The soil on which a construction project is constructed must adequately ensure that there will be no risk of soil erosion, slope instability, liquefaction or subsidence beyond what is anticipated.
- Dry Density / Moisture Content Relationship
Dry Density Moisture Content Relationship using 2.5 or 4.5kg hammer in a 1 litre mould(Proctor or modified Proctor, BS1377 : Part 4 : Clause 3.3 : 1990)
4.5 kg hammer in a CBR mould (BS1377 : Part 4 : Clause 3.6 : 1990)
- California Bearing Ratio (CBR)
California Bearing Ratio (BS1377 : Part 4 : Clause 7 : 1990)
Soaking CBR specimen (5 days)
- Consolidation properties in oedometer
Consolidation properties in oedometer Incremental loading oedometer test on undisturbed soil specimens (BS EN ISO 17892-5 : 2017)
Swelling pressure using oedometer (BS1377 : Part 5 : Clause 4.3 : 1990)
Swelling properties in oedometer using 5 pressures (up to 5 days total duration)
- Permeability in a Hydraulic (Rowe) Cell
Permeability in a Hydraulic Cell up to 4 days duration (BS1377 : Part 6 : Clause 4 : 1990)
- Direct Shear Strength
Shear strength by direct shear (BS EN ISO 17892)
- Unconfined Compressive Strength
Unconfined Compressive Strength on a single soil specimen (BS EN ISO 17892-7:2018)
- Hand Vane – Shear Strength
- Pocket Penetrometer
- Quick Undrained Triaxial Compression