Laboratory tests
- Grading
- Determination of grainsize distribution by wet sieving
- Grading / Sedimentation
- Determination of grainsize distribution by wet sieving and/or Hydrometer test
- Atterberg limits
- Determination of Liquid and Plastic limit
- Moisture content
- Determination of natural moisture content
- Specific density
- determination of particle density
- Proctor Test
- Determination of moisture-density relation
- CBR test (California Bearing Ratio)
- Determination of CBR value after 96 hours soaking in-situ density
- Determination of natural and dry density on cohesive soil samples taken by the cylinder method
- Compression test
- Determination of stiffness module and time related compression, settlement
- Shear parameter
- Determination of charateristic shear parameter as internal angle of friction and cohesion
- Chemical test
- Determination of salt (sulfate, chloride) content of soil
- Asphalt cores
- On core samples taken by drilling the asphalt thickness shall be measured and the density determined
- Asphalt samples
- Determination of grading and bitumen content of samples from existing asphalt
- Documentation
- Results of all laboratory work and tests have to be provided as hardcopy (paper) and softcopy (electronic copy)
