SOILS TESTING
- Water content : BS EN ISO 17892-1:2014
- Water content – oven drying method : BS 1377-2:2022
- UKAS Accredited
- Determination of liquid limit by fall cone method : BS EN ISO 17892-12:2018 + A2:2022
- Determination of plastic limit : BS EN ISO 17892-12:2018 + A2:2022
- Liquid limit – cone penetrometer : BS 1377-2:2022
- Liquid limit – cone penetrometer – one point : BS 1377-2:2022
- Plastic limit : BS 1377-2:2022
- Plasticity index : BS 1377-2:2022
- UKAS Accredited
- Determination of particle density : BS EN ISO 17892-3:2015
- Particle density – gas jar : BS 1377-2:2022
- UKAS Accredited
- Bulk density – linear measurement : BS EN ISO 17892-2:2014
- Density – linear measurement : BS 1377-2:2022
- UKAS Accredited
- Determination of particle size distribution – sieving method : BS EN ISO 17892-4:2016
- Determination of particle size distribution – pipette method : BS EN ISO 17892-4:2016
- Particle size distribution – wet sieving : BS 1377-2:2022
- Particle size distribution – dry sieving : BS 1377-2:2022
- Particle size distribution – sedimentation by the pipette method : BS 1377-2:2022
- SHW Classification
- UKAS Accredited
- Organic matter content : SC – DIHM
- SC – UKAS / MCERTS
- pH Value : BS 1377 : Part 3 : 2018 + A1 : 2021
- UKAS Accredited
- Total Dissolved Solids : BS 1377 : Part 3 : 2018 + A1 : 2021
- UKAS Accredited
- Loss on Ignition :BS 1377 : Part 3 : 2018 + A1 : 2021
- UKAS Accredited
- BRE SD1, Suite A, B, C & D : BRE
- SC – UKAS / MCERTS
- Sulphur as S, Total : SC – DIHM
- SC – UKAS / MCERTS
- Sulphate, Total Potential as SO4 : SC – DIHM
- SC – UKAS / MCERTS
- Electrical Resistivity : BS 1377 : Part 3 : 2018 + A1 : 2021
- Non-UKAS Accredited
- Redox Potential : BS 1377 : Part 3 : 2018 + A1 : 2021
- Non-UKAS Accredited
- Thermal Conductivity / Resistivity : ASTM D5334 – 22 & ENA 97-1 2021
- Non-UKAS Accredited
- Contact the laboratory for additional chemical or environmental rates
- Dry density/moisture content relationship (2.5 kg rammer) : BS 1377-2:2022
- Dry density/moisture content relationship (4.5 kg rammer) : BS 1377-2:2022
- Dry density/moisture content relationship (vibrating hammer) : BS 1377-2:2022
- UKAS Accredited
- Moisture condition value (MCV) : BS 1377-2:2022
- Moisture condition value (MCV) : TRL Report 273:1997
- UKAS Accredited
- MCV/moisture content relation : BS 1377-2:2022
- Moisture condition value (MCV) : BS 1377-2:2022
- Moisture condition value (MCV) : TRL Report 273:1997
- UKAS Accredited
- California Bearing Ratio (CBR) : BS 1377-2:2022
- UKAS Accredited
- Incremental loading oedometer test : BS EN ISO 17892-5: 2017
- One-dimensional consolidation properties : BS 1377-2:2022
- UKAS Accredited
- Unconsolidated undrained triaxial test : BS EN ISO 17892-8:2018
- Undrained shear strength in triaxial compression without measurement of pore pressure (definitive method) : BS 1377-2:2022
- UKAS Accredited
- Undrained shear strength in triaxial compression with multistage loading and without measurement of pore pressure : BS 1377-7:1990
- UKAS Accredited
- Unconsolidated undrained triaxial test (3 x 38mm) : BS EN ISO 17892-8:2018
- Undrained shear strength in triaxial compression without measurement of pore pressure (definitive method) : BS 1377-2:2022
- UKAS Accredited
- Direct Shear Tests – small shearbox : BS EN ISO 17892-10:2018
- Shear strength by direct shear (small shearbox apparatus) : BS 1377-2:2022
- UKAS Accredited
- Direct Shear Tests – small shearbox : BS EN ISO 17892-10:2018
- Shear strength by direct shear (small shearbox apparatus) : BS 1377-2:2022
- UKAS Accredited
- Direct Shear Tests – large shearbox : BS EN ISO 17892-10:2018
- Shear strength by direct shear (large shearbox apparatus) : BS 1377-2:2022
- Determination of effective angle of internal friction and effective cohesion of earthworks materials : MCHW SHW HMSO Feb 2016 Clause 636
- Determination of coefficient of friction and adhesion between fill and reinforcing elements for reinforced soil and anchored earth structures : MCHW SHW HMSO Feb 2016 Clause 639
- UKAS Accredited
- Non UKAS Accredited