Geotechnical Investigation

Soil Mechacnics

• DETERMINATION OF WATER CONTENT (MOISTURE) OF
SOILS
• DETERMINATION OF LIQUID LIMIT, PLASTIC LIMIT AND
PLASTICITY INDEX OF SOILS
• DETERMINATION OF SOILS SPECIFIC GRAVITY
• DETERMINATION OF UNIT WEIGHT OF SOILS
• SIEVE ANALYSIS OF SOILS
• PARTICLE SIZE SOIL ANALYSIS BY HYDROMETER
• TEST OF MOISTURE – DENSITY RELATIONS OF SOILS
(standard and modified PROCTOR method)
• DETERMINATION OF BEARING CAPACITY OF SOILS (CBR)
• TRIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH TESTS
• DIRECT SHEAR TEST
• ONE DIMENSIONAL CONSOLIDATION TEST
• UNCONFINED COMPRESSION TEST
• DETERMINATION OF RESIDUAL STRENGTH USING
THE SMALL RING SHEAR APPARATUS (BROMHEAD)
• PERMEABILITY OF GRANULAR AND FINE GRAINED SOILS
(CONSTANT AND FALLING HEAD)

In Situ Tests

• DENSITY OF SOILS IN SITU BY THE SAND CONE METHOD
• PLATE LOAD TEST
• MEASUREMENT OF STIFFNESS AND APPARENT MODULUS
OF SOIL AND SOIL AGGREGATES IN SITU BY AN ELECTROMECHANICAL
METHOD (GEOGAUGE)

Concrete Tests

• SAMPLING, CASTING AND CURING OF CONCRETE
SPECIMEN
• SLUMP TEST
• DETERMINATION OF DENSITY OF FRESHLY MIXED
CONCRETE
• COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF TEST CONCRETE
SPECIMENS
• DETERMINATION OF ELASTIC PARAMETERS OF
CONCRETE SPECIMENT
• DETERMINATION OF AIR CONTENT OF FRESHLY MIXED
CONCRETE BY THE PRESSURE METHOD
• OBTAINING AND TESTING DRILLED CORES
OF CONCRETE
• CONCRETE MIX DESIGN
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Αsphalt Mix Tests

• EXTRACTION OF BITUMEN FROM PAVEMENT MIXTURES –
DETERMINATION OF ASPHALT CONTENT
• MARSHALL STABILITY AND FLOW DETERMINATION
• DETERMINATION OF MAXIMUM SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF
BITUMINOUS PAVING MIXTURES (RICE TEST)
• ASPHALT MIX DESIGN
• AFFINITY AGGREGATE – BITUMEN DETERMINATION

Aggregates Tests

• SIEVE ANALYSIS OF FINE AND COARSE AGGREGATES
• DETERMINATION OF WATER ABSORPTION OF AGGREGATES
• DETERMINATION OF SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF CORSE AND
FINE AGGREGATES
• DETERMINATION OF MATERIAL FINER THAN 75im SIEVE
IN MINERAL AGGREGATES BY WASHING
• DETERMINATION OF RESISTANCE TO WEAR
(Los Angeles test)
• SOUNDNESS OF AGGREGATES DETERMINATION
• SAND EQUIVALENT VALUE OF SOILS AND FINE AGGREGATES
• DETERMINATION OF FLAKINESS INDEX
• DETERMINATION OF ELONGATION INDEX
• METHYLENE BLUE TEST

Rock Mechacnics

• POINT LOAD TEST
• DETERMINATION OF POROSITY AND BULK DENSITY OF ROCK
• DIRECT SHEAR STRENGTH OF ROCK SPECIMENS
• UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH
• UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH WITH MEASUREMENT OF ELASTIC PARAMETERS
• TENSILE STENGTH DETERMINATION (BRAZILIAN TEST)

Νon Destructive Testing

• SCHMIDT HAMMER
• APPARATUS FOR REINFORCEMENT TRACING, COVER MEASUREMENT
AND BAR DIAMETER DETERMINATION
• ULTRASONIC CONCRETE CONTROL
• CONCRETE REINFORCEMENT CORROSION ANALYSIS
• CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT
• CRACKS LINEAR VARIATION MEASUREMENT

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