ASTM D3740-04
(Practice)Standard Practice for Minimum Requirements for Agencies Engaged in the Testing and/or Inspection of Soil and Rock as Used in Engineering Design and Construction
Standard Practice for Minimum Requirements for Agencies Engaged in the Testing and/or Inspection of Soil and Rock as Used in Engineering Design and Construction
SCOPE
1.1 This practice establishes minimum qualifications for agencies engaged in the testing and inspection of soil and rock. Minimum requirements for field and laboratory personnel are defined. The practice also covers the establishment and maintenance of a quality system.
1.2 Criteria are provided for evaluating the capability of an agency to properly perform designated tests on soil and rock, and for establishing essential characteristics pertaining to an agency's organization, personnel, facilities, and quality system. This practice may be supplemented by more specific criteria and requirements for particular projects.
1.3 This practice can be used as a basis to evaluate testing and inspection agencies, or both, and is intended for use for the qualifying or accrediting, or both, of testing or inspection agencies, public or private, engaged in the testing and inspection of soil and rock as used in engineering design and construction.
1.4 This practice is applicable to all standards promulgated by Committee D18 whether or not mentioned in the Referenced Document Section.
1.5 This practice is not intended to apply to agencies engaged in chemical testing of soil, rock, and contained fluid. The minimum requirement for those agencies can be found in Specification D 5522.
1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
1.7 This practice offers a set of instructions for performing one or more specific operations. This document cannot replace education or experience and should be used in conjunction with professional judgment. Not all aspects of this practice may be applicable in all circumstances. This ASTM standard is not intended to represent or replace the standard of care by which the adequacy of a given professional service must be judged, nor should this document be applied without consideration of a project's many unique aspects. The word "Standard" in the title of this document means only that the document has been approved through the ASTM consensus process.
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Designation: D 3740 – 04
Standard Practice for
Minimum Requirements for Agencies Engaged in the
Testing and/or Inspection of Soil and Rock as Used in
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Engineering Design and Construction
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 3740; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
1. Scope* a project’s many unique aspects. The word “Standard” in the
title of this document means only that the document has been
1.1 This practice establishes minimum qualifications for
approved through the ASTM consensus process.
agencies engaged in the testing and inspection of soil and rock.
Minimum requirements for field and laboratory personnel are
2. Referenced Documents
defined. The practice also covers the establishment and main-
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
tenance of a quality system.
C 1077 PracticeforLaboratoriesTestingConcreteandCon-
1.2 Criteria are provided for evaluating the capability of an
crete Aggregate for Use in Construction and Criteria for
agency to properly perform designated tests on soil and rock,
Laboratory Evaluation
and for establishing essential characteristics pertaining to an
D 653 Terminology Relating to Soil, Rock and Contained
agency’sorganization,personnel,facilities,andqualitysystem.
Fluids
This practice may be supplemented by more specific criteria
D 3666 SpecificationforMinimumRequirementsforAgen-
and requirements for particular projects.
cies Testing and Inspecting Road and Paving Materials
1.3 This practice can be used as a basis to evaluate testing
D 4403 Practice for Extensometers Used in Rock
and inspection agencies, or both, and is intended for use for the
D 4543 Practice for Preparing Rock Core Specimens and
qualifying or accrediting, or both, of testing or inspection
Determining Dimensional and Shape Tolerances
agencies, public or private, engaged in the testing and inspec-
D 4612 Practice for Calculating Thermal Diffusivity of
tion of soil and rock as used in engineering design and
Rocks
construction.
D 5255 Practice for Certification of Personnel Engaged in
1.4 This practice is applicable to all standards promulgated
the Testing of Soil and Rock
by Committee D18 whether or not mentioned in the Refer-
E 329 Specification for Agencies Engaged in the Testing
enced Document Section.
and/or Inspection of Materials Used in Construction
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the
E 1187 Terminology Relating to Conformity Assessment
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
E 1301 Guide for Proficiency Testing by Interlaboratory
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
Comparisons
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
2.2 Other Standards:
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
AASHTO R18 Recommended Practice for Establishing and
1.6 This practice offers a set of instructions for performing
Implementing a Quality System for Construction Materi-
one or more specific operations. This document cannot replace
als Testing Laboratories
education or experience and should be used in conjunction
ISO/IEC 17025 General Requirements for the Competence
with professional judgment. Not all aspects of this practice may
of Testing and Calibration Laboratories
be applicable in all circumstances. This ASTM standard is not
intended to represent or replace the standard of care by which
3. Terminology
the adequacy of a given professional service must be judged,
3.1 Definitions:
nor should this document be applied without consideration of
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This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D18 on Soil and For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
Rock and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D18.99 on Quality Control. contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
Current edition approved Feb. 1, 2004. Published March 2004. Originally Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
approved in 1978. Last previous edition approved in 2003 as D 3740 – 03. the ASTM website.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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