Soils and aggregate testing
James Fisher Testing Services' laboratories are well-equipped to deal with large soil and aggregate testing projects, providing a fast turn-around of accurate and informative results.
The properties in soil can hugely affect the basic structure and construction materials used during a project. Testing for soil strength, density, compaction and contamination data as well as determining the chemical properties, are vital to making good decisions during the construction process.
Our satellite laboratories can provide a bespoke and cost-effective solution for materials testing on larger projects, which require results quickly.
| Test | Regulatory standard |
| Calibration box | BS 1377: Part 9 |
| CBR soak and swells (0 - 7 days) | N/A |
| CBR soak and swells (8 - 28 days) | N/A |
| Chalk crushing value | BS 1377: Part 4 |
| Compacting material for CBR testing | BS 1377: Part 4 |
| Density by immersion in water | BS 1377: Part 2 |
| Dry density / optimum moisture content - 2.5 kg rammer | BS 1377: Part 4 |
| Dry density / optimum moisture content - 4.5 kg rammer | BS 1377: Part 4 |
| Laboratory California Bearing Ratio (CBR) - in soaking | BS 1377: Part 4 |
| Laboratory California Bearing Ratio (CBR) - top | BS 1377: Part 4 |
| Laboratory California Bearing Ratio (CBR) - top and bottom | BS 1377: Part 4 |
| Liquid limit - cone penetrometer | BS 1377: Part 2 |
| MCV/MC relationship | BS 1377: Part 4 |
| Moisture condition value | BS 1377: Part 4 |
| Moisture content - oven drying method | BS 1377; Part 2 |
| Particle density and water absorption | BS 1377-2 |
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Particle size distribution - washing and dry sieving |
BS 1377: Part 2 |
| Plastic limit | BS 1377: Part 2 |
| Plasticity index - 4 point LL | BS 1377: Part 2 |
| Plasticity index - single point LL | BS 1377: Part 2 |
| Remoulding sample for testing | N/A |
| Saturated moisture content of chalk | BS 1377: Part 2 |
| Sedimentation hydrometer method | BS 1377: Part 2 |
| Shear strength (hand vane) | BS 1377: Part 7 |
| Unconfirmed compressive strength | BS 1377: Part 7 |
| Undrained shear strength - triaxial | BS 1377: Part 7 |
| Test | Regulatory standard |
| Aggregate crushing value | BS 812: Part 110 |
| Aggregate abrasion value | BS EN 1097-8 : 2009 |
| AIV - dry | N/A |
| AIV - soaked | N/A |
| Constituent materials | BS EN 933-11 |
| Determination of percentage of crushed and broken surfaces | EN 933-5 |
| Dry density (OWC) | EN 13286-4 |
| Drying shrinkage | BS EN 1367-8 : 2008 |
| Effective angle of friction 300 mm shear box | BS 1377: Part 7 Cl636 |
| Effective angle of friction 300 mm shear box | BS 1377: Part 7 Cl639 (straps) |
| Flakiness index | BS 812: Part 105 Section 105.1 |
| Frost susceptability | B S812: Part 124 |
| Horizontal permeability | HA/41/90 (inc OMC & PSD) |
| Loose density | BS EN 1097-3 |
| Los Angeles coefficient | BS EN 1097-2 |
| Los Angeles coefficient of railway ballast | BS EN 1097-2 and BS EN 13450 |
| Magnesium sulphate soundness | BS 812: Part 121 (EN 1367-2) |
| Methylene blue value | BS EN 933-9 : 2009 |
| Micro deval | BS EN 1097-1 |
| Micro deval | BS EN 1097-1 Annex A (Ballast) |
| Moisture content - oven drying method | BS 812: Part 109 |
| Particle density and water absorption | EN 1097-6 |
| Particle size distribution - washing and dry sieving | BS EN 933-1 |
| PSV | EN 1097-8 |
| Sand equivalent | EN 933-8 |
| Shape index | EN 933-4 |
| Shell content | EN 933-7 |
| Ten percent fines - dry | BS 6100 Subsection 2.2.1 |
| Ten percent fines - soaked | EN 1097-5 |
