

Our purpose built in-house laboratories are equipped to provide comprehensive geotechnical soil and material testing services and meet the appropriate British and European Standards.
We also provide a full range of contamination / environmental compliance testing suites accredited to UKAS and MCERTs for soils, waters and gases.
Our range of services enable customers to purchase a full solution including collection of samples, transportation, testing, analyses, advice and guidance.
A selection of the tests available are outlined below. |
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Geotechnical |
Materials |
- Moisture Content
- Plasticity Index
- Bulk & Dry Density
- Saturation Moisture Content of Chalk
- Particle Size Distribution
- pH value
- Sulphate
- Organic Content
- Compaction
- Lime Stabilization Testing
- Laboratory CBR
- Consolidation
- Undrained Triaxial
- Shear Box
- Laboratory Vane
- Permeability
- Uniaxial Compression Test (Rock)
- Point Load
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- Gradings to ‘Highways’ (MCHW)
- Particle Identification
- Particle Density & Water Absorption
- Los Angeles
- Micro Deval
- Magnesium Sulphate
- Frost Heave
- Multipurpose Topsoil Compliance
- Brick Testing
- Blacktop Analysis (Binder Content & Particle Size Distribution)
- Determination of Cement content of concrete incl. cement aggregate ratio
- Determination of Mortar Mix Proportions
- Chloride Content
- Concrete Carbonation Testing
- Concrete Core Strength
- Concrete Cube Strength
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For further information regarding the above range of Geotechnical and Materials tests please contact our Laboratory Manager.
Contamination Suites
Key testing suites provided to our present clients include:
- ICRCL 59/83 Tables 3 and 4 (STL Key Contamination Suite)
- NRA and DIN Leaching test
- Asbestos
- Metals
- Biological oxygen demand
- Chemical oxygen demand
- Phenols
- Cyanides
- Sulphates / sulphides / sulphur
- Thiocyanates
- Mineral oils
- Polynuclear aromatic compounds, Coal tars
- Solvent extractable material
- Total organic carbon
- Calorific value, Nitrates, nitrites
- Dioxin and Furan Analysis
- Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)
- Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH)
- Heavy Metals
- Particulates
- Acid gases
- Combustible gases
- Semi volatile Organics
- Volatile organics
- Pesticides
- Gas Analysis
For further information regarding the above range of tests please contact one of our Environmental Team at our Head Office.