
>> Background
The Data Collection, Laboratories and Quality Control Department provides
extended services from field data collection services and routine testing of
construction materials to consultation of complex problems related to
materials technology and applications. Services include, but are not limited to,
pavement condition data collection for roughness, visual distress, deflection
data, quality control/assurance of engineering activities, and materials testing.
Our laboratories are equipped with modern field and laboratory testing
equipment satisfying the British Standards (BS) and/or American Standards
(ASTM) in the fields of concrete, bitumen and asphalt mixes, soil and rock,
aggregate and stone, steel reinforcement and building components, chemical
and water analysis, and non-destructive testing and loading of structures. Also,
scope of services cover, asphalt and concrete mix design, consultation on
construction materials and quarrying, design of materials testing laboratories,
and conducting research programs and training courses.
At NAMAA, we maintain modern drilling and soil-rock sampling equipment
designed for site investigation purposes according to the latest technologies.
Moreover we own the latest field and laboratory testing equipment including
equipment for geophysical studies as well as mixers and pumps for grouting
purposes.
On the other hand, our labs satisfy the British Standards (BS) and/or American
Standards (ASTM) in the field of concrete, bitumen and asphalt mixes, soil and
rock, aggregate and stone, steel reinforcement and building components,
chemical analysis and water analysis, and non-destructive testing and loading
of structures.