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Soils, Rock and Concrete
Laboratory Test Schedule

Physical Properties and Identification - Classification Photo
Visual Soil Identification ASTM D2488
Natural Water Content ASTM D2216
Hydrometer and Sieve Analysis ASTM D422
Sieve Analysis ASTM D422
Sieve Analysis - Wash on
     No. 200 Sieve		 ASTM D422
Liquid Limit ASTM D4318 Photo
Plastic Limit ASTM D4318
Organic Content ASTM D2974
Combustible Content
     (Loss on Ignition)		 ASTM C311/C114
pH Determination ASTM D4972
Specific Gravity - -No. 4 Sieve ASTM D854
Specific Gravity - +No. 4 Sieve ASTM C127
Specific Gravity  and Absorption - ASTM C127
     Coarse and Fine Aggregate ASTM C128
Unit Weight - Tube Sample EM 1110-2-1906; App. II Photo
Unit Weight - Block Sample EM 1110-2-1906; App. II
Insoluble Residue
     (Carbonate Content) ASTM D3042
Maximum and Minimum Index
     (Relative) Density		 ASTM D4253/D4254
Soil Resistivity Using the
     Wenner 4-Electrode Method		 ASTM G57
Permeability
Flexible Wall (Laboratory)
     Flexwall (triaxial) cell with
     back pressure saturation		 ASTM D5084 Photo
Rigid Wall (Laboratory)
     Constant Head (Remold) ASTM D2434
     Falling Head (Remold) ASTM D5856
     Consolidation Cell EM 1110-2-1906; App. VII
Sealed Double Ring Infiltrometer
     (Field) 5' x 5' sealed fiberglass
     inner ring within 12' x 12'
     aluminum outer ring		 ASTM D5093
Boutwell Two-Stage Borehole ASTM D6391
     Permeameters (Field)
Photo
Leachate Compatibility
Permeability test with water followed
     by permeation of sample with
     leachate in flexwall (triaxial) cell
     using back pressure saturation		 EPA SW 846
Method 9100
Compaction and CBR Tests
Standard Compaction Test ASTM D698 Photo
Modified Compaction Test ASTM D1557
CBR ASTM D1883
CBR - Complete design series for
     Corps. of Engineers Method 1		 EM 1110-3-141
CBR - Complete design series for
     Corps. of Engineers Method 2		 EM 1110-3-141
Field CBR ASTM D4429
Shear Strength and Consolidation
Direct Shear ASTM D3080 Photo
Residual Shear EM 1110-2-1906; App. IX A
Unconfined Compression on Soil ASTM D2166
Unconfined Compression on Rock Core ASTM D7012
Triaxial Compression*
     (a) Unconsolidated - Undrained ASTM D2850
     (b) Consolidated - Undrained ASTM D4767 Photo
     (c) Consolidated - Drained
Consolidation: ASTM D2435
     Specimens are loaded from 1/8
          to 16 tsf, then unloaded to
          4 and 1/4 tsf
     Intermediate unload-reload cycles
     Time compression curves
Swell and Swell Pressure ASTM D4546
Concrete
Casting of Concrete Cylinders
     for Compressive Strength		 ASTM C31 Photo
Casting of Mortar Cubes
     for Compressive Strength		 ASTM C780
Compressive Strength of
     Concrete Cylinders		 ASTM C39/C1231
Compressive Strength of Mortar Cubes ASTM C109
Determination of Air Content ASTM C231
Determination of Slump ASTM C143
Miscellaneous Photo
Shelby tube extrusion and logging
Field In-Place Density Tests
     Using Troxler Model 3440
     Nuclear Density Gauges		 ASTM D2922/D3017
Field In-Place Density Tests
     Using Sand Cones		 ASTM D1556
Field CBR of soils in-place ASTM D4429
Field Soil Resistivity Using the
     Wenner 4-Electrode Method		 ASTM G57
Laboratory tests not listed available upon request.

Fees are project specific.

* Test is subcontracted to another laboratory with results reviewed by our laboratory manager.

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