Data You Can Trust.
Results You Can Build On.

Providing engineering solutions through instrumentation,
testing, and monitoring since 1989.

Testing & Monitoring
  • Diagnostic Load Testing
  • Structural Health Monitoring (SHM)
  • Structural & Geotechnical Condition Monitoring
  • Geodetic Monitoring
  • Vibration & Noise Monitoring
  • Mechanical Systems
  • Environmental
NDE
  • ASNT Steel Inspection
  • Structural Concrete Evaluation
  • Corrosion & Service Life Prediction
  • Mobile Impact Echo Testing
  • Ground Penetrating Radar
  • Chloride Sampling & Testing
Engineering & Analysis
  • Bridge Load Rating
  • Forensic Analysis
  • Tainter Gate Friction Evaluation
  • Finite Element Modeling
  • Super Heavy Permit Evaluations
  • Inspections
Data Management
  • Hosted by Microsoft® Azure
  • Real-Time Data
  • 24/7/365 Support
  • Custom Alerts & Reporting Tools
  • Mapping Solutions
  • Advanced Interactive Graphing Solutions
Strain Gage Services
  • OEM Strain Gage Services
  • On-Site Installations
  • ITAR-Cleared Technicians
  • Aerospace Applications
  • Marine & Harsh Environments
  • Custom Sensor Designs
Instruments
  • Wireless Diagnostic Testing Systems
  • Structural Health Monitoring Systems
  • Sensors
  • Vibrating Monitoring
  • Software
  • Custom Design & Integration
  • Rental Programs
 

Services

 

Testing & Monitoring

Our personnel have performed hundreds of testing and monitoring projects around the world. This experience is apparent in the efficient services we provide and the instrumentation that we have developed and use on our projects.

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Products

 

INSTRUMENTS

We manufacture and supply instrumentation that has been proven through our 25+ years of experience completing field projects. We can provide everything from individual components to complete systems that are ready to be deployed in all difficult field conditions.

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No matter how sophisticated, modern analytical techniques cannot replace field testing for understanding how a structure will respond under load.

 

News

Sep.15.2017

2017 USACE Northwest River Projects

It was a busy spring in the northwest this year. Roughly every seven years, the US Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla and Portland Districts perform major maintenance on the Columbia River and Snake River navigational locks. BDI performed instrumentation ... Read More

Sep.15.2017

NEW LOOK, NEW SERVICES, NEW NAME (SORT OF)…

Background For those of you who know us and our services, we want you to know how much we have changed since incorporating in 1989. We started as a small engineering firm that sprouted from a research project conducted at ... Read More

Dec.16.2015

Monitoring Historic Structures

BDI is equipped to install monitoring systems for tracking wall rotations and masonry and concrete crack movements due to environmental or construction loading conditions. The data from these systems can be downloaded from the internet and any trends or excessive ... Read More

Mar.03.2014

STS4: The latest in proven structural testing technology

The new STS4 from BDI is the world’s only data acquisition system that has been designed by structural engineers for structural testing. This next-generation wireless system is rugged, highly efficient, and now supports long-term monitoring applications. Once you see how ... Read More

May.08.2013

Structural Research Support for Universities

BDI makes an ideal partner for all types of university research projects by supplying testing services, equipment, and/or training. BDI will “fit in" to just the level required to accomplish the objectives of the research in the most efficient way ... Read More