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I SOILS

1.Introduction
2. Water content determination
3. Liquid & Plastic Limits of soil
4. Specific Gravity of soil solids
5. Grain-size analysis; mechanical
6. Grain-size analysis; long-graded
7. Grain-size analysis; hydrometer
8. Classification of soils
9. Moisture-Density Relationship (proctor)
10. Coefficient of Permeability (fall & con)
11. California Bearing Ratio
12. Consolidation
13. Unconfined Compression
14. Direct Shear
15. Shelby Tube
16. Sand Cone
17. Review
18. Soils Exam



II CONCRETE

1. Introduction
2. Sampling freshly mixed concrete
3. Molding of concrete for laboratory testing
4. Air content of freshly mixed concrete
5. Slump of Portland Cement Concrete
6. Compressive strength of molded
concrete cylinders
7. Flexural strength of concrete
8. Unit weight of aggregate
9. Air content of freshly mix concrete
by the volumetric method
10. Weight per cubic foot, yield, and
air content (gravimetric) of concrete
11. Temperature of fresh concrete
12. Soundness
13. Material finer than 200 sieve
14. Fineness Modulus
15. Mix design
16. ACI Review
17. Review
18. Concrete Exam


III ASPHALT

1. Introduction
2. Method of calibration - bitumenometer
3. Determination of specific gravity of solvents
4. Quantitative extraction of bitumen
from bituminous paving mixtures
5. Marshall criteria for compacted
bituminous specimens
6. Method of calibration volumeter
7. Determination of bulk specific gravity
of compacted bituminous mixtures
8. Maximum specific gravity of bituminous
paving mixtures
9. Mix design
10. Compressive strength of Marshall specimens
11. Review
12. Asphalt Exam


IV FIELD TESTING SERVICES

1. Operation of a nuclear density gage
2. Diamond core drilling


V FINAL EXAM




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