What Construction Material Testing (CMT) does

CMT generates revenue primarily through professional-services billing: field testing is invoiced as a technician hourly rate plus per-test lab fees (a single concrete pour visit typically runs a few hundred dollars), while multi-day placements, full-time project assignments, geotechnical investigations, forensic investigations, environmental assessments, and land surveying engagements are priced through written proposal requests tied to project specifications. The go-to-market motion is enterprise/field-sales driven, with direct phone outreach and a proposal request form serving as the bottom-of-funnel conversion path, supplemented by an ASTM reference library and city-specific service pages for top-of-funnel demand capture. The customer base is horizontally diversified across general and specialty contractors, commercial and residential developers, and structural/civil engineers, with direct coverage in nine southern states and project-based nationwide reach via a partner network of licensed professionals.

Name

Construction Material Testing (CMT)

Legal name

Construction Materials Testing

Website

https://constructionmaterialtesting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1951

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Construction Materials Testing (CMT) is a Sugar Land, Texas-based engineering consulting firm providing ASTM-compliant construction materials testing, geotechnical, forensic, environmental, and surveying services to contractors, developers, and engineers across the southern United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Field Testing Services: Billed as technician hourly rate plus per-test lab fees. Services include concrete field testing (slump, air content, temperature, cylinder casting), soil compaction testing, and density testing by nuclear gauge. Single concrete pour visits typically cost a few hundred dollars.
2. Project-Based Testing Contracts: Full-time project testing proposed from project specifications. Multi-day placements and standing weekly visits for large or phased sites. Scoped proposals include geotechnical investigations, forensic engineering investigations, environmental assessments, and land surveying.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Construction Material Testing (CMT) is a Houston/Sugar Land, Texas-based engineering consulting firm that provides ASTM-compliant field and laboratory testing of soil, concrete, aggregate, and asphalt, along with geotechnical, forensic engineering, environmental, and land surveying services. The firm dispatches certified technicians to jobsites for acceptance testing and produces accredited laboratory reports under an AASHTO R18 documented quality system.

Product overview

Construction Materials Testing (CMT) is a testing and inspection firm offering five integrated service lines: Construction Materials Testing (field and laboratory ASTM-compliant testing of concrete, soil, aggregate, and asphalt), Geotechnical Engineering (subsurface investigations and soils analysis), Forensic Engineering (failure investigation and expert testimony), Environmental Services (Phase I/II site assessments, stormwater compliance), and Land Surveying (boundary, topographic, and construction staking). The company maintains a reference library of ASTM test methods and provides certified technicians and accredited laboratory services backed by AASHTO re:source and CCRL accreditation programs. All services are delivered through the company's Sugar Land, Texas headquarters with coverage across Texas and the southeastern United States.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Construction Materials Testing ASTM-compliant field and laboratory testing of soil, concrete, aggregate, and asphalt including density, strength, gradation, and acceptance testing with same-day reporting for contractors, developers, and engineers.
• Geotechnical Engineering Subsurface investigations, laboratory soils testing, and geotechnical reporting to characterize site conditions before design and verify them during construction, including soil borings, Atterberg limits testing, moisture-density relationships, and expansive-soil characterization.
• Forensic Engineering Failure investigation on distressed concrete, foundations, and pavements including coring, sampling, laboratory analysis, and licensed engineers for opinion and testimony. Covers concrete distress investigation, core sampling, petrographic examination, and chain of custody documentation.
• Environmental Services Environmental site assessments and construction-phase environmental support including Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, Phase II subsurface sampling, SWPPP compliance inspections, and soil management screening.
• Land Surveying Boundary, topographic, and construction staking surveys including boundary and title surveys for acquisition and permitting, topographic surveys for civil design, construction staking, and as-built surveys for closeout and conveyance.

Quantifiable outcome

• Same-day or next-morning technician dispatch available for Houston metro
• +3 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Braun Intertec: Employee-owned engineering and testing firm providing geotechnical, environmental, and construction materials testing services across the central U.S., comparable in service mix and customer profile to CMT.
• S&ME: Engineering firm providing geotechnical, construction materials testing, and environmental services with AASHTO-accredited laboratories across the Southeast and beyond, competing head-to-head with CMT in southern markets.
• Terracon Consultants: Large national geotechnical and construction materials testing firm offering ASTM-compliant field and lab testing, geotechnical engineering, and environmental services across the U.S., directly competing with CMT for the same contractors, developers, and engineers.
• Kleinfelder: Engineering, construction materials testing, and environmental services firm with extensive U.S. footprint. Provides ASTM-compliant testing, geotechnical, and inspection services comparable to CMT's offerings.
• ECS Group of Companies: National construction materials testing, geotechnical, and environmental firm with AASHTO-accredited labs. Directly comparable services and customer base (contractors, developers, engineers) to CMT.

Broad incumbents

• Geosyntec Consultants: Specialty engineering and environmental consulting firm with strong geotechnical and construction QA practices, competing with CMT on environmental site assessments and complex geotechnical work.
• NV5 Global: Public technical engineering and consulting firm with infrastructure, environmental, and construction materials testing capabilities — a broader incumbent that competes for portions of CMT's addressable market.
• Professional Service Industries (PSI): Large national testing, inspection, and engineering firm (Intertek subsidiary) offering construction materials testing, geotechnical, and environmental services across the U.S. — a broad incumbent with overlapping capabilities to CMT.

Regional players

• Tolunay Wong Engineers: Gulf Coast-region geotechnical and construction materials testing firm with strong presence in Texas and Louisiana, directly competing with CMT for southern U.S. projects.
• Raba Kistner: Texas-headquartered engineering consulting firm offering construction materials testing, geotechnical, and environmental services with strong Texas/Mexico overlap with CMT's Houston/Sugar Land base.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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