Material Testing and Construction Inspection

CONTACT INFORMATION:
Testing Manager

Dale Wiseman

Phone: (731) 644-1014
Fax: (731) 644-0109
Tollfree: 1-800-247-6847

dwiseman@lismith.com

 


L.I. Smith and Associates provides soil testing at project sites, compaction and shrinkage tests, gradation, and field density tests with a nuclear gage. We also perform concrete testing, including cylinder breaks with ACI Technicians, offer mix design as well as mix verification.

L.I. Smith also provides construction observation, has teamed on various airport projects and runway expansions, as well as providing bridge load tests on multiple bridge replacement projects throughout western Tennessee.


Recent Projects

Jackson/Madison County General Hospital
Jackson, Tennessee

Provided quality control, slump testing, and concrete compressive testing for a multi-story parking garage for Jackson/Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, Tennessee for the Hospital Building & Equipment Company, St. Louis, MO

University of Tennessee at Martin
Martin, Tennessee

Provided quality control, established the proctors, performed soil compaction tests for fill material; provided quality control, slump tests, concrete sampling, and concrete compressive strength; inspection of the steel construction; inspected and tested the brick and mortal, cinder block, and mortar for the Brehm Hall for The Crump Firm, Inc. of Memphis, TN.

Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park
Benton County, Tennessee

Developed the proctor standards and checked the soil compaction; checked the gradation and compaction for the granular base material; and provided the quality control, slump test, and compressive strength for the concrete used at the new cabin sites at Nathan Bedford State Park for the Graves Construction Company of Union City, TN.

County Bridge Replacement Program
Various Locations

Established the proctor standards for fill material from borrow pits and checked the density once the material was in place. Provided the quality control, slump test, and compressive strength for the concrete. Provided the quality control for the load test of the piles for the bridge foundation for Ford Construction Company of Dyersburg, Tennessee for the following locations:
Jernigan Road - Fayette County, TN
Jones Road - Weakley County, TN -
Piney Creek Road - Hardeman County, TN.
Walnut Grove Road - Hardeman County, TN
Hogwallow Road - Dyer County, TN.
Biffle Creek Road - Dyer County, TN.

Southern Design Group
Kodak, Tennessee

Provided the Quality control and the administration for runway expansion at the McGhee Tyson Airport, Knoxville, TN. This was only for the subgrade and the sand cone method was used to determine the compaction.

Mac H. Felts Construction
Springfield, Tennessee

Provided Testing and surveying services for the Robert Sibley Airport in Selmer, Tennessee. Established the proctors, Atterburg Limits, Plasticity index, and performing soil compaction test, along with asphalt density test for the asphalt.

Henry County Airport
Paris, Tennessee

Provided aerial photography and surveyed photo control points for TLM & Associates in Jackson, TN on the Henry County Airport. Provided as built surveys of parking areas for the design repair of the area and for the addition of another hanger.

 


 


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