Steel Testing

Holmes Testing offers a full range of Non-Destructive Testing services for steel. The methods we use are Liquid Penetrant Testing (LPT): the surface inspection of materials; Magnetic Particle Testing (MPT): surface and subsurface inspection of ferro magnetic materials; and Ultrasonic Testing.

  • Shear Wave: inspection of all types of full and partial penetrating weldments
  • Longitudinal Wave: Inspection of forged, rolled and extruded materials including castings, plate and bar stock
  • Thickness Measurement: inspection for baseline and in-process corrosion monitoring and piping/tank systems
  • Bolt Torque Evaluation Testing
  • Bolt Anchor Testing
  • Reinforcing Steel Inspections

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H.H. Holmes Testing Laboratories is a full-service Materials Testing, Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering firm offering soil, packaging and construction materials testing on-site and in our laboratory. Headquartered in Wheeling, Illinois, we serve clients in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Montana and Texas with local lab facilities, drill rigs, pressure testing and engineering supervision. In addition, our Lab-In-A-Box technology has allowed us to place custom-built portable labs on construction sites around the world. Samples of every sort arrive at our labs from around the world for testing every day.
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Case Studies »

Lovers Lane United Methodist Church, Dallas, TX
Provided full-time construction material testing
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Evanston Northwestern Hospital, Evanston, IL
Subsurface exploration and engineering analysis, pressuremeter testing and construction materials testing that included vibration monitoring utilizing seismographs during demolition, pre- and post-construction, home inspections, site development, soil, caissons, concrete, rebar, steel and fireproofing inspections.
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