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1 Unit 4 Heol Aur Dafen Industrial Estate Dafen Carmarthenshire SA14 8QN Contact: Mr P Evans Tel: +44 (0) Fax: +44 (0) pevans@gstl.co.uk Website: locations: Testing performed by the organisation at the locations specified below s covered by the organisation and their relevant activities details Activity code Address Unit 4 Heol Aur Dafen Industrial Estate Dafen Carmarthenshire SA14 8QN Local contact Mr P Evans Aggregates: physical tests Concrete - fresh: physical tests Concrete - hardened: physical tests Rock: point load test Soils: physical tests Stabilized materials: physical tests activities performed away from the location listed above: details Activity code All locations suitable for the activities listed Local contact Mr P Evans Concrete - fresh: physical tests Soils: physical tests Assessment Manager: PC2 Page 1 of 5

2 DETAIL OF ACCREDITATION AGGREGATES - sieving method BS EN 933-1:2012 Flakiness index BS EN 933-3:2012 Shape index BS EN 933-4:2008 Resistance to fragmentation by the Los Angeles test method BS EN :2010 Loose bulk density and voids BS EN :1998 Water content BS EN :2008 Magnesium sulfate test BS EN :2009 CONCRETE - fresh Slump BS EN :2009 Making cubic specimens for strength tests / Curing cubic specimens for strength tests CONCRETE - hardened Compressive strength of cubes - including curing BS EN :2009 Density BS EN :2009 Cored specimens - examining and testing in compression BS EN :2009 ROCK Point load strength ISRM commission on testing methods. Suggested method for determining point load strength Moisture content - oven drying method Saturation moisture content of chalk Assessment Manager: PC2 Page 2 of 5

3 Liquid limit - cone penetrometer Liquid limit - cone penetrometer - one point Plastic limit Plasticity index Linear shrinkage Density by linear Particle density - gas jar - wet sieving - dry sieving - sedimentation - pipette method relationship (2.5 kg rammer) relationship (4.5 kg rammer) relationship (vibrating hammer) Moisture condition value (MCV) MCV - natural moisture content MCV/moisture content relation California Bearing Ratio (CBR) Assessment Manager: PC2 Page 3 of 5

4 One-dimensional consolidation properties BS :1990 Permeability in a triaxial cell BS :1990 Shear strength by direct shear (small shearbox apparatus) Undrained shear strength - triaxial compression without of pore pressure Undrained shear strength - triaxial compression with multistage loading and without of pore pressure In-situ density - sand replacement method (large pouring cylinder) In-situ density - core cutter method Vertical deformation and strength characteristics by the incremental plate loading test In-situ California Bearing Ratio Uniformity coefficient ( ) Determination of equivalent CBR value using the plate bearing test Determination of the permeability of clayey soils in a triaxial cell using the accelerated permeability test Soil suction (filter paper method) One dimensional swell / strain BS :1992 (withdrawn) Specification for Highway Works: Design Guidance for Road Pavement Foundations Interim Advice Note 73/06 Environment Agency R & D Technical Report P1-398/TR/2: January 2003 BRE IP4/93 Documented In-House Method No 001 Assessment Manager: PC2 Page 4 of 5

5 STABILIZED MATERIALS for civil engineering - cement-stabilized and lime-stabilized materials relationship (2.5 kg rammer) relationship (4.5 kg rammer) BS :1990 (withdrawn) BS :1990 (withdrawn) GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION and TESTING - testing of soil Bulk density - linear method BS EN ISO :2014 END Assessment Manager: PC2 Page 5 of 5

Schedule of Accreditation issued by United Kingdom Accreditation Service 2 Pine Trees, Chertsey Lane, Staines-upon-Thames, TW18 3HR, UK

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