Admaterials is a premier construction materials testing company based in Singapore that provides services such as concrete testing, construction chemical testing, polymer and coating testing, and building materials testing. It also offers concrete petrography, failure analysis, and retrofitting/repair consultancy. The company's core services include concrete testing, construction chemical testing, polymer and coating testing, and building materials testing. It also analyzes sites to determine contamination and performs failure analysis to determine the root causes of failures.

2. Construction Material Testing
Admaterials is a premier platform based in Singapore that
provides most dependable service on construction
materials testing. The range of service includes concrete
testing, construction chemical testing, polymer and coating
testing and testing for building materials. It also provides
concrete petrography, failure analysis and
retrofitting/repair consultancy.

3. Construction Material Testing
As one of the premier construction materials testing
organisations, Admaterials provides an array of services to
its ever growing clientele. Its core services include
1. Concrete Testing
2. Construction Chemical (Cement Mortar) Testing
3. Testing For Polymer & Coating
4. Building Materials testing
Apart from these, the firm also provides its state-of-
the-art services on concrete petrography, failure
analysis and retrofitting/repair consultancy.

4. Site Investigation & Failure Analysis
Site investigation and failure analysis are two crucial
processes executed frequently by construction firms.
These help determining any contamination existing at a
site along with understanding its nature and extent and
collecting and analyzing data to understand reasons of
failure of a project, respectively.

5. Site Investigation:
Site investigation is the process
of analyzing a piece of land to
ensure whether it has
contaminations. The procedure
confirms whether any
contaminations exist at the site,
locating any existing contamination and if there is any,
understanding its nature and extent. The process
includes analyzing samples of soil, soil gas,
groundwater and surface water, etc.

6. The Scope of our Site Investigation Includes:
Corrosion Status of Concrete Structure – Concrete
corrosion is the chemical, colloidal or physicochemical
deterioration and disintegration of solid concrete
components and structures, caused by reactive liquids
and gases.
Carbonation Depth – Cement paste has a pH of about
13 which provides a protective layer (passive coating)
to the steel reinforcement against corrosion.
Carbonation of the concrete, resulting from CO2 in the
atmosphere, has the effect of reducing the pH.

7. The Scope of our Site Investigation Includes:
Chloride Content of Concrete Structure – The chloride
concentration in concrete at which corrosion of
reinforcement is initiated is a crucial parameter in
assessing and re-assessing the service lifetime or the
residual service lifetime of structural concrete.
Adhesion Bonding Strength of Coating and Paints –
The durability and performance of coatings depend on
two basic properties, Cohesion and Adhesion.
Adhesion is viewed as the strength of the bonds
between the coating material and the substrate.

8. The Scope of our Site Investigation Includes:
Adhesion Bonding Strength of Tiling – Tile adhesives
are used to install tiles in residential and commercial
buildings on floors or on walls. Test standards as well
as high quality additives substantially contribute to
long-term performance extending the durability of the
whole construction.
Waterproofing Membrane – Bitumen-modified
waterproofing membranes are widely used in the
construction sector. The most common substrate is
either poured or cast concrete or mortared “cinder
block.”

9. The Scope of our Site Investigation Includes:
Sealant – These are a kind of sealing material used to
form a hard coating on a porous surface, for example
as a coat of paint or varnish used to size a surface.

10. Failure Analysis:
Failure analysis is the process of
collecting and analyzing data o
determine the cause of failure
of a project. Construction
failures occur due to causes like
materials defects, poor workmanship, lack of attention
during construction phase and lack of maintenance.

11. The Scope of our Failure Analysis Includes:
Fire Damage – Determining the root causes of a fire
and assessing the type and extent of damage
it caused.
Structure Distress – Structural integrity and failure
deals with the ability of a structure to support a
designed load without breaking, tearing apart, or
collapsing, and includes the study of breakage that has
previously occurred in order to prevent failures in
future designs.

12. The Scope of our Failure Analysis Includes:
Leaks and Dampness in Structure – Dampness and
leaks in a building may occur due to bad design, faulty
construction and use of poor quality of materials.
Cracking of Concrete Structure – Basic reasons of
occurrence of cracks in a building include permeability
of concrete, thermal movement, creep, corrosion of
reinforcement, moisture movement, poor
construction practices and poor structural design and
specifications.

13. The Scope of our Failure Analysis Includes:
Concrete Problem (delay setting, low strength,
cracking, water seepage, ASR, Chemical attack,
delayed Ettrigite) – Design of members and structures
of reinforced concrete is a problem distinct from but
closely related to analysis. Strictly speaking, it is
almost impossible to exactly analyze a concrete
structure, and to design exactly is no less difficult.
Tiling Failure – Popping tiles is one of the main
concerns with tiling failure faced in the construction
industry. This occurs mostly due to a result of
adhesion failure between the ceramic tiles and the
concrete base, or fails to resist the movement of the
tile due to thermal and moisture expansion.

14. The Scope of our Failure Analysis Includes:
Stone Problems (breakage, pitting, discoloration,
staining, cracking) – There are three major causes of
deterioration in natural stone; pollutants, frost and
crystallization of soluble salts. Water penetration is
the main instigator of decay, and structure is the most
important factor influencing the ability of stone to
resist decay processes.
Staining of Building – Climate has a great effect on
building material, often leading to fungal stain,
harmful growth of trees, peeling paint, erosion of
mortar joints and defective plastered
rendering.

15. The Scope of our Failure Analysis Includes:
Paint/Coating Defects (blistering, peeling, flaking,
chalking) – A low cost paint typically has a high
pigment content relative to resin content as
pigment is less expensive than resin. Although a
high pigment content paint has an excellent
“hiding” ability, high pigment content paints with
low resin contents are unable to resist exposure
to sunlight and moisture.
Flooring Failure (pitting, abrasion wear, cracking,
deboning , peeling) – Adhered flooring materials, such
as sheet vinyl, vinyl composition tile and rubber
flooring, frequently require repair or replacement
because of delaminating , blistering, lifting, and
cracking. The most common factor behind this
includes the moisture content of the concrete and the
durability of the floor finish materials when exposed
to moisture are typical factors in these failures.

16. Our State-of-the-art Technology and
Facilities to Serve You Better
Outstanding Facility State-Of-The-Art
Equipments
Ground-Breaking
Technology

18. Thank You
58 Sungei Kadut Loop
SINGAPORE 729501
TEL: (65) 6362 9066
FAX: (65) 6362 2080
http://www.admaterials.com.sg