Building Materials
The laboratory is well equipped to perform tests for a large variety of building materials, e.g., concrete, lime, masonry mortars, masonry clay units, and dimension stones. The laboratory also executes research programs and assessments of historical and/or damaged buildings according to Building Code Seismic Testing Requirements.
List of tests
Concrete
- Carbonation depth
- Compressive strength (core, cube, cylinder)
- Concrete Mix Design
- Flexural strength (including fiber-reinforced concrete)
- Fresh concrete testing
- Petrography & Chemical Analysis
- Pile Ιntegrity Τest
- Pull-off test
- Pull-out test
- Rebar & corrosion survey
- Schmidt hammer test
- Static modulus of elasticity and Poisson's ratio
- Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity
Dimension Stone
- Abrasion resistance
- Breaking load
- Compressive strength
- Flexural strength
- Hardness (Mohs scale)
- Petrography
- Real density and apparent porosity
- Slip resistance
- Sodium sulfate test
- Thermal shock resistance
- Water absorption at atmospheric pressure
- Water absorption by capillarity
Masonry & tiles
- Air content
- Apparent density
- Capillary absorption
- Compressive and flexural strength
- Fresh mortar consistency
- Mortar mix design
- Pull-off test
- Water absorption
- Cement content
Lime
- Air content
- Available lime
- Bulk density
- Compressive strength
- Fineness
- Free water
- Penetration
- Reactivity
- Soundness
- Yield
Project list (partial)
- Construction materials testing, St Andrew General Hospital, City of Patras
- Historic Building, Samos
- Bank of Greece building in Heraklion, Crete
- John Capodistria Manor, New & Old Residence Building
- Historic Cinema Building, Chios
- 10th century old mortar testing, Pantanassa Church, Monastiraki, Athens
- 19th century old mortar testing and mix design, St George Church
- Fire-damaged concrete testing, Plaisio Store in Stournari Street
- Fire-damaged concrete testing. Multilevel Commercial Building in Agia Paraskevi
- Fire-damaged concrete testing, Plaisio Warehouse in Aspropyrgos
- Concrete and rebar testing, Potoglou Manor, Piraeus
- Concrete and rebar testing, German School of Athens buildings
- Marble abrasion testing
Client list (partial)
- AKON Construction S.A.
- University of the Aegean
- Bank of Greece
- Ionian University
- City of Chios
- STEM S.A.
- Risarios Ecclesiastical School
- Plaisio Computers S.A.
- E.N. Manos Ltd
- TEMKE Ltd
- German School of Athens
- Consolidated Contractors Company