Material
Testing
The firm operates an in-house materials testing laboratory which is in possession of a range of modern laboratory equipment, serviced and regularly calibrated by Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) and Dick King of South Africa. The laboratory has a capacity in carrying out laboratory tests in accordance with BOBS, SABS, BS, ASTM and AASHTO standards
GeoCivils Laboratories (Pty) Limited leads the way in laboratory and site based testing services and long term field testing monitoring services by stationing on site its qualified technicians with appropriate equipment and facilities or by its professionals paying regular visits to the work sites according to the client requirements .
SCOPE OF FIELD & LABORATORY SERVICES OFFERED BY THE FIRM
Field Services
- Desk Studies and Walk over Surveys
- Geophysical Surveys
- Geotechnical Drilling
- Standard Penetration Test (SPT)
- Dynamic Cone Penetration Test (DCP)
- Cross-Hole Jacking Test
- Percolation Test
- In-situ Concrete Core Cutting
- Locating Groundwater Aquifer
- Field Density Test by Nuclear Gauge & Sand Replacement
laboratory Tests
Soils & Gravels Testing
- Sieve Analysis
- Atterberg Limits
- Linear Shrinkage
- Moisture-Density Relationships
- California Bearing Ratio
- Unconfined Compressive Strength
- Compaction Fraction of Pipe Bedding Materials
- Odometer Test
- Direct Shear Test
- Triaxial Shear Test
laboratory Tests
Aggregates & Road Stones Testing
- Sieve Analysis
- Bulk Density, Apparent Relative Density and Water Absorption
- Flakiness and Average Least Dimension
- 10% Fines Aggregate Crushing Value
- Aggregate Crushing Value (ACV)
- Aggregate Impact Value (AIV)
- Los Angeles Abrasion (LAA)
- Accelerated Laboratory Polished-Stone Value (PSV)
- Flakiness Index
- Point Load
Cement Concrete Testing
- Mix Designs
- Compressive Strength of cubes and bricks
- Core Cutting and Crushing
