ETTL Engineers
&
Consultants Inc.


Contract Soil Laboratory Services

An ASTM Triaxial Test being carried
out in an
ETTL soil laboratory.

The same laboratory testing operations that ETTL performs to determine physical properties of soils and aggregates when carrying out geotechnical and construction materials engineering projects for its clients are also available on a contract basis. You can bring (or send) your samples directly to ETTL to have such tests carried out. And, for that matter, if you want help in obtaining subsurface samples, our drilling rigs are at your service to collect them for you!

We believe the modern equipment, capabilities and staff that ETTL has for carrying out soil/aggregate testing are second to none in the East Texas area, permitting us to offer unusually swift turnaround times as well as highest level results, doing so at attractive prices. We are completing our fourth decade of providing such services to ETTL clients, not only in East Texas and across the State, but in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and adjoining regions as well.

Links below the following table will take you to
Typical Minimum Turnaround Times, facts about
ETTL's Quality Assurance, and information
about ETTL's optionally available Drilling Services.

A SAMPLE LISTING OF ETTL'S SOILS
AND AGGREGATES TESTING CAPABILITIES

ASTM Triaxial Compression (ASTM D 4767)
Atterberg Limits (ASTM D 4318)
Bulk Density (ASTM C 29)
California Bearing Ratio (CBR) (ASTM D 1883)
Compressive Strength of Molded Soil-Cement Cylinders (ASTM D 558; ASTM D 1633)
Constant Head Permeability (ASTM D 2434)
Dispersive Characteristics of Clayey Soil (Double Hydrometer) (ASTM D 4221)
Finer than # 200 Sieve (ASTM C 117; ASTM D 1140)
Flex-Wall / Permeameter Hydraulic Conductivity (ASTM D 5084)
Lime Series Atterberg Limits (Tex 112-E)
Linear Bar Shrinkage of Soil (Tex 107-E)
Los Angeles Abrasion (ASTM C 131)
Moisture Content (ASTM D 2216)
Moisture/Density (M/D) Relationship (Proctor) (ASTM D 698; ASTM D 1557)
One-Dimensional Consolidation Property of Soils (ASTM D 2425)
One-Dimensional Swell of Cohesive Soils (ASTM D 4546)
Particle Size Analysis (ASTM C 136; ASTM D 422)
Resistivity of Soil Material (Tex 129-E)
Soundness of Aggregates by Use of Sodium Sulfate or Magnesium Sulfate (ASTM C 88)
Specific Gravity (ASTM D 854; ASTM C 127)
TxDOT Triaxial Compression (Tex 117-E)
Unconfined Compressive Strength of Intact Rock Cores (ASTM D 2938)
Unconfined / Confined Compressive Strength of Cohesive Soil (ASTM D 2166) (Tex 116-E)
Wetting and Drying Compacted Soil-Cement Mixtures (ASTM D 559)

 

TYPICAL MINIMUM TURNAROUND TIMES

SOIL LABORATORY
QUALITY ASSURANCE

ETTL CONTRACT
DRILLING
SERVICES
(OPTIONALLY AVAILABLE
FOR SAMPLE COLLECTION)

 


For more information about ETTL's Contract Soil Laboratory Services,
contact Hermann Walka, P.E.


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