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Services
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Characterization of
industrial minerals
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Characterization of sand, gravel, clay and other
geomaterials
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Building stone
durability testing
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Contaminant
identification
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Laboratory analysis
(particle size and shape analysis, SEM examination and chemical
microanalysis, quantitative colour analysis, petrographic microscope
examination, bulk chemical analysis)
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Data evaluation
and interpretation
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Report preparation
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Expert witness
Example study involvement
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Cause and nature of
building stone decay → see an example
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Cause of ceramic and stone
floor tile discolouration
→
see an example
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Quality
assessment of equestrian sands
→ see an example
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Quality
of commercial sands → see an example
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Deterioration
of concrete → see an example
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Assessment of sand
winning in the Ribble Estuary
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Assessment of
borehole and oil well particles
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Characterization of
sands from oil wells
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Particle size
characteristics of desert sands in Kuwait
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Assessment of
durability and chemical resistance of architectural granite
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Quality evaluation
of commercial topsoil
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Causes of ceramic
wall tile failure
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Chemical impurities
in industrial clays
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Textural and
mineralogical properties of Fuller's Earth
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Compositional
variability of brick clays
Cracking
of brick masonry due to
Structural
damage caused by rising saline ground
ground subsidence
water and salt crystallization in the Middle East.
 
Concrete degradation
Salt weathering of building stone
Discolouration
of oolitic limestone floor tiles due to weathering effects. Top left: hand specimen, x20 mag.
Bottom left: thin section, x20 mag. Bottom right: scanning electron micrograph, x80 mag.
Washing plant for commercial gravel
aggregate, Berkshire,
England
Thin section of
concrete
Gravel quarry, Berkshire, England
Clients
Local authorities
Trading Standards
Product manufacturers
Surveyors and architects
Insurers, solicitors and loss adjusters
Private individuals
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Kenneth Pye
Associates
Ltd.