Soil Testing

ASTM D698 – Standard Test Methods for Laboratory Compaction Characteristics of Soil Using Standard Effort (12,400 ft-lbf/ft³ (600 kN-m/m³) ) [Standard Proctor]
ASTM D1557 – Standard Test Methods for Laboratory Compaction Characteristics of Soil Using Modified Effort (56,000 ft-lbf/ft³ (2,700 kN-m/m³) ) [Modified Proctor]
ASTM D854 / AASHTO T100 – Specific Gravity of Soil Solids by Water Pycnometer
ASTM D1140 – Determining the Amount of Material Finer than 75-μm (No. 200) Sieve in Soils by Washing
ASTM D2216 / AASHTO T265 – Laboratory Determination of Moisture Content of Soil and Rock by Mass
ASTM D2487 – Classification of Soils for Engineering Purposes
ASTM D2488 – Description and Identification of Soils (Visual-Manual Procedure)
ASTM D4318 / AASHTO T89 – Liquid Limit, Plastic Limit, and Shrinkage Limit of Soils [Atterberg Limits]
ASTM D4718 / AASHTO T224 – Correction of Unit Weight and Water Content for Soils Containing Oversize Particles
ASTM D6913 / AASHTO T88 – Particle-Size Distribution of Soils Using Sieve Analysis [Gradation]
ASTM D6938 / AASHTO T310 – In-Place Density and Moisture Content of Soil and Soil-Aggregate by Nuclear Methods
AASHTO R58 – Dry Preparation of Disturbed Soil & Soil-Aggregate Sample
AASHTO 180 – Moisture-Density Relation of Soil Using Rammer

Construction Materials Laboratory