Transportation and Public Works

Materials Lab

What do we do...

This Section provides material quality control and quality assurance services for the Department out of lab facilities located in Mount Stewart and Summerside.

This Section is also responsible for providing technical support in ensuring quality assurance testing for materials incorporated into the transportation infrastructure.

Provide Quality Control/Quality Assurance testing of;

Soils,
Aggregates,
Asphalt cement
Ashphaltic concrete,
Portland cement concrete,
Field supervision of highway construction and highway maintenance projects,
Inspection of highway construction and highway maintenance projects,

both during and after completion.

Provision of expert technical advice to regional engineering staff to aid in the preparation of design, estimates and contract documents.

Pre-construction investigations, sampling and testing for the development of structural design and preparation of contract documents.

Perform deflection testing on selected pavement test sites to monitor pavement strength and advise on the implementation and removal of Spring Weight Restrictions.

Evaluation of highway construction projects by assessing test data and inspection reports for compliance with contract specifications and testing the validity of structural design assumptions.

For further information contact;

Terry Kelly - Senior Manager
Dorothy McKeigan - Administration Assistant
Brian Kelly - Lab Supervisor
Nancy Wood - Lab Supervisor

* Last updated October 5, 2004