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E2CR, Inc has a well-equipped soils and concrete laboratory with trained and certified laboratory technicians. Strict quality control standard are maintained with meticulous record keeping.
All testing is performed under the supervision of a Professional Engineer and the testing is performed in accordance with ASTM and AASHTO Specifications.
The lab equipment is regularly serviced and calibrated, to keep the equipment in perfect working condition. E2CR, Inc. constantly tries to upgrade and update the equipment so that only the latest and most current equipment is used to perform the tests.
Field Testing
- Drilling borings (hollow stem augers, wash-and-drive), ASTM Standard D 1586
- Conducting Standard Penetration Tests, ASTM Standard D 1586
- Obtaining split spoon samples, ASTM Standard D 1586
- Obtaining Shelby Tube samples, ASTM Standard D 1587
- Coring rock, ASTM Standard D 2113
- Vane shear tests, ASTM Standard D 2573
- Falling head permeability tests
- Pressuremeter tests, ASTM Standard D 4719
- Dilatometer tests
- CPT, ASTM Standard D 3441
Laboratory Testing
E2CR has fully equipped soils and aggregate testing laboratories, and has been providing laboratory testing services for more than 15 years. We are capable of conducting all the tests that may be required:
- Atterberg limits, ASTM Standard No. D 4318-93
- Water content, ASTM Standard No. D 2216
- Specific gravity, ASTM Standard No. D 854-92
- Grain size distribution, including hydrometer, ASTM Standard Nos. D 421-85, D422-63 and D 854-92
- Moisture density relationship, ASTM Standard Nos. 698-91 and D 1557-91
- CBR, ASTM Standard No. D 1883-92
- Unconfined compression strength, ASTM Standard No. D 2166-91
- UU (Unconsolidated undrained), ASTM Standard No. D 2850-87
- Shrinkage limits, ASTM Standard No. D 427-93
- USDA classification and infiltration rates
- Unified soil classification, ASTM Standard No. D 2487-93
- pH (topsoil), ASTM Standard No. D 4972-89
- Organic content (topsoil), ASTM Standard No. D 5268
- Consolidation, ASTM Standard No. D 2435-90
- In-situ density, (undisturbed samples) ASTM Standard No. D 2937-94
- Direct shear, ASTM Standard No. D 3080-90
- Permeability, ASTM Standard No. D 2434-68
- Swell test, ASTM Standard No. D 4546-90
All tests will be conducted in accordance with AASHTO or ASTM standards. Special tests, such as pull-out tests on spikes embedded in railroad ties, flexural tests on concrete beams, strength tests on rock cores and on concrete cylinders, design of concrete mixes, extraction tests for asphalt content, Marshalls, flow and stability can also be conducted.
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