Amy Lamb Woods

Principal Engineer @Braun Intertec Corporation

Chicago, IL, US

Principal Engineer with a focus on material consulting and testing, primarily for historic structures or existing masonry and concrete structures needing repair and restoration. Our Chicago west loop laboratory offers services that compliment engineers, architects, contractors, and material suppliers. We conduct testing to help select appropriate, compatible, and durable repair materials or for quality control needs. Historic material laboratory services include:• Petrographic examination of mortars, concrete, stucco, natural stone, brick, terra cotta, terrazzo, cast stone• Material property testing of masonry for compression strength, flexural strength, water absorption, saturation coefficient, initial rate of absorption, density, freeze-thaw durability, frost dilatometry, water vapor transmission• Material property testing of concrete for compression strength, flexural strength, modulus of rupture, density, absorption, saturation coefficient, carbonation, chloride content, hardened air void• Fresh material property testing of concrete for initial and final set time, slump/spread, unit weight, air content