Services in concrete and cement

Micro X-Ray Fluorescence is an important tool for the characterisation of solid organic or inorganic materials: it gives crucial information, such as composition and element distribution.

RISE investigators have long and broad experience of moisture damage investigations and condition assessments of joists under courtyards. RISE can carry out simple investigations or more complicated assessments in order to investigate the cause of damage, assess the condition of the joist and suggest appropriate measures.

BET / gas adsorption is a powerful analytical technique for determining the specific surface area of solid, porous materials.

RISE concrete assessors have extensive experience in inspecting damages in various types of facades, such as facades of concrete elements, plaster or brick.

Mechanical and chemical analyzes of concrete.

Optimized recipe for good fracture sealing in rock mass to ensure that environmental and maximal water ingress requirements are met.

RISE concrete assessors have extensive experience in examining damages to different types of balconies, e.g. balconies with load-bearing slabs of reinforced concrete and so-called steel frame balconies (load-bearing frames with steel beams). More information about types, damages, etc. can be found in the book "Balkonger" (ISBN 978-91-7917-19).

RISE concrete assessors have extensive experience in examining the condition of concrete structures at swimming pools and swimming facilities. At these plants, leakage and concrete damage often occur in the form of reinforcement corrosion and cracking.

For several decades, RISE concrete assessors have inspected garages and car parks because they usually receive concrete damages. Most often, the damages are caused by chlorides from thawing salt, which is taken in with the cars during winter time. The chlorides penetrate the concrete and eventually cause the reinforcement to rust.

Concrete is a durable material that can fulfill its function significantly longer than 50 years. Structural parts contributing to approx. 60% of the total carbon dioxide emissions from new construction can be reused. RISE offers quality assurance of concrete elements for reuse by creating a technical basis for the decision on reuse.

Our services for binder chemistry are consulting meetings, identification of new materials, reactivity tests, validation of SCM, regulation & standardization, the potential of new SCM, and characterization of alternative binders.

Non-destructive concrete scanning using GPR technology. The technology is used, among other things, for the detection of reinforcement, casting details and recesses.

Concrete Technology combines multidisciplinary knowledge from inorganic chemistry (binders), organic chemistry (additives) and geology (aggregate) providing the most used building material in the world. RRISE offerst services within design of climate optimized concrete, advanced testing and consulting for applications in engineering structures.

Tests for mechanical, physical and chemical properties on ground granulated blast furnace slag, pigments and fly ash to concrete according to EN 15167-1, EN 12878, EN 450-1, SS 137003 and AMA Anläggning. We also perform product audits / monitoring in the above-mentioned areas against the Construction Products Regulation, CPR.

We can offer a broad selection of analyses and tests combined with good experience with concrete assessment and applied science in the fields of concrete durability, alkali silica reaction (ASR), chemical attack etc.

RISE has extensive experience of sound insulation measurements of wall elements. Our test opening for walls is 2.59 m x 4.21 m, where the maximum dimensions for the test objects are 2.58 x 4.19m Our customers are in industry and within public sector and we are accredited for the current Swedish and international standards