TransTech Opens QCQA Labs in Schenectady

Schenectady, N.Y.-based TransTech Systems recently opened the doors of QCQA Laboratories, Inc., a full-service civil engineering testing facility in Schenectady, N.Y., with a ribbon cutting ceremony. In attendance were TransTech President/CEO Harry Apkarian, New York State Assemblyman James Tedisco, Schenectady Mayor Brian Statton, Schenectady County Legislator Susan Savage, and David Apkarian — vice president TransTech Systems Inc./president QCQA Laboratories, Inc.

QCQA Laboratories, Inc. is a division of TransTech Systems, Inc. QCQA Labs offers a wide range of construction material testing for projects from highways and airport runways through bridges and tunnels to dams, power plants and other public, commercial and private structures.

With a vast knowledge of these projects, based on many years of both lab and field experiences in asphalt pavement structures, soils testing and the structural analysis of bridges, QCQA Labs offers numerous testing options for asphalt, concrete, soils, and steel as well as various other technical services.

According to David Apkarian, "We are looking forward to expanding on the vast knowledge we have gained from the development of testing equipment for these industries and to offering those services, at a very fair price, to state jurisdictions and private organizations in need of them."

A current listing of QCQA's asphalt design, production and asphalt laydown inspection services includes HMA density testing, core sample analysis, perpetual pavement design and mix verifications, segregation testing, and a comprehensive NYSDOT quality assurance package plus NYSDOT plant quality control inspection.

Soils testing and inspection options include in situ density, specific gravity, abrasion, soundness, moisture and sieve analysis, and moisture-density relationships plus organics and pH, among others.

A wide range of concrete and masonry test and inspection offerings include mix design, compressive flexural strength, and in situ strength testing compressive strength testing as per ASTM C39.