SERVICE | PRODUCT | DETERMINANT | TECHNIQUE | PROCEDURE | LIMITATION / RANGE |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants
| Aggregates;
| Weak particles contaminants;
| Sieve analysis; | AS 1141.32
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| Coarse aggregate quality;
| Visual comparison; | AS 1141.30.1, RC (Vic) Method 372.01 | |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties
| Aggregates;
| Shape;
| Flakiness; | AS 1141.15
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| Particle size distribution;
| Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm; | AS 1141.12
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| Particle size distribution;
| Sieve analysis; | AS 1141.11.1
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate;
| Weighing-in-water; | AS 1141.6.1
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| Shape;
| Average least dimension; | AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.2
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness
| Aggregates;
| Soundness;
| Degradation factor on fine aggregate; | AS 1141.25.3, RC (Vic) Method 370.05
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification
| Soils;
| Moisture content;
| Drying oven; | AS 1289.2.1.1
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| Plastic limit;
| Not applicable; | AS 1289.3.2.1
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| Sieve analysis;
| Not applicable; | AS 1289.3.6.1
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| Liquid limit;
| Casagrande one point; | AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2
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| Linear shrinkage;
| Not applicable; | AS 1289.3.4.1
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| Plasticity index;
| Casagrande; | AS 1289.3.3.1
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics
| Soils;
| Dry density/moisture content relationship;
| Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort; | AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1
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| Assignment of OMC/MDD;
| Not applicable; | AS 1289.5.4.2
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion
| Soils;
| Dispersion;
| Emerson class; | AS 1289.3.8.1
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density
| Soils;
| Density - In-situ;
| Nuclear gauge; | AS 1289.5.8.1
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| Moisture ratio assessment of dry back;
| Not applicable; | RC (Vic) Method 316.14 | |
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| Compaction control;
| Hilf; | AS 1289.5.7.1
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| Characteristic field density values;
| Not applicable; | RC (Vic) Method 316.00
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| Dry density ratio;
| Calculation; | AS 1289.5.4.1
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in-situ penetration
| Soils;
| Penetration in-situ;
| Dynamic cone; | AS 1289.6.3.2
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties
| Soils;
| Bearing ratio;
| Assignment of CBR and percent swell; Remoulded specimens; | AS 1289.6.1.1 RC (Vic) Method 324.01
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil natural contaminants
| Soils;
| Acidity;
| pH; | AS 1289.4.3.1
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment
| Soils;
| Soil pre-treatment;
| Not applicable; | AS 1289.1.1
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Sample collection
| Aggregates;
| Not applicable;
| Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a windrow; | AS 1141.3.1
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| Aggregates; Soils;
| Not applicable;
| Site selection - Systematic random stratified sampling; | RC (Vic) Method 316.10 | |
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| Soils;
| Not applicable;
| Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling from a windrow; Disturbed soil sampling in-situ; | AS 1289.1.2.1
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