L A Bureau of Standards

Standards Division, a part of the Los Angeles General Services Department, provides material testing and quality control services in the areas of design, construction and environmental protection. It offers services for the City of Los Angeles projects only. Its major units include enviro-chem, geotechnical, construction, and safety, training, accreditation and research. Standards Division operates more than 10 laboratories and its geotechnical unit performs soil testing for foundation design, compaction for earth moving and construction quality control and other geotechnical investigations and design recommendations. Its construction unit provides testing services for concrete, re-bar, cement, concrete blocks, bricks, pavement and overlay design and construction control.