ASTM D3740-99c

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Designation: D 3740 – 99c
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 * approved through the ASTM consensus process.
1.1 This practice establishes minimum qualifications for
2. Referenced Documents
agencies engaged in the testing and inspection of soil and rock.
2.1 ASTM Standards:
Minimum requirements for field and laboratory personnel are
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D 422 Test Method for Particle-Size Analysis of Soils
defined. The practice also covers the establishment and main-
D 558 Test Methods for Moisture-Density Relations of
tenance of a quality system.
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Soil-Cement Mixtures
1.2 Criteria are provided for evaluating the capability of an
D 559 Test Methods for Wetting and Drying Compacted
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 560 Test Methods for Freezing and Thawing Compacted
agency’s organization, personnel, facilities, and quality system.
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Soil-Cement Mixtures
This practice may be supplemented by more specific criteria
D 653 Terminology Relating to Soil, Rock and Contained
and requirements for particular projects.
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Fluids
1.3 This practice can be used as a basis to evaluate testing
D 698 Test Method for Laboratory Compaction Character-
and inspection agencies, or both, and is intended for use for the
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istics of Soil Using Standard Effort (12,4000 ft-lbf/ft (600
qualifying or accrediting, or both, of testing or inspection
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kN-m/m ))
agencies, public or private, engaged in the testing and inspec-
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D 854 Test Method for Specific Gravity of Soils
tion of soil and rock as used in engineering design and
D 1557 Test Method for Laboratory Compaction Character-
construction.
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istics of Soil Using Modified Effort (56,000 ft-lbf/ft
1.4 This practice is not intended to apply to agencies
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(2,700 kN-m/m ))
engaged in chemical testing of soil, rock, and contained fluid.
D 1883 Test Method for CBR (California Bearing Ratio) of
The minimum requirement for those agencies can be found in
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Laboratory-Compacted Soils
Specification D 5522.
D 2166 Test Method for Unconfined Compressive Strength
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the
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of Cohesive Soil
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
D 2419 Test Method for Sand Equivalent Value of Soils and
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
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Fine Aggregate
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
D 2435 Test Method for One-Dimensional Consolidation
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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Properties of Soils
1.6 This practice offers a set of instructions for performing
D 2664 Test Method for Triaxial Compressive Strength of
one or more specific operations. This document cannot replace
Undrained Rock Core Specimens Without Pore Pressure
education or experience and should be used in conjunction
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Measurements
with professional judgment. Not all aspects of this practice may
D 2844 Test Method for Resistance R-Value and Expansion
be applicable in all circumstances. This ASTM standard is not
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Pressure of Compacted Soils
intended to represent or replace the standard of care by which
D 2845 Test Method for Laboratory Determination of Pulse
the adequacy of a given professional service must be judged,
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Velocities and Ultrasonic Elastic Constants of Rock
nor should this document be applied without consideration of
D 2850 Test Method for Unconsolidated, Undrained Com-
a project’s many unique aspects. The word “Standard” in the
pressive Strength of Cohesive Soils in Triaxial Compres-
title of this document means only that the document has been
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sion
D 2936 Test Method for Direct Tensile Strength of Intact
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This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D-18 on Soil and
Rock and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D18.99 on Quality Control.
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Current edition approved Oct. 10, 1999. Published December 1999. Originally Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.08.
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published as D 3740 – 78. Last previous edition D 3740 – 99b. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 14.02.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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