SOIL TESTING
CONCRETE TESTING
HOT MIX
ABOUT US
Dyess Testing Laboratory, Inc. was established in 1968. The name was changed to Dyess-Peterson Testing Laboratory, Inc. in 1993. The lab was located at 506 S. Lipscomb from 1968-1995. In 1995, the lab was moved to a newly built 20,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility located at 1700 SE. 22nd Avenue in Amarillo. The company employs over thirty people. In 1998, a second office was purchased at 5853 49th Street in Lubbock, Texas. The building was renovated and on January 2, 1999, a full service laboratory was opened to serve Lubbock and the surrounding area. The Lubbock laboratory is staffed with a Supervisor and four technicians. Our mobile laboratories serve clients throughout Texas. Our laboratories meet the requirements of ASTM E329 and ASTM D3740.
Dyess-Peterson Testing Laboratory, Inc. is certified by the Texas Department of Transportation as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and certified by the State of Texas as a Historically Underutilized Business.
EMPLOYEES
Dalana Peterson - President - Twenty-five years experience managing a materials testing laboratory
Lee Peterson - Vice President - Thirty years experience managing and operating a materials testing laboratory.
Michael Copeland, P.E. - Registered Professional Engineer - Thirty years experience in geotechnical engineering, materials testing, environmental site assessments, inspections and all engineering procedures.
Lab Technicians - Fourteen technicians with experience ranging from one to twenty five years.
Lab technicians receive training from the American Concrete Institute (ACI), Texas Hot Mix Association (Level IA, IB and II), and Nuclear Gauge Safety Training.
OUR CLIENTS
PROJECTS
BLUE SKY BURGER
AMARILLO GLOBE NEWS CENTER
SPARKMAN ORTHODONTICS
OUR SERVICES
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS TESTING
Concrete - American Concrete Institute (ACI) Certified
Technicians Concrete
Batch Plant Inspection
Concrete Mix Designs
Compressive and Flexible Strength Testing
Mortar and Masonry Testing
Floor Flatness and Floor Levelness Testing Per
ASTM E 1155-87
Hydrometers
Soil Testing Moisture
Density Curves
Permeabilities
(Flexible Wall)
Atterberg Limits
In Place Densities With
Nuclear Gauges
Hot Mix Asphaltic Concrete (HMAC) . TXDOT/Asphalt Institute Level IA, IB and II certified technicians. HMAC batch plant inspection
HMAC Mix Design
HMAC QC/QA Monitoring
Profilograph to Measure Smoothness of Asphaltic Surface
Numerous Other Tests
construction materials evaluation & inspection
Material Evaluation and Testing
Foundation Construction Monitoring
Site Preparation Monitoring
Paving Inspection and Monitoring
Structural Steel Inspection
Failure Analysis
Fire Proofing Inspection
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING SERVICES
Subsurface Soils Investigation
Site Suitability Studies
Foundation Investigations
Settlement Analysis
Failure Investigations
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Phase I Environmental Site Assessments
Phase II - Containment Assessments
Landfill Services
Risk Assessments
CONSULTING ENGINEERING SERVICES
Inspections
Foundation Design
Other Engineering Services
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1700 SE 22nd Avenue • Amarillo, TX 79103
(806) 372-4911
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