Structural Investigations
Expin is the first company in Italy to have become an authorized laboratory by the ministry of infrastructure pursuant to art. 59, co. 2, letter c-bis), of the presidential decree. n. 380/2001, for carrying out and to certify tests and checks on construction materials of existing structures and constructions.
Expin carries out investigations, inspections and measurements with its technical staff graduated and certified at level ii in accordance with UNI/PDR 56/2019, with the use of latest generation instrumentation. The tests carried out cover almost all the market investigations currently available. At the end of the execution of the investigation campaign, a suitable test report is drawn up. The ministerial authorization of 01/03/2022 also reports the investigation methods for which the issuing of “test certificates” is permitted, with the same value as the certificates issued by laboratory 1086/71 on tests carried out in the laboratory, as per listed below:
- Magnetometric Test;
- Concrete Rebound (Schmidt Hammer) Test;
- Extraction Test – Pull Out Method;
- Ultrasonic Test;
- Sampling Of Concrete On Site;
- Sampling Of Steel Specimens On Site;
- Chemical Analysis;
- Endoscopic Investigations;
- Ground Penetrating Radar Surveys;
- Mechanical Characterization Of Masonry Mortars;
- Wood Moisture Measurement;
- Penetrometric Test In Wood.
- Dynamic Tests On Elevation Structures;
- Tension Tests On Tie Rods.
- Tests With Single And Double Flat Jacks;
- Static Load Tests.
- Adhesion Test – Pull Off Method;
- Electrochemical Analysis To Measure Corrosion Potential;
- Static Diagonal Compression & Load Tests On Walls;
- Monitoring Of Structures;
- Infrared Thermography;
