Laboratory Testing

The RGS Laboratory is staffed with trained, experienced technicians, all testing is in accordance with the appropriate current soils testing standards and overseen by Technical Director Steve Rogers.

Steve has extensive experience in this area, having set up and operated laboratories in the UK and overseas.

Soils  (BS1377:1990)

  • Classification Tests (Part 2)Sieved Sample - Art

                Moisture Content,
                Index Properties,
                Particle Density,
                Density,
                Particle Size Distribution

  • Chemicals  Tests (Part 3)

                Organic Matter
                Mass loss on ignition

  • Compaction Related Tests (Part 4)

                Dry density/moisture relationship
                Califonia bearing ratio

  • Compressibility of soil (Part 5)
    Sieved Sample - "Lab Art"!

                One dimensional consolidation
                Swelling pressure

  • Shear Strength (Part 7)

                Hand shear vane
                Triaxial compression

  • Permeability

Rock (ISRM and BS1377)

  • Classification Tests

               Moisture content (saturation)
               Density
               Point load indicies
               Point Load Index
               Uniaxial Compression

Contamination (Sub Contract)

Aggregates (BS812)
Triaxial Compression test
Stabilised Soils (BS1924)

Description of Soil and Rock to BS 5930 (as amended 2007) / BS EN 14688/14689