Materials Test Lab
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City of Portland Fiscal Year 2026-27 Proposed Budget Public Works > Bureau of Environmental Services > Materials Test Lab Materials Test Lab Budget Revenues by Fund 2023-24 Actuals 2024-25 Actuals 2025-26 Revised Budget 2026-27 Proposed Internal Revenues ($56) $0 $0 $0 Sewer System ($56) $0 $0 $0 Operating Fund Grand Total ($56) $0 $0 $0 Program Expenses by Major Object Program expenses only include personnel, internal materials and services, external materials and services, and capital. 2023-24 Actuals 2024-25 Actuals 2025-26 Revised Budget 2026-27 Proposed External Materials and $30,868 $57,898 $0 $0 Services Internal Materials and $4,016 $4,386 $0 $0 Services Grand Total $34,884 $62,284 $0 $0 Program Description and Goals This program expired in FY 2020-21 due to the bureau's reorganization. The key functions of this program are now reported in the new Business Support, Engineering Services – Construction and Materials Testing Lab, and CIP Project Delivery programs. It no longer exists and has been sunset. It will continue to be displayed in the budget book until the budget data drops off. The Materials Testing Lab (MTL) Program provides quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) of materials used in the construction of bureau assets. QA/QC involves materials testing, code-mandated special inspection, confined space entry, and geotechnical services and evaluation of emerging technologies and products. In addition to providing these services for BES projects, the lab also provides services to other City bureaus (primarily the Water Bureau, Bureau of Transportation and Parks Bureau), typically on a fee-for-service basis. The MTL Program most directly impacts the performance measure for pipe repair and replacement, because of the MTL's role in testing and evaluating materials in the design and construction of those capital projects. 805
City of Portland Fiscal Year 2026-27 Proposed Budget Services Equity Impacts The MTL Program provides industry-standard testing and evaluation services for construction materials, to ensure that materials used in BES capital projects and other City bureau projects meet national and international standards. The program monitors the quality of pipe materials, asphalt mixes, concrete mixes and precast concrete products to ensure that City projects are using appropriate products in the construction of long-term public assets. For example, monitoring ensures that the type of pipe used in a sewer rehabilitation program is appropriate and durable for local conditions. Testing and monitoring are performed “real-time” in the field, for samples of actual products at the time of installation. The MTL Program also provides geotechnical analyses for BES and City projects and special inspections as required by local and state building codes. Changes to Program Workload expectations within the MTL Program continue to increase as a result of increases in other work requests from partner bureaus – primarily Bureau of Transportation, Portland Parks & Recreation and the Water Bureau's capital program. Ongoing process improvement efforts such as the use of technology tools to schedule and track work requests and activities are underway. Allocation of resources to the Materials Testing Lab Program has stayed relatively consistent in recent years, and no major budget changes are required for FY2020-21. 806
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