Unit 4 Heol Aur Dafen Industrial Estate Dafen Carmarthenshire SA14 8QN Contact: Mr P Evans Tel: +44 (0)1554 784040 Fax: +44 (0)1554 784041 E-Mail: pevans@gstl.co.uk Website: www.gstl.co.uk 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
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 1097-2:2010 Loose bulk density and voids BS EN 1097-3:1998 Water content BS EN 1097-5:2008 Magnesium sulfate test BS EN 1367-2:2009 CONCRETE - fresh Slump BS EN 12350-2:2009 Making cubic specimens for strength tests / Curing cubic specimens for strength tests CONCRETE - hardened Compressive strength of cubes - including curing BS EN 12390-3:2009 Density BS EN 12390-7:2009 Cored specimens - examining and testing in compression BS EN 12504-1:2009 ROCK Point load strength ISRM commission on testing methods. Suggested method for determining point load strength. 1985 Moisture content - oven drying method Saturation moisture content of chalk Assessment Manager: PC2 Page 2 of 5
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
One-dimensional consolidation properties BS 1377-5:1990 Permeability in a triaxial cell BS 1377-6:1990 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 (221 2217) 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 6100-2.2.1:1992 (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
STABILIZED MATERIALS for civil engineering - cement-stabilized and lime-stabilized materials relationship (2.5 kg rammer) relationship (4.5 kg rammer) BS 1924-2:1990 (withdrawn) BS 1924-2:1990 (withdrawn) GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION and TESTING - testing of soil Bulk density - linear method BS EN ISO 17892-2:2014 END Assessment Manager: PC2 Page 5 of 5