American Engineering Testing, Inc.

AET > Services

American Engineering Testing, Inc. (AET) is a multi-disciplinary geotechnical, environmental, construction materials and forensic service firm. The following is a listing of the services provided:

Geotechnical

Site Exploration / Characterization
- Soil borings / rock coring
- Piezocone
- Pressure meter / vane shear
- Laboratory testing
Engineering Analysis & Reports
- Earth structures
- Foundation analysis & alternatives
- Infrastructure
- Settlement evaluations
- Grading recommendations
- Forensic evaluations
Construction Observation & Testing
- Engineering observation
- Ground improvement
- Dynamic pile testing (PDA)

Forensics

Structural
- Structural collapse / failure
- Construction failures
- Fire and storm damage
- Cracking
- Deterioration
- Water leakage
- Staining
- Condensation
- Corrosion
- Foundation settlement
- Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)
Preservation
- Document search & review
- Condition assessment / survey
- Development of presentation / repair options
- Preparation of construction documents

Materials

Field Testing
- Special inspections (UBC & IBC)
- Excavation observations
- Fill testing
- Concrete testing
- Masonry testing
- Bituminous / asphalt testing
- Pile driving observations
- Drilled pier / caisson observations
- Ground improvement observations
- Building condition surveys
- Vibration monitoring
- Floor flatness testing
- Maturity Meter testing of concrete
- Nondestructive testing (NDT)
Laboratory Testing
- Soil testing
- Concrete testing
- Concrete mix designs
- Petrographic testing
- Alkali-silica reactivity (ASR)
- Masonry, stone and retaining wall block testing
- Bituminous / asphalt materials testing

Environmental

Phase I & Phase II site assessments
Brownfield redevelopment
Treatability / feasibility studies
Asbestos investigations
Hazardous material investigations
Monitoring well installation
Geoprobe^® investigations
Subsurface soil borings
Environmental Field Services
- Industrial wastewater monitoring services
- Emission Monitoring & Testing
- Air quality analysis relating to traffic
- Air permit applications
- Ambient air monitoring
- New source review
- PSD applicability determinations
Industrial Hygiene
- Indoor air quality
- Indoor air quality: floodwater problems
- Microbiological / bioaerosol monitoring
- Air contaminant monitoring
- HVAC system evaluation
- Exposure assessment
- Facility auditing
- Expert witness

Honors and Awards: AET was selected by the Consulting Engineers Council (CEC) of Minnesota for the 1991 Small Firm of the Year Award. AET has been awarded two Consulting Engineer Grand Awards in addition to numerous Honor Awards for technical excellence on large projects. Most recently, we were awarded the 2002 Minnesota Seven Wonders of Engineering award for our involvement in the Minneapolis Convention Center Expansion.

Engineer in safety harness attaches leads to pile

Geotechnical Engineer performs pressuremeter testing

Xcel Energy Center Project