LABORATORY

The privately-owned soil and rock mechanics laboratory is situated in the same address (Chiou 2) and covers area of 250m2. It is equipped with all modern testing equipment with PC automated system of data acquisition and designing. The laboratory has received an operation permit (Registration Nr. Δ14ε/63930/234/7-2-05) from the Ministry of Environment Physical Planning and Public Works, in order to ensure the quality of the performed tests and the services provided.

The laboratory performs all the tests for the determination of natural and mechanical properties of the subsoil, whether it is rock or soil as well as for aggregate materials.

The laboratory personnel have a long experience and its constant education guarantees the highest level of the provided services.

TESTS

Dry Preparation of Soil Samples for Particle-Size Analysis and Determination of Soil Constants.

Standard Test Methods for Laboratory Determination of Water (Moisture) Content of Soil and Rock by Mass

Standard Test Methods for Laboratory Determination of Density (Unit Weight) of Soil Specimens.

Standard Test Methods for Specific Gravity of Soil Solids by Water Pycnometer.

Standard Test Methods for Liquid Limit, Plastic Limit, and Plasticity Index of Soils.

Standard Test Methods for Particle-Size Distribution (Gradation) of Soils Using Sieve Analysis.

Standard Test Methods for Amount of Material in Soils Finer than No. 200 (75-μm) Sieve

Standard Test Method for Particle-Size Analysis of Soils

Laboratory Compaction Characteristics of Soil Using Standard Effort (12 400 ft-lbf/ft3 (600 kN-m/m3)

Standard Test Methods for Laboratory Compaction Characteristics of Soil Using Modified Effort (56,000 ft-lbf/ft3(2,700 kN-m/m3))

Standard Test Method for CBR (California Bearing Ratio) of Laboratory-Compacted

Standard Test Methods for One-Dimensional Consolidation Properties of Soils Using Incremental Loading

Standard Test Methods for One-Dimensional Swell or Collapse of Cohesive Soils

Standard Test Method for Unconfined Compressive Strength of Cohesive Soil

Standard Test Method for Consolidated Undrained Triaxial Compression Test for Cohesive Soils.

Standard Test Method for Consolidated Undrained Direct Simple Shear Testing of Cohesive Soils

Standard Test Method for Direct Shear Test of Soils Under Consolidated Drained Conditions

Hydraulic conductivity test with falling head method (with control panel apparatus)

Hydraulic conductivity test from consolidation cell apparatus.

Small shearbox procedures for determining the angle of shear resistance of cohesion less soils, and the drained peak and residual shear strength parameters of cohesive soils

Standard Test Method for Torsional Ring Shear Test to Determine Drained Residual Shear Strength of Cohesive Soils

Standard Test Methods for Moisture, Ash, and Organic Matter of Peat and Other Organic Soils

Standard Practices for Preparing Rock Core as Cylindrical Test Specimens and Verifying Conformance to Dimensional and Shape Tolerances

Standard Test Methods for Laboratory Determination of Water (Moisture) Content of Soil and Rock by Mass

Determination of porosity and density of rock samples.

Determination of uniaxial compressive strength of intact rock specimens.

Determination of Elastic Moduli of Intact Rock Core Specimens in Uniaxial Compression.

Standard Test Method for Determination of the Point Load Strength Index of Rock and Application to Rock Strength Classifications

Standard Test Method for Determination of Rock Hardness by Rebound Hammer Method

Standard Test Method for Performing Laboratory Direct Shear Strength Tests of Rock Specimens Under Constant Normal Force

Standard Test Method for Splitting Tensile Strength of Intact Rock Core Specimens (Brazilian test).

Standard Test Method for Density and Unit Weight of Soil in Place by Sand-Cone Method

Standard Test Method for CBR (California Bearing Ratio) of Soils in Place

Standard Test Method for Determining In Situ Modulus of Deformation of Rock Mass Using Rigid Plate Loading Method

Standard Test Method for Determining In Situ Modulus of Deformation of Rock Mass Using Flexible Plate Loading Method

Determination of hydraulic conductivity in borehole (constant and falling head method)

Standard Test Method for Standard Penetration Test (SPT) and Split-Barrel Sampling of Soils