In-House Labratory Services

Madrid Engineering Group, Inc. has pursued and obtained accreditation for various soil testing methods based on the guidelines of AASHTO R18, Standard Recommended Practice for Establishing and Implementing a Quality Management System for Construction Materials Testing Laboratories.  The accrediting body is the Construction Materials Engineering Council, Inc. (CMEC), a not-for-profit organization based in Central Florida whose stated goals are to provide accreditation, education, and certification to the construction and engineering industry in Florida and elsewhere.  Accreditation has been granted for the test methods listed below. 
 

ASTM D3740 Minimum Requirements for Soil Testing/Inspection Agencies As Used in Engineering Design and Construction

ASTM D421/AASHTO T87 Dry Preparation of Soil Samples

ASTM D422/ AASHTO T88 Particle Size Analysis on Soils

ASTM D698/ AASHTO T99 Compaction Characteristics of Soil Using Standard Effort (Standard Proctor)

ASTM D1557/ AASHTO T180 Compaction Characteristics of Soil Using Modified Effort (Modified Proctor)

ASTM D854/ AASHTO T100 Specific Gravity of Soils by Water Pycnometer

ASTM D1140 Amount of Material Finer than No. 200 Sieve

ASTM D2216/ AASHTO T265 Determination of Water Content of Soil by Mass

AASHTO T267 Determination of Organic Content in Soils by Loss On Ignition

ASTM D2217/ AASHTO T146 Wet Preparation of Soil Samples

ASTM D2487 Standard Practice for Classification of Soils for Engineering Purposes (Unified Soil Classification System)

ASTM D2488 Standard Practice for Description and Identification of Soils (Visual-Manual Procedure)

ASTM D6938/ AASHTO T310 In-Place Density and Water Content of Soil and Soil-Aggregate by Nuclear Methods (Shallow Depth)

ASTM D4318/ AASHTO T89 Determination of Liquid Limit, Plastic Limit, and Plasticity Index of Soils

T90 Determination o Plastic Limit and Plasticity Index of Soils

ASTM D2434/ AASHTO T215 Determination of Permeability of Granular Soils

ASTM D2435/ AASHTO T216 One-Dimensional Consolidation Properties of Soils Using Incremental Loading