Laboratory Services
Our fully accredited laboratory is capable of performing a variety of functions designed to keep your project moving and to provide your construction team the valuable information they need to make smart, economical decisions on your behalf. We are certified in soils and concrete through WACEL, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and fully traceable to the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Concrete Laboratory
Soil Consultants' concrete laboratory is based on ASTM C-1077. This standard provides requirements for test methods, laboratory facilities, quality control systems, personnel and organizational structure. Our laboratory is divided between the working area and specimen curing facilities. In order to insure the quality level of our tests, we participate in C.C.R.L., sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the WACEL round robin quality assurance exercises. The following list includes some, but not all, of the tests we perform:
ASTM C39 COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF CYLINDRICAL SPECIMENS
ASTM C138 UNIT WEIGHT AND AIR CONTENT BY GRAVIMETRIC
ASTM C143 SLUMP OF FRESHLY MIXED CONCRETE
ASTM C172 SAMPLING OF FRESH CONCRETE
ASTM C173 AIR CONTENT BY VOLUMETRIC
ASTM C231 AIR CONTENT BY PRESSURE
ASTM C1064 TEMPERATURE OF FRESHLY MIXED CONCRETE
ASTM C511 MOIST ROOM CURING
ASTM C617 CAPPING CYLINDRICAL SPECIMENS
ASTM C1231 USE OF UN-BONDED CAPPING SYSTEM
ASTM C109 COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF CEMENT MORTARS USING CUBE SPECIMENS
ASTM C1019 SAMPLING AND TESTING GROUT SPECIMENS
Laboratory Services
Our fully accredited laboratory is capable of performing a variety of functions designed to keep your project moving and to provide your construction team the valuable information they need to make smart, economical decisions on your behalf. We are certified in soils and concrete through WACEL, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and fully traceable to the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The following list includes some, but not all, of the tests we perform:
ASTM D421 DRY PREPARATION FOR PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION AND SOIL CONSTANTS
ASTM D422 PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS
ASTM D698 COMPACTION CHARACTERISTICS BY STANDARD EFFORT
ASTM D854 SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF SOILS
ASTM D1140 MATERIAL FINER THAN 75um (NO. 200 SIEVE)
ASTM D1557 COMPACTION CHARACTERISTICS BY MODIFIED EFFORT
ASTM D1883 CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO
ASTM D2166 UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH
ASTM D2216 WATER CONTENT
ASTM D2487 CLASSIFICATION OF SOILS
ASTM D4318 ATTERBURG LIMITS