Geotechnical Laboratory

Caspian Geo Services Ltd owns the geotechnical laboratory in Aktau which is accredited in compliance with GOST ISO / IEC 17025-2019, and capable of providing testing of soils in accordance with GOST, ISO, BS, ASTM standards.

The types of testing include:

• Classification
• Moisture content
• Density
• The liquid and plastic limits of soil
• Determination of particle size distribution
• Determination of the strength and deformability characteristics of rocky and dispersed soils by the method: 
  • direct shear
  • uniaxial compression
  • triaxial compression (UU, CU, CD)
  • compression test
  • determination of swelling and shrinkage
• Minimum and Maximum Density
• Permeability test
• California Bearing Ratio Test (CBR)
• Point Load Test
• Lab Vane
• Proctor