The testing listed herein is supplied by AGP-CSI associated laboratories that are accredited and approved by the Geosynthetic Accreditation Institute – Laboratory Accreditation Program (GAI-LAP), AASHTO and US Army Corps of Engineers.  The geotechnical testing listed herein is always being updated.  Please call AGP-CSI or email us if you do not see a particular test you are looking for.

AGGREGATES
TEST DESCRIPTION	TEST DESCRIPTION
Bulk Specific Gravity	Soundness of Aggregates
Clay Lumps & Friable Particles	Soundness of Aggregates by Freezing and Thawing
Flat and Elongated Particles in Coarse Aggregate	Soundness of Aggregates by Magnesium Sulfate
Fractured Particles in Coarse Aggregate	Specific Gravity of Coarse Aggregates
Insoluble Residue in Carbonate Aggregates	Specific Gravity of Fine Aggregates
Material Finer than No. 200 Sieve	Specific Gravity and Absorption of Fine Aggregates
Particle Size Analysis of Natural and Man-Made Rip-Rap	Specific Gravity and Absorption of Coarse Aggregates
Resistance to Degradation by Los Angles Abrasion	Surface Moisture in Fine Aggregate
Sieve Analysis	Total Moisture Content of Aggregate by Drying
Sieve Analysis for Fine and Coarse Aggregates	Unit Weight and Voids in Aggregate
Sieve Analysis of Mineral Filler for Road/Paving Materials	Uncompacted Void Content of Fine Aggregates
ASPHALT CEMENT
TEST DESCRIPTION
Flash and Fire Points by Cleveland Open Cup
Softening Point of Bitumen (Ring and Bell Apparatus)
BENTONITE	BENTONITE/SOIL
TEST DESCRIPTION	TEST DESCRIPTION
Air Permeability	Density of Slurry
Air Permeability-Coarse Grain	Sand Content
Filtrate Loss
Marsh Funnel Viscosity
BITUMINOUS MIXTURES
TEST DESCRIPTION	TEST DESCRIPTION
Asphalt Cement Content of Asphalt Concrete Mixtures	Percent Air Voids in Bituminous Paving Mixtures
Bulk Specific Gravity of Compacted Bituminous Mixtures	Percent Air Voids in Compacted Dense and Open Bituminous
Compress Strength of Bituminous Mixtures	Paving Mixtures
Degree of Pavement Compaction of Bituminous Aggregate	Permeability of bituminous Mixtures
Mixtures	Practice for Superpave Volumetric Design for Hot-Mix Asphalt
Density of Bituminous Concrete in Place	Quantitative Extraction of Bituminous Paving Mixtures
Maximum Specific Gravity of Bituminous Paving Mixtures	Resistance of Compacted Bituminous Mixture to Moisture
Method for Determining the Maximum Specific Gravity	Induced Damage
Of Bituminous Paving Mixtures	Resistance to Plastic Flow of Bituminous Mixtures Using
Method for Preparing and Determining the Density of Hot-Mix	Marshall Apparatus
Asphalt (HMA) Specimens by Means of the SHRP	Sieve Analysis of Extracted Aggregate
Gyrator Compactor	Specification for Superpave Volumetric Mix Design
CONCRETE
TEST DESCRIPTION	TEST DESCRIPTION
Air Content of Freshly Mixed Content-Volumetric Method	Laboratory Compaction Characteristics of Soils-Modified Effort
Air Content of Freshly Mixed Content-Pressure Method	Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens-Field
Ball Penetration in Fresh PCC	Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens-Laboratory
Compressive Strength of Concrete Specimens	Quality of Water
Density of Plastic and Hardened Portland Cement Concrete	Specific Gravity, Absorption and Voids of Hardened Concrete
In place by Nuclear Methods	Slump Test of Hydraulic Cement Concrete
Laboratory Compaction Characteristics of Soils-Standard Effort	Temperature of Freshly Mixed Concrete
CONCRETE/SOIL
TEST DESCRIPTION	TEST DESCRIPTION
Cement Content of Soil-Cement Mixture	Making and Curing Soil-Cement Specimens
Compressive Strength of Soil-Cement Cylinders	Moisture-Density Relations
Flexural Strength of Soil-Cement Specimens	Wetting and Drying
Freezing and Thawing of Soil-Cement
CONTROLLED DENSITY FILL
TEST DESCRIPTION	TEST DESCRIPTION
Flow Consistency of Controlled Low Strength Material	Unit Weight, Yield, Cement Content, Air Content (Gravimetric)
Of Controlled Low Strength Material	Of Controlled Low Strength Material
Preparation and Testing of Controlled Low Strength Material
SOILS
TEST DESCRIPTION	TEST DESCRIPTION
Air Permeability	Mass per Unit Area-GCL
Atterberg Limits	Material finer than No. 200 Sieve
Atterberg Limits-Non Plastic Determination	Maximum Water Holding Capacity
Atterberg Limits-Oven Dried Liquid Limit	Mix, Compact & Cure Sample under 50 pounds
California Bearing Ratio (1 point)	Modified Proctor-Methods A & B  (4 in. mold)
California Bearing Ratio of Soils in Place	Modified Proctor-Method C (6 in. mold)
Calcium Carbonate Content of Soils	Moisture, Ash and Organic Matter of Organic Soils
Capillary Moisture Relationship	Moisture Content
Compatibility-Permeability	Moisture Content by Microwave
Constant Rate of Strain (CRS)	Moisture Density Relations
Correction for Coarse Particles in Proctor Density Test	One Dimensional Swell/Settlement
CD Triaxial (1 confining stress)	Organic Content-Wet Combustion
Compact Sample for Testing	Organic Content-Loss on Ignition
CU Triaxial (1 confining stress)	Organic Content
Cyclic Triaxial-Load Controlled	Oven Dried Liquid Limit for Organic Soils
Cyclic-Triaxial-Modulus and Dampen Properties	Oversize Correction
Cyclic Sample Shear	Particle Size Analysis of Soils
Density of Soils in Place	Percent Passing No. 200 Sieve
Density of Soils/Soils-Aggregates in Place	pH
Density-Sand Cone Method	Pinhole Dispersion
Density-Drive Cylinders	Plastic Limit and Plasticity Index
Determination of Moisture Content	Pocket Penetrometer
Direct Shear-Clay  (1 normal load)	Porosity
Direct Shear-Sand (1 normal load)	Process & Condition Sample
Double Hydrometer	Residual Modulus – 3” Type II
Electrical  Resistivity	Residual Modulus – 6 “ Type I or Type II
Field Moisture Content of Soils (CCGP Method)	Residual Shear
Fixed Wall Permeability	Ring Shear
Flexible Wall Permeability	Sand Equivalent Test
Grain Size Analysis-Hydrometer Only	Shelby Tube
Grain Size Analysis-Sieve and Hydrometer	Shelby Tube-Pictures
Grain Size Analysis-Sieve only	Shelby Tube-X-ray
Hand Held Trovane	Soil pH
Incremental Consolidation	Soil Classification (Unified Soil Classification System)
Index Flux of GCL	Specific Gravity
Interface Shear (1 normal load)-clay/GCL	Standard Proctor-Methods A & B (4 in. mold)
Interface Shear (1 normal load)-clay/geotextile	Standard Proctor-Method C (6 in. mold)
Interface Shear (1 normal load)-clay/geomembrane	Standard Proctor-1 point
Interface Shear (1 normal load)-geosynthetic/geosynthetic	Stress Path Triaxial
Interface Shear (1 normal load)-sand/GCL	Textural Classification
Interface Shear (1 normal load)-sand/geosynthetic	Triaxial Stress Path
Laboratory Vane Shear	Unconfined Compressive Strength
Liquid Limit	UU Triaxial (1 confining stress)
Liquid Limit-Plastic Limit and Plasticity Index of Soils	Triaxial Stress Path
Mass per Unit Area-GCL	Unconfined Compressive Strength
ROCK
TEST DESCRIPTION	TEST DESCRIPTION
Apparent Specific Gravity	Point Load Strength Index
Creep of Soft Rock Core by Uniaxial Compression	Preparation of Rock Core Specimen
Creep of Hard Rock Cores by Triaxial Compression	PSI
Direct Tensile Strength of Rock Cores	Pulse Velocities and Ultrasonic Elastic Constants on Rock Core
Durability for Erosion Control	Slake Durability of Shales
Durability for Erosion Control	Soundness of Rip-Rap
Elastic Moduli of Rock Cores in Uniaxial Compression	Splitting Tensile Strength of Rock Core
Elastic Moduli of Undrained Rock Cores in	Thin Section
Triaxial Compression	Total Hardness
Moh’s Hardness	Unconfined Compressive Strength of Rock Core
Particle Size of Rip-Rap	Unconfined Compressive Strength of Rock Core w/Modulus
Permeability by Flowing Air	Unconsolidated Undrained (UU) Triaxial Strength of Core
Petrography Analysis	Undrained Triaxial Compressive Strength of Rock Core