Materials Characterization Case Studies

April Snyder, Construction Materials Laboratory Manager & Senior Concrete Petrographer at RJ Lee Group, is featured in October’s Empowering Women issue of Modern Counsel magazine. Performing petrographic analysis with the company since 1997, Ms. Snyder is a well-known subject matter expert in concrete circles, and was the first female to be elected president of an […]

We are pleased to announce a new initiative by the experts at RJ Lee Group that conveys important material information to our readers in concise, focused resource articles. Every three weeks, our scientists will publish a new topic relating to their field of expertise as a Materials Insights article. Matthew J. Perricone, Ph.D., Principal Investigator and […]

RJ Lee Group’s Eric Giannini presented at the 2018 spring meeting of RILEM TC 258-AAA on recent and current research activities in the United States on autoclave methods for alkali-silica reaction (ASR) potential of concrete aggregates. The research builds upon work performed primarily in Canada and Japan during the 1980s and 1990s, and includes both […]

Dr. Eric R. Giannini, RJ Lee Group’s expert in test method development, and nondestructive testing, has co-authored a new publication in Elsevier: Construction & Building Materials. The article is titled “Characterization of Concrete Affected by Delayed Ettringite Formation Using the Stiffness Damage Test.” In this publication, Dr. Giannini and his colleagues apply the stiffness damage test […]

RJ Lee Group is pleased to announce the release of our Laboratory Testing Guide 2018, which features many of the services, methods, and analyses techniques offered by the company. In addition to the categories included in the past, such as environmental and industrial hygiene services, materials characterization services, criminal forensics services, pharmaceutical services, and others, […]

Modern companies are faced with numerous international requirements related to Environment, Health, and Safety. Simply being in compliance with national EHS laws and regulations is considered minimum performance. Companies are required to demonstrate those systems and programs are in place to achieve this level of compliance at the national level in order to comply with […]

RJ Lee Group, a leading industrial forensics analytical laboratory headquartered in Pittsburgh, announced the signing of a long-term lease to establish an analytical services laboratory in State College at Innovation Park, along with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Penn State University. The laboratory will be located in the new 310 Building in […]

RJ Lee Group’s Construction Materials business unit manager, April Snyder, has been elected as Vice President of the Pittsburgh Area Chapter of the American Concrete Institute. April has served on the board for the past three years and has made significant contributions to the organization. She co-chaired the Student Chapter Committee her first year on […]

We are pleased to announce that Heath Low, Quality Assurance Analyst for RJ Lee Group’s Columbia Basin Analytical Laboratories, has been certified by the American Society of Quality (ASQ) as a Certified Quality Engineer (CQE). The CQE designates that the individual understands the principles of service and product quality evaluation control. These principles and applied […]

Although respirable silica has been regulated for decades, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) put new guidelines into place in 2016, updating the existing 1971 rules. Across most industries, the new PEL level is 50 µg/m3 over an eight-hour shift, with an action level of 25 µg/m3. Our AIHA accredited laboratory provides sampling media […]