Our Capabilities

Boral Materials Technical Services is uniquely qualified to provide:

• Construction materials compliance testing.
• Assessment and large scale testing of construction materials for specific applications.
• Consulting services encompassing compliance, performance and durability of construction materials.
• Guidance on how existing construction materials can be adapted for specific applications, with appropriate technical support and field investigations.
• Construction material forensic investigations and related issues.
• Expert technical assistance in litigation cases involving construction material compliance, performance, durability, diagnostics and related issues.
• Preparation of construction materials specifications.
• Assessment of project tender documents.
• Environmental site assessment and monitoring.
• Conceptual concrete and asphalt mix designs.
• Feasibility studies.

BMTS is considered to be the largest full-service construction materials testing facility in the southern hemisphere and our services extend to international clients. Some examples include:

• Singapore – assessment of steel fibre re-enforcement in concrete.
• Jamaica – concrete trial mixes for the construction of an aluminium smelter.
• Dubai – specialised creep testing of the high strength concrete used in the Burj Khalifa – the tallest reinforced concrete building in the world.

BMTS technical capability is underpinned by more than 50 professional full-time staff and the facility consists of six distinct in-house laboratories:

• Chemistry 
• Aggregates 
• Soils
• Cement  
• Concrete 
• Asphalt and bitumen 

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