Sands Civil Services
Gaborone
Botswana
ph: +267 3909864
fax: +267 3909881
alt: +267 3909867
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Materials Testing for Construction
The success of any civil engineering project depends upon quality control testing of construction materials to the requirements of a comprehensive range of international standards.
Laboratory
The test lab can carry out all the tests shown here »»»
Other more specialist tests can be out sourced if required
All equipment is regularly calibrated and equipment and procedures are verified by periodic comparative testing with other laboratories
To download our price list for materials testing click here: price list.
| MATERIAL TESTING | |
| GRAVELS | TMH1 No |
| Atterberg Limits | A2 & A3 |
| Sieve Analysis | A1 (b) |
| Foundation Indicator | A6 |
| MDD/OMC (AASHTO) | A7 |
| MDD/OMC (Proctor) | A7 |
| CBR | A8 |
| UCS | A14 |
| Apparent Density | Roads 9208 |
| Field Density - Gauge | A10(b) |
| Sand Replacement | A10(a) |
| Percolation Test | SABS 0400 |
| Dynamic Cone Penetrometer | TMH6 |
| pH | A20 |
| Electrical Conductivity/TDS | A21T |
| Compactibility | SABS 1200 |
| Moisture Content | A2 |
| Ball Penetration | TMH6 |
| STONE/SAND | |
| Sieve Analysis | B4 |
| Flakiness Index | B3 |
| ACV | B1 |
| 10% FACT (dry or wet) | B2 |
| Loose Bulk Density | B9 |
| Percentage Voids | SABS 845 |
| Absorption | B14 |
| Average Least Dimension | B18 (a) |
| Fineness Modulus | B13 |
| Reidel & Weber | |
| CONCRETE AND BLOCKS | |
| Concrete Mix Design (1st strength) | |
| C & CI different strengths thereafter | |
| Soluble Deleterious Material | B12 |
| Cube Crushing Strength | |
| Making And Crushing Cube | D1 |
| Slump Test | D3 |
| Block Testing | BOS 27 |
| Brick/Paver Test | BOS 29/SABS 227 |
| Concrete Hammer ('Schmidt') | |
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Sands Civil Services
Gaborone
Botswana
ph: +267 3909864
fax: +267 3909881
alt: +267 3909867
info