ASTM D3740-03
(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
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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 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 – 03
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* intended to represent or replace the standard of care by which
the adequacy of a given professional service must be judged,
1.1 This practice establishes minimum qualifications for
nor should this document be applied without consideration of
agencies engaged in the testing and inspection of soil and rock.
a project’s many unique aspects. The word “Standard” in the
Minimum requirements for field and laboratory personnel are
title of this document means only that the document has been
defined. The practice also covers the establishment and main-
approved through the ASTM consensus process.
tenance of a quality system.
1.2 Criteria are provided for evaluating the capability of an
2. Referenced Documents
agency to properly perform designated tests on soil and rock,
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
and for establishing essential characteristics pertaining to an
C 1077 Practice for Laboratories Testing Concrete and Con-
agency’s organization, personnel, facilities, and quality system.
crete Aggregate for Use in Construction and Criteria for
This practice may be supplemented by more specific criteria
Laboratory Evaluation
and requirements for particular projects.
D 422 Test Method for Particle-Size Analysis of Soils
1.3 This practice can be used as a basis to evaluate testing
D 558 Test Methods for Moisture-Density Relations of
and inspection agencies, or both, and is intended for use for the
Soil-Cement Mixtures
qualifying or accrediting, or both, of testing or inspection
D 559 Test Methods for Wetting and Drying Compacted
agencies, public or private, engaged in the testing and inspec-
Soil-Cement Mixtures
tion of soil and rock as used in engineering design and
D 560 Test Methods for Freezing and Thawing Compacted
construction.
Soil-Cement Mixtures
1.4 This practice is applicable to all standards promulgated
D 653 Terminology Relating to Soil, Rock and Contained
by Committee D18 whether or not mentioned in the Refer-
Fluids
enced Document Section.
D 698 Test Method for Laboratory Compaction Character-
1.5 This practice is not intended to apply to agencies
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istics of Soil Using Standard Effort (12,4000 ft-lbf/ft (600
engaged in chemical testing of soil, rock, and contained fluid.
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kN-m/m ))
The minimum requirement for those agencies can be found in
D 854 Test Method for Specific Gravity of Soil Solids by
Specification D 5522.
Water Pycnometer
1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the
D 1557 Test Method for Laboratory Compaction Character-
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
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istics of Soil Using Modified Effort (56,000 ft-lbf/ft
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
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(2,700 kN-m/m ))
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
D 1883 Test Method for CBR (California Bearing Ratio) of
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
Laboratory-Compacted Soils
1.7 This practice offers a set of instructions for performing
D 2166 Test Method for Unconfined Compressive Strength
one or more specific operations. This document cannot replace
of Cohesive Soil
education or experience and should be used in conjunction
D 2419 Test Method for Sand Equivalent Value of Soils and
with professional judgment. Not all aspects of this practice may
Fine Aggregate
be applicable in all circumstances. This ASTM standard is not
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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 Dec. 1, 2003. Published December 2003. Originally Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
approved in 1978. Last previous edition approved in 2001 as D 3740 – 01. the ASTM website.
*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standard.
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