2 Pine Trees, Chertsey Lane, Staines-upon-Thames, TW18 3HR, UK The Old School Stillhouse Lane Bedminster BS3 4EB Contact: Dr Dimitris Xirouchakis Tel: +44 (0)117-9471000 Fax: +44 (0)117-9471004 E-Mail: Dimitris.Xirouchakis@soils.co.uk Website: www.soils.co.uk Laboratory locations: below s covered by the organisation and their relevant activities details Activity code Address 1A Princess Street Bedminster BS3 4AG Dr Dimitris Xirouchakis Rock and Soils: Mechanical Tests; Physical Tests Address The Potteries Pottery Street West Yorkshire WF10 1NJ Mr M Athorne Soils: Mechanical Tests; Physical Tests Address 18 Frogmore Road Herts HP3 9RT Ms Sharon Cairns Soils: Mechanical Tests; Physical Tests Address Anerley Court Half Moon Lane Hildenborough TN11 9HU Mr Richard Ashby Soils: Mechanical Tests; Physical Tests Assessment Manager: AP2 Page 1 of 9
activities performed away from the locations listed above: details Activity code All locations suitable for the activities listed Mr S Hancock 1A Princess Street Bedminster BS3 4AG Soils: Mechanical Tests Assessment Manager: AP2 Page 2 of 9
DETAIL OF ACCREDITATION AGGREGATES Sample reduction by quartering BS EN 932-2:1999 Sample reduction using a riffle box BS EN 932-2:1999 Loose Bulk Density BS EN 1097-3:1998 - sieving method BS EN 933-1:2012 Flakiness index BS EN 933-3:2012 Constituents of coarse recycled aggregate Resistance to fragmentation by the Los Angeles test method BS EN 933-11:2009 BS EN 1097-2:2010 Water content BS EN 1097-5:2008 Particle density and water absorption - pyknometer method for aggregate particles between 0,063 mm and 4 mm Particle density and water absorption - pyknometer method for aggregate particles between 4 mm and 31,5 mm Aggregate crushing value - particle size 10 mm and greater Ten per cent fines value - soaked - particle size 10 mm and greater Ten per cent fines value - dry - particle size smaller than 10 mm BS EN 1097-6:2013 BS EN 1097-6:2013 BS 812-110:1990 BS 812-111:1990 BS 812-111:1990 Magnesium Sulphate Test BS EN 1367-2:2009 Assessment Manager: AP2 Page 3 of 9
ROCK Water content Uniaxial compressive strength Porosity and density - by saturation and buoyancy techniques End preparation of rock cores Deformability under uniaxial compression Point load strength Slake Durability Index Documented In-House Method RT 05 based on ASTM D 4543 Suggested Methods Rock Characterization Testing and Monitoring 1974 2006, P & S Wave ASTM D2845-08 Assessment Manager: AP2 Page 4 of 9
SOILS for civil engineering purposes Moisture content - oven drying method Saturation moisture content of chalk BS1377 Part 2 1990 Liquid limit - cone penetrometer Liquid limit - cone penetrometer - one point Plastic limit Plasticity index and liquidity index Plasticity index Density - linear Linear Shrinkage Assessment Manager: AP2 Page 5 of 9
SOILS for civil engineering purposes (cont d) Particle density - small pyknometer Particle density - gas jar - wet sieving - dry sieving - sedimentation - pipette method - sedimentation - hydrometer method Dry density/moisture content relationship (4.5 kg rammer) Dry density/moisture content relationship (2.5 kg rammer) Dry density/moisture content relationship (vibrating hammer) Assessment Manager: AP2 Page 6 of 9
SOILS for civil engineering purposes (cont d) Maximum density of sandy soils Minimum density of sandy soils Maximum density of gravelly soils Minimum density of gravelly soils California Bearing Ratio (CBR) Moisture condition value (MCV) MCV - natural moisture content MCV/moisture content relation Undrained shear strength in triaxial compression without of pore pressure (definitive method) Undrained shear strength in triaxial compression with multistage loading and without of pore pressure One-dimensional consolidation properties Shear strength small shearbox BS 1377-7: 1990 BS 1377-7: 1990 BS 1377:Part 5:1990 BS 1377:Part 7:1990 Assessment Manager: AP2 Page 7 of 9
SOILS for civil engineering purposes (cont d) In-situ California Bearing Ratio (CBR) Dry density/moisture content relationship (4.5 kg rammer) Vertical deformation and strength characteristics of soil by the plate loading test BS 1377:Part 9:1990 Core cutter density In-situ density - sand replacement method (large pouring cylinder) In-situ bulk density - comparative tests In-situ bulk density - absolute tests In-situ bulk density - compliance tests In-situ moisture density - comparative tests In-situ moisture density - absolute tests In-situ moisture density - compliance tests Assessment Manager: AP2 Page 8 of 9
GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION and TESTING - Laboratory testing of soil Water content BS EN ISO 17892-1:2014 Bulk density - linear method BS EN ISO 17892-2:2014 Water content (cont d) BS EN ISO 17892-1:2014 Determination of particle density fluid pycnometer method BS EN ISO 17892-3:2015 UNBOUND and HYDRAULICALLY BOUND MIXTURES Laboratory reference density and water content - vibrating hammer BS EN 13286-4:2003 Test methods for the determination of the laboratory reference density and water content. Proctor compaction. BS EN 13286-2:2010 Test method for the determination of California bearing ratio, immediate bearing index and linear swelling EN 13286-47:2012 CONCRETE Testing concrete in structures BS EN 12504-1:2009 END Assessment Manager: AP2 Page 9 of 9