GEOTECHNICAL TESTING SERVICES, INC. 103 Coraopolis Road - Coraopolis, PA 15108 - 1-800-853-7309 – Fax 412-771-5336 – www.gts-labs.com

Laboratory Testing Performed RIGHT…. …ON TIME

Statement of Qualifications

Established: March 1995 President: Steven V. Grimaldi President's Education / Membership:

• BSCE with Geotechnical specialization - 1991 • Dale Carnegie Leadership Training Certification • Voting Member in ASTM Subcommittees

Experience: GTS President has over 21 years of Geotechnical Laboratory testing activities. Company Certifications: AASHTO / AMRL accreditation since 12/02/2002 T88 T89 T90 T92 T99 T100 T146 T180 T193 T208 T216 T236 T265 T296 T297 - D422 D427 D698 D854 D1557 D1883 D2166 D2216 D2435 D2850 D3080 D3740 D4318 D4767 D5084 Projects: Over 2,500 projects completed in 13 years with 100% customer satisfaction. Typical projects include: Landfill CQA testing, Slurry Wall Design, Geotechnical Investigations, Stability Analysis, Forensic Studies, Research & Development programs, etc... Major Testing Equipment:

• Comprehensive Quality Assurance and Calibration Program • Complete Data Acquisition system for 24 hour testing of all strength and consolidation testing. • 15 Flexible Walled Permeability Cells • 10 Triaxial Cells • 5 Rigid Wall Permeameters (1 under load conditions) • 2 Triaxial Load Frames • 4 Universal Load Frames for Geosynthetic Testing (10K, 5K, 1K,1K) • 3 Concrete Compression Load Frames (60K, 250K, 250K) • Nilsson Soil Resistivity Meter and MC Miller Soil Box (Large and Small) • 2 Turbidometers and pH meters • 3 Consolidometers • 2 Residual Direct Shear Machines • 20+ Hydrometer Cylinders • 10+ Specific Gravity Pycnometers • 1 Automatic Compaction Device (Proctor Machine) • 8 Proctor Molds • 20+ California Bearing Capacity Molds • Motorized Liquid Limit Device • 7 Large Capacity Ovens • High Temperature Furnace • 10+ Digital Balances • 2 Troxler Nuclear Density Gauges

Classification Testing: • Sieve, Hydrometer, Atterberg Limits • USCS, USDA, AASHTO Classifications • Unit Weight, Specific Gravity, Porosity Corrosivity Testing: • Ph • Chloride • Sulfate • Resistivity

Compaction Testing:

• Standard Proctors • Modified Proctors • Army Corps

Permeability Testing:

• Flexible Walled for Clays • Rigid Walled for Aggregates

3”, 6”, and larger • Rigid Wall Under Load

Strength & Consolidation Testing:

• UU Triaxial • UC Triaxial • CU Triaxial • Direct Shear • CBR • Consolidation • Swell

Aggregate Testing: • Gradations • Permeability • Calcium Carbonate • Sodium Sulfate Soundness • Magnesium Sulfate Soundness • Swell Potential • LA Abrasion

Geosynthetic Testing • Same Day Peel and Shear Testing using 4

UTM’s Concrete Testing

• Compression testing of 6”x12”, 3”x6”, 4”x8”, 2”x2” and Beam samples with 3 Load Frames.

• 2 Cure Rooms 21’ x 28’