Professional Soils Laboratory

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Geotechnical Testing


Geotechnical laboratory testing or field testing of soil and rocks for the construction and environmental industries in the UK and wordwide.


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Geotechnical laboratory tests

Geotechnical Laboratory Testing

  • Moisture Content
  • Atterberg Limit
  • Particle Density
  • Particle Size Analysis
  • Sedimentation by pippette method
  • Sulphate & Ph
  • Organic/Loss on ignition
  • Choride
  • Soil Suction
  • 2.5Kg Compaction
  • 4.5Kg Compaction
  • Vibrating Hammer Compaction
  • Moisture Condition Value (MCV)
  • California Bearing Ratio (CBR)
  • 1 D Consolidation Properties
  • Unconsolidated Undrained Triaxial Testing
  • Permeability Testing
  • Shear Box Testing
  • Undrained and Drained Triaxial Testing (incl. Pore Water Pressure Measurement)
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Geotechnical field tests

Geotechnical Field Testing

  • Plate Bearing Tests
  • In-Situ California Bearing Ratio (CBR)
  • In-Situ Density Testing
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Rocks tests

Rock Testing

  • Uniaxial compressive strength and deformability
  • Indirect tensile strength & anisotropy indices
  • Water content, porosity and density
  • Slake durability index
  • Soundness of rock slabs - magnesium sulphate
  • Direct shear strength
  • Point Load
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Environmental & analytical tests

Environmental & Analytical Testing

  • Contaminated soil analysis
  • Ground water analysis
  • Effluent water analysis
  • Leachate analysis
  • Asbestos
  • Waste acceptance analysis
  • Compost analysis
  • Topsoil analysis
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