A probe into New York’s concrete testing industry has prompted city officials to launch a new program to increase the oversight and evaluation of concrete testing at construction projects throughout the city, including projects funded by the city and private developers.
The program, announced last week by the New York City Department of Buildings, Department of Design and Construction and Department of Investigation, includes plans to build a $1 million city-owned concrete-testing laboratory scheduled to open January 2010 in the Bronx. The new laboratory, which will be operated by the DDC, will be fully equipped to perform all required concrete-testing procedures offering testing services to the 35 private concrete-testing agencies currently licensed to do business in the city.