Mix Design, Trial Batching and Testing

A successful project starts with a great mix design. There are so many aspects to think about when designing a mixture. Most people focus on strength, but strength alone doesn’t make a great mix design. Our staff can help produce mix design which considers workability, pumpability, high strength mixture, set time, underwater concrete placement, long term durability, and economics.  

We also have the capabilities of testing mixture in the lab under many different environments. With a state-of-the-art batching lab and various environmental chambers, we can put any mix design through the paces. Relating the performance of the mixture to a real-life situation is often the most important thing we can do to help you avoid issues during construction.

Braun Intertec provides mix design and trial batching testing for the following test methods:

• ASTM C192, Standard Practice for Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens in the Laboratory
• ASTM C143, Standard Test Method for Slump of Hydraulic-Cement Concrete
• ASTM C231, Standard Test Method for Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Pressure Method
• ASTM C138, Standard Test Method for Density (Unit Weight), Yield, and Air Content (Gravimetric) of Concrete
• ASTM C1064, Standard Test Method for Temperature of Freshly Mixed Hydraulic-Cement Concrete
• ASTM C666, Standard Test Method for Resistance of Concrete to Rapid Freezing and Thawing
• ASTM C39, Standard Test Method for Compressive Strength of Cylindrical Concrete Specimens
• ASTM C1074, Standard Practice for Estimating Concrete Strength by the Maturity Method
• ASTM C78, Standard Test Method for Flexural Strength of Concrete (Using Simple Beam with Third-Point Loading)
• ASTM C157, Standard Test Method for Length Change of Hardened Hydraulic-Cement Mortar and Concrete
• ASTM C496, Standard Test Method for Splitting Tensile Strength of Cylindrical Concrete Specimens
• ASTM C403, Standard Test Method for Time of Setting of Concrete Mixtures by Penetration Resistance
• ASTM C469, Standard Test Method for Static Modulus of Elasticity and Poisson’s Ratio of Concrete in Compression
• ASTM C1556, Standard Test Method for Determining the Apparent Chloride Diffusion Coefficient of Cementitious Mixtures by Bulk Diffusion
• ASTM C512, Standard Test Method for Creep of Concrete in Compression
• ASTM C1579, Standard Test Method for Evaluating Plastic Shrinkage Cracking of Restrained Fiber Reinforced Concrete (Using a Steel Form Insert)
• ASTM G109, Standard Test Methods for Determining Effects of Chemical Admixtures on Corrosion of Embedded Steel Reinforcement in Concrete Exposed to Chloride Environments
• ASTM C1581, Standard Test Method for Determining Age at Cracking and Induced Tensile Stress Characteristics of Mortar and Concrete under Restrained Shrinkage
• ASTM C1609, Standard Test Method for Flexural Performance of Fiber-Reinforced Concrete (Using Beam with Third-Point Loading)
• CRD C-48, Standard Test Method for Water Permeability of Concrete
• DIN 1048, Testing of Hardened Concrete
• CRD-C 661, Specification for Antiwashout Admixtures for Concrete
• ASTM C309, Standard Specification for Liquid Membrane-Forming Compounds for Curing Concrete
• ASTM C1315, Standard Specification for Liquid Membrane-Forming Compounds Having Special Properties for Curing and Sealing Concrete
• ASTM C882, Standard Test Method for Bond Strength of Epoxy-Resin Systems Used with Concrete by Slant Shear
• ASTM C1585, Standard Test Method for Measurement of Rate of Absorption of Water by Hydraulic-Cement Concretes