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NYC DOB Licensed Concrete Lab Class 1 Special Inspection Agency A2LA Accredited Lab (ISO/IEC 17025) NYC Certified MBE

Special Inspections & Concrete Testing for New York Construction

Class 1 agency with its own DOB-licensed, A2LA-accredited lab. 27 people, 23 years, projects to 470,000 sq ft — and TR1s signed on time, so your closeout has no surprises at the DOB.

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23 years in business, since 2003
5 boroughs + Long Island
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How it works

From request to inspection in three steps

Submit your project

Fill in the form with the service, location and scope. It takes two minutes and you get a reference number right away.

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Sent during office hours (Mon–Fri, 7 AM–4:30 PM ET)? One of our engineers calls you back within the hour to confirm the categories and the quote. After hours or on weekends: first thing the next business day.

Inspection & testing on site

Certified inspectors come to your site, samples go to our DOB-licensed lab, and you receive the reports your filing requires.

Free: NYC TR1 Special Inspection Checklist (PDF)Every TR1 category by trade, what to send your agency, when to call. One page, no sign-up — metricnyc.com/checklist
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Compression testing machines in the Metric laboratory in Hicksville
Our concrete testing laboratory, Hicksville
Three Metric inspectors in branded safety vests on a construction site in New York City
Metric inspectors on site, NYC
Concrete being pumped onto a reinforced foundation slab between brick buildings in New York City
Foundation pour, inspected and sampled
From the field

Our lab, our crews, your job sites

Real photos from Metric projects across the five boroughs and Long Island, and from our laboratory in Hicksville.

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Metric technician checking the delivery ticket at a ready-mix concrete truck
Checking the mix at the truck
Excavator spreading gravel for footings on a New York City site
Footing excavation and fill
Concrete cylinders curing in a water tank in the Metric laboratory
Cylinders curing in the lab
Construction site in New York City with a high-rise tower behind
Foundation work, NYC
Crew finishing a concrete slab with the pump hose while an inspector watches
Slab pour in progress
Metric inspector in a branded hard hat on a New York City construction site
On site, every pour
Concrete cylinders in crates inside the curing room at the Metric laboratory
Curing room
Metric engineer reviewing structural drawings at the office
Reviewing the drawings before the inspection
Recent projects

Special inspections on new construction across the city

Some of the projects Metric is inspecting now or has recently completed, from 35,000 to nearly 470,000 square feet. Client references are available on request.

Brooklyn

894 Fountain Avenue

469,000 sq ft · Cellar to 9th floor and bulkhead
New construction

All required special inspections

Manhattan

105 East 118th Street

335,000 sq ft · Concrete structure
New construction · 2026 – present

Structural, foundation, masonry, plumbing, architectural and SWPPP inspections

Brooklyn

117 Glenmore Avenue

260,000 sq ft
New construction

All required special inspections

Brooklyn

2957 Shell Road

224,000 sq ft · Cast-in-place concrete, 8 floors and roof
New construction

All required special inspections

Astoria, Queens

22-60 46th Street / 22-61 45th Street

127,000 sq ft · Two 8-story buildings with cellar
New construction

All required special inspections

Queens

727 Bay 32nd Street

92,000 sq ft · Masonry / plank structure
New construction · 2025 – present

All required special inspections and SWPPP

Brooklyn

Bartlett Crossing — 667 Flushing Ave & 31 Bartlett St

81,000 sq ft · Steel / plank structure
New construction · 2025 – present

All required special inspections and SWPPP

Brooklyn

773 Neptune Avenue

63,000 sq ft · Steel structure
New construction · 2024 – present

All required special inspections

Woodside, Queens

43-12 50th Street

52,000 sq ft · 55 units, cast-in-place concrete
New construction

Special inspections plus soil, masonry and EIFS

Brooklyn

2602 Pitkin Avenue

52,000 sq ft · Masonry / plank structure
New construction · 2023 – 2025, completed

All required special inspections

Manhattan

500 East 81st Street

35,000 sq ft · Cast-in-place concrete, cellar to roof
New construction

All required special inspections

Your project next?

Send the drawings or the TR1 and we call you back within the hour during office hours (Mon–Fri, 7 AM–4:30 PM ET) with the categories we cover and a quote.

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Services

Special inspections and materials testing

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Concrete

  • Batch plant & field inspections
  • Compressive strength (cylinders, beams, cubes, prisms)
  • Mix design
  • Crack monitoring
  • Coring
  • Non-destructive testing (Windsor probe, Schmidt hammer)
  • Petrographic analysis

Masonry

  • Grout mix design
  • Compression tests (bricks, prisms, etc.)

Soil

  • Bearing capacity
  • Compaction inspection

Structural Steel

  • Bolting inspection
  • Field / shop inspection
  • Anchor testing

Engineering

  • Pile inspection
  • Underpinning
  • Vibration monitoring
  • Structural stability
  • Sheeting / shoring
  • Curtain walls
  • Foundation investigation
  • Floor flatness

Not sure which inspection your filing requires?

Choose “Other / Not sure” in the form and describe the project. Our engineers will tell you what applies.

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Service areas

New York City, Long Island and the Tri-State Area

Based in Hicksville, Long Island, our inspectors cover job sites across the region.

Manhattan
Nassau County
Brooklyn
Suffolk County
Queens
New Jersey
Bronx
Connecticut
Staten Island
Other NY areas
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Why Metric

Credentials your filing depends on

Class 1 Special Inspection Agency
Registered with the NYC Department of Buildings as SIA #001803.
DOB-licensed concrete testing laboratory
DOB license #000062. Concrete, masonry and soil tested in-house; CCRL and AMRL proficiency programs. Reports ready for your filing, nonconformities reported within 24 hours.
A2LA-accredited laboratory
Accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 for Construction Materials Testing (A2LA certificate 3653.02). ASTM International member.
Certified staff, licensed engineers
27 employees. ACI, AWS, NICET, SAT, Troxler nuclear density and asphalt certifications; licensed Professional Engineers and registered architects on staff. Registered for TR1 through TR8 inspections. In business since 2003.
NYC DOB
Licensed Lab
A2LA
Accredited
NYC Certified
MBE

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