM C457)