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

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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 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 D5522.
1.5 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.
1.6 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 – 01
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-
2.1 ASTM Standards:
tenance of a quality system.
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D 422 Test Method for Particle-Size Analysis of Soils
1.2 Criteria are provided for evaluating the capability of an
D 558 Test Methods for Moisture-Density Relations of
agency to properly perform designated tests on soil and rock,
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Soil-Cement Mixtures
and for establishing essential characteristics pertaining to an
D 559 Test Methods for Wetting and Drying Compacted
agency’sorganization,personnel,facilities,andqualitysystem.
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Soil-Cement Mixtures
This practice may be supplemented by more specific criteria
D 560 Test Methods for Freezing and Thawing Compacted
and requirements for particular projects.
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Soil-Cement Mixtures
1.3 This practice can be used as a basis to evaluate testing
D 653 Terminology Relating to Soil, Rock and Contained
and inspection agencies, or both, and is intended for use for the
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Fluids
qualifying or accrediting, or both, of testing or inspection
D 698 Test Method for Laboratory Compaction Character-
agencies, public or private, engaged in the testing and inspec-
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istics of Soil Using Standard Effort (12,4000 ft-lbf/ft (600
tion of soil and rock as used in engineering design and
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kN-m/m ))
construction.
D 854 Test Method for Specific Gravity of Soil Solids by
1.4 This practice is not intended to apply to agencies
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Water Pycnometer
engaged in chemical testing of soil, rock, and contained fluid.
D 1557 Test Method for Laboratory Compaction Character-
The minimum requirement for those agencies can be found in
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istics of Soil Using Modified Effort (56,000 ft-lbf/ft
Specification D 5522.
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(2,700 kN-m/m ))
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the
D 1883 Test Method for CBR (California Bearing Ratio) of
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
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Laboratory-Compacted Soils
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
D 2166 Test Method for Unconfined Compressive Strength
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
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of Cohesive Soil
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
D 2419 Test Method for Sand EquivalentValue of Soils and
1.6 This practice offers a set of instructions for performing
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Fine Aggregate
one or more specific operations. This document cannot replace
D 2435 Test Method for One-Dimensional Consolidation
education or experience and should be used in conjunction
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Properties of Soils
with professional judgment. Not all aspects of this practice may
D 2664 Test Method for Triaxial Compressive Strength of
be applicable in all circumstances. This ASTM standard is not
Undrained Rock Core Specimens Without Pore Pressure
intended to represent or replace the standard of care by which
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Measurements
the adequacy of a given professional service must be judged,
D 2844 Test Method for Resistance R-Value and Expansion
nor should this document be applied without consideration of
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Pressure of Compacted Soils
D 2845 Test Method for Laboratory Determination of Pulse
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This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D18 on Soil and
Rock and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D18.99 on Quality Control.
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Current edition approved Jan. 10, 2001. Published April 2001. Originally Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.08.
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published as D 3740 – 78. Last previous edition D 3740 – 99c. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 14.02.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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