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Pine River Wind Farm, an MTC materials testing project

Pine River Wind Farm Drone Footage

Pine River Wind Farm located in Gratiot and Isabella county. MTC was on site providing construction materials testing for the project. The project included the

MTC employees enjoying the Summer kick off party

MTC Kick Off To Summer!

After being cooped up all winter, it was time to open the garage doors and start the summer season off right. We kicked off summer

MTC employee in front of wind farm turbine

MTC Helps with Renewable Energy

Several wind farm projects are starting to appear across the Michigan landscape as our state utilities strive to generate 25 percent renewable power by the

Wick Drain installation for a casino expansion construction project

What is a Wick Drain?

On a recent project for a casino expansion, Materials Testing Consultants (MTC), provided a wick drain surcharge option with conventional shallow foundations to support the

Protect Yourself with Environmental Due Diligence

Are you considering buying or selling a commercial or industrial property? Maybe you are contemplating lending financial assistance for a proposed real estate transaction. In these cases,

MTC employee using ground penetrating radar

While we have several departments: Geotechnical Engineering, Construction Materials Testing (CMET), Laboratory Services, Environmental Services, and Asbestos Management, the tasks we handle within each department are not quite as

Meet & Exceed the Need—HMA Mixture Testing

Materials Testing Consultants has been providing pavement management and testing services on hundreds of MDOT local agency projects for many years. Along with services like

Asbestos – The Miracle Throughout History

Known by the Ancient Greeks as the “miracle mineral”, its name was derived from the Greek word meaning “unquenchable”, a reference to its quality to be unburnable. Its

Ann Arbor Saline Road

It’s a fairly short stretch, just over six tenths of a mile, but it was probably one of the largest headaches for Ann Arbor residents this summer

AASHTO Accreditation

by Tim Lautenbach In my eight years of managing MTC’s laboratory I have hosted assessors from the AASHTO Materials Reference Laboratory (AMRL) and the Cement