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1 ccredited to Laboratory locations: Schedule of ccreditation United Kingdom ccreditation Service High Street, Feltham, Middlesex, TW13 4UN, UK skern Road arcroft Doncaster South Yorkshire DN6 8DG ontact: Russell Barnes Tel: +44 (0) Fax: +44 (0) Website: below s covered by the organisation and their relevant activities details ctivity code ddress skern Road arcroft Doncaster South Yorkshire DN6 8DG Local contact Russell Barnes Testing of soil and rock for civil engineering purposes Site activities performed away from the locations listed above: details ctivity code Ground Investigation Sites Russell Barnes In-situ testing of soils for civil engineering purposes B Ground Investigation Sites Dr R ooke (Geocone) Tel: Fax: geocone@esg.co.uk one penetration testing venue Site Offices Derby Road Wingerworth hesterfield S42 6NB Paul Edgerton In-situ density and plate load testing of soils for civil engineering purposes D ssessment Manager: RT Page 1 of 6

2 Schedule of ccreditation United Kingdom ccreditation Service ccredited to DETIL OF REDITTION ROK Point load strength and anisotropy indices ISRM ommission on Testing Methods, Suggested Method for Determining Point Load Strength 1985 Slake durability index ISRM Suggested Methods - Rock haracterization Testing and Monitoring Ed. E T Brown Uniaxial compressive strength ISRM ommission on Testing Methods, Suggested Method for Determining Uniaxial ompressive Strength 1985 Water content ISRM Suggested Methods - Rock haracterization Testing and Monitoring Ed. E T Brown Porosity and density - by saturation and buoyancy techniques ISRM Suggested Methods - Rock haracterization Testing and Monitoring Ed. E T Brown 1981 GGREGTES Magnesium sulphate test BS EN :2009 Resistance to fragmentation by the Los ngeles method BS EN :2010 purposes Organic matter content BS 1377:Part 3:1990 Mass loss on ignition BS 1377:Part 3:1990 Sulphate content of soil and ground water - gravimetric method arbonate content - rapid titration method BS 1377:Part 3:1990 BS 1377:Part 3:1990 Water-soluble chloride content BS 1377:Part 3:1990 ph value BS 1377:Part 3:1990 ssessment Manager: RT Page 2 of 6

3 Schedule of ccreditation United Kingdom ccreditation Service ccredited to alifornia Bearing Ratio (BR) Shear strength - small shearbox Shear strength - large shearbox Residual strength - small ring shear apparatus Unconfined compressive strength - load frame method Undrained shear strength - triaxial compression without of pore pressure Undrained shear strength - triaxial compression with multistage loading and without of pore pressure Effective shear strength - consolidated-undrained triaxial compression test with of pore pressure Effective shear strength consolidated-drained triaxial compression test with of volume change Effective shear strength - (isotropically) consolidated undrained multistage triaxial compression test with of pore pressure Effective shear strength - consolidated drained multistage triaxial compression test with of volume change BS 1377:Part 8:1990 BS 1377:Part 8:1990 SML PRO/0041 based on BS 1377:Part 8:1990 TP 0043 based on BS 1377: Part 8:1990 ssessment Manager: RT Page 3 of 6

4 Schedule of ccreditation United Kingdom ccreditation Service ccredited to Moisture content - oven drying method, D Saturation moisture content of chalk Liquid limit - cone penetrometer Liquid limit - cone penetrometer - one point Plastic limit Plasticity index and liquidity index Density - linear Density - immersion in water Particle density - gas jar Particle density - small pyknometer Particle density - large pyknometer - wet sieving - dry sieving - sedimentation - pipette method - sedimentation - hydrometer method Resistivity - Wenner probe method BS 1377:Part 3:1990 ssessment Manager: RT Page 4 of 6

5 Schedule of ccreditation United Kingdom ccreditation Service ccredited to Dry density/moisture content relationship (2.5 kg rammer) Dry density/moisture content relationship (4.5 kg rammer) Dry density/moisture content relationship (vibrating hammer) Maximum and minimum dry densities for granular soils Moisture condition value (MV) halk crushing value One-dimensional consolidation properties Swelling and collapse characteristics Permeability - constant head method onsolidation properties using a hydraulic cell Permeability in a hydraulic consolidation cell Isotropic consolidation properties using a triaxial cell BS 1377:Part 5:1990 BS 1377:Part 5:1990 BS 1377:Part 5:1990 BS 1377:Part 6:1990 BS 1377:Part 6:1990 BS 1377:Part 6:1990 Permeability in a triaxial cell BS 1377:Part 6:1990 ccelerated permeability test Soil suction (filter-paper method) One-dimensional consolidation properties Environment gency R & D Technical Report P1-398/TR/2 No SML PRO/0042 (June 1996) based on BRE IP4/93 SML PRO/0023 ssessment Manager: RT Page 5 of 6

6 Schedule of ccreditation United Kingdom ccreditation Service ccredited to Permeability - falling head method SML PRO/0040 based on Head, K H: Manual of Soil Laboratory Testing, Vol 2, Sect Thermal conductivity - transient heat method TP 044 based on STM D using KD2 PRO equipment In-situ density - sand replacement method (large pouring cylinder) B, D Vertical deformation and strength characteristics of soil by the plate loading test B, D Equivalent BR value by the plate loading test and Design Manual for Roads and Bridges: volume 7: HD 25/94 B, D GEOONE Penetration resistance using the fixed 60 cone and friction sleeve (static cone penetration test PT) ontinuous using a penetrometer tip with electrical sensors for cone and sleeve resistance and inclination GEOONE Penetration resistance using the fixed 60 cone and friction sleeve (static cone penetration test PT) ontinuous using a penetrometer tip with electrical sensors for cone and sleeve resistance and inclination and piezometric pressure GEOONE Electronic friction cone and piezocone testing STM D 5778 END ssessment Manager: RT Page 6 of 6

Schedule of Accreditation issued by United Kingdom Accreditation Service 21-47 High Street, Feltham, Middlesex, TW13 4UN, UK

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