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Test Procedures for Geotechnical Laboratory and Field Testing for Consultants Strength Testing for Cohesive and Granular Soils Consolidated Drained Triaxial with Volume Change Measurements Consolidated Undrained Triaxial with Pore Pressure Unconsolidated Undrained Triaxial with Pore Pressure and Volume Change High Pressure Triaxial, Drained or Undrained, Stress or Strain Controlled Hoek Cell Triaxial, Stress or Strain Controlled Large Scale Triaxial, Drained and Undrained Unconsolidated Undrained Triaxial of Cohesive Soils Unconfined Compressive Strength of Cohesive Soils Unconfined Compressive Strength of Intact Rock Core Samples Quick Direct Shear Consolidated Drained Peak Direct Shear Consolidated Drained Peak and Residual Direct Shear Large Scale Consolidated Drained Peak Direct Shear Large Scale Consolidated Drained Peak and Residual Direct Shear Stress Paths Triaxial Test K-zero Test Load Controlled Cyclic Triaxial Test for Soil Sample Shear Test Repeated Loading Drained and Undrained Triaxial Repeated Load Extension Triaxial Repeated Loading Simple Shear Test

ASTM Standards

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Procedure must be approved ASTM D4767-95 Procedure must be approved Procedure must be approved Procedure must be approved Procedure must be approved ASTM D2850-95 ASTM D2166-98a ASTM D2938-95 Procedure must be approved ASTM D3080-98 ASTM D3080-98 ASTM D3080-98 ASTM D3080-98 Procedure must be approved Procedure must be approved ASTM D5311-92 Procedure must be approved Procedure must be approved Procedure must be approved Procedure must be approved

Compressibility and Swell Testing One-dimensional Consolidation Properties of Soil Peat Consolidation Testing Swelling Pressure Test One-dimensional Swell of Cohesion Soils One-dimensional Settlement of Cohesion Soils ASTM D2435-96 Procedure must be approved Procedure must be approved ASTM D4546-96 ASTM D4546-96

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Test Procedures for Geotechnical Laboratory and Field Testing for Consultants Consolidation with Pore Pressure Measurements Large Diameter Consolidation Cell Testing Rowe Cell Consolidation and Permeability Testing Constant Rate of Deformation with Pore Pressure Measurements Constant Rate of Loading with Pore Pressure Measurements Controlled Hydraulic Gradient Cyclic Loading Consolidation Testing

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ASTM D4186-89 (1998)

Index Properties and Miscellaneous Tests Thin-walled Samplers (Shelby Tubes Samplers) Standard Penetration Test (SPT) Preserving and Transportation of Rock Core Samples Preserving and Transportation of Soil Samples Moisture Content Unit Weight of Undisturbed Samples by various methods Atterberg Limits (Liquid and Plastic Limits) Blenderized Atterberg Limits (Modified ASTM) Liquid Limit using Cone Penetrometer Method Liquid and Plastic Limits using the One-Point Method Shrinkage Limit Grain Size Analysis for 150 mm maximum size Grain Size Analysis for 75 mm maximum size Grain Size Analysis for 40 mm maximum size Grain Size Analysis for 5 mm maximum size Grain Size Analysis on < 0.08 mm by washed sieving Hydrometer Analysis Specific Gravity Moisture-Density Relationship using Methods A, B & C Moisture-Density Relationship using Method D Moisture-Density Relationship using the One-Point Method Moisture-Density Relationship using Methods A, B & C ASTM D1587-94 ASTM D1586-98 ASTM D5079-90 (1996) ASTM D4220-95 ASTM D2216-98 Procedure must be approved ASTM D4318-98 ASTM D4318-98 BS1377 : 1975 ASTM D4318-98 ASTM D427-93 (1998) ASTM C136-96a ASTM C136-96a ASTM C136-96a ASTM C136-96a ASTM D1140-97 ASTM D422-63 (1998) ASTM D854-92 ASTM D698-91 (1998) ASTM D698-91 (1998) ASTM D698-91 (1998) ASTM D1557-91 (1998)

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Test Procedures for Geotechnical Laboratory and Field Testing for Consultants Moisture-Density Relationship using Method D Correction of Unit Weight for oversize particles Maximum Density and Unit Weight using a Vibratory Table Minimum Density and Unit Weight and Relative Density Laboratory California Bearing Ratio Test Pocket Penetrometer Test Laboratory Vane Shear, including moisture content Organic Content by Ignition Organic Content by Digestion Organic Content by Hydrogen Peroxide Water Soluble Sulphate Content Hydraulic Conductivity Tests (Constant Head) Hydraulic Conductivity Tests (Falling Head) Visual Description and Identification of Soil Visual Classification of Soil for Engineering Purposes Pinhole Test for Dispersive Clay Soils Dispersive Characteristics of Clay Soil by Double Hydrometer Method Slake Durability of Shale and Weak Rocks Calcium Carbonate Content of Soils pH Testing for Peat Materials pH Testing for Soils Moisture Capillary Relationship for coarse and medium soils

ASTM Standards ASTM D1557-91 (1998) ASTM D4718-87 (1994) ASTM D4253-93 (1996) ASTM D4254-91 (1996) ASTM D1883-94 ASTM D4648-94 ASTM D2974-87 (1995)

Testing Procedure

Procedure must be approved Procedure must be approved ASTM D2434-68 (1994) ASTM D5084-90 (1997) ASTM D2488-93 ASTM D2487-98 ASTM D4647-93 ASTM D4221-90 ASTM D4644-87 (1992) ASTM D4373-96 ASTM D2976-71 (1996) ASTM D4972-95a ASTM D2325-68 (1994)

Field Testing Field Density Testing by Sand Cone Field Density Testing by Rubber Balloon Field Density Testing by Nuclear Densometer FDR Moisture Probe Cone Penetrometer Field Vane Shear test in cohesive soils Repetitive Static Plate Load Tests for Soil ASTM D1556-90 (1996) ASTM D2167-94 ASTM D2922-96 Procedure must be approved Procedure must be approved ASTM D2573-94 ASTM D1195-93 (1997)

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Test Procedures for Geotechnical Laboratory and Field Testing for Consultants Non-repetitive Static Plate Load Tests for Soil Dutch Cone Penetrometer Slope Inclinometer Hydraulic Conductivity Tests (Permeability) Resisitivity / Conductivity Testing Rock Mechanics Testing Pressuremeter Borehole Shear Flat Plate Dilatometer Ground Penetrating Radar Seismic Reflection Testing Cross Hole Shear Wave Testing Pile Driver Analyzer Testing Pile Under Static Axial Compressive Load

ASTM Standards ASTM D1196-93 (1997)

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ASTM D1143-81 (1994)

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