QUARTZ has a fully fledged geotechnical laboratory with facilities for testing rock and soil. Our laboratory team members are well-trained to handle the state-of-art testing equipment. We can also provide on-site laboratory services for major projects.

We are committed to providing reliable and accurate test results to our customers, along with technically correct interpretations.

The laboratory testing services which we can provide are:

Test on Soil Samples

1. Grain Size Analysis & Hydrometer
2. Moisture Content and Density
3. Void Ratio
4. Atterberg Limits & Shrinkage Limit
5. Specific Gravity
6. Relative density
7. Swell Index
8. Swelling Pressure- oedometer and constant volume methods
9. Direct Shear Tests 
10. Direct shear test on remoulded specimen 
11. Permeability (Falling head and Constant head)
12. Unconfined Compression (UCS)
13. Unconsolidated undrained (UU Triaxial)
14. Consolidated Undrained (CU triaxial) with pore pressure measurement
15. Consolidated Drained (CD triaxial) with volume change measurement
16. Standard and Modified Compaction Tests
17. California Bearing Ratio (CBR)
18. One- dimensional Consolidation up to 16 bars

Test on Rocks:

1. Density dry / saturated
2. Moisture Content
3. Water absorption
4. Specific Gravity
5. Porosity
6. Unconfined Compressive Strength
7. Point Load Strength
8. Triaxial Compression
9. Modulus of Elasticity
10. Poisson's Ratio
11. Brazilian Test
12. Slake Durability
13. Joint Shear Test
14. Cerchar Abrasion test (CAR)