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EXPANDED SOIL TESTING SERVICES

Outback Engineering is now offering soil testing laboratory services, as required by Title 5 for replacement sand and for soils in lieu of percolation tests. Soil sieve tests can be conducted on any sample you might have.

TITLE 5 SIEVE ANALYSIS:
· Testing of replacement sand from borrow pits
· Samples may be tested prior to placement or after delivery to the site

TITLE 5 PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS – ALTERNATIVE TO PERCOLATION TESTING
· Complies with DEP’s Alternative to Percolation Testing Policy
· Combined sieve and hydrometer test
· Particle Size Analysis is performed utilizing methods of Gee and Bauder in Methods of Soil Analysis, 2nd Edition (1986)

FEE SCHEDULE (fees must be paid in full prior to testing):
· Sieve analysis $100.00 per test*
· Particle size analysis (combined sieve and hydrometer) $140.00 per test*

* Test fees are for samples dropped off at Outback’s office in Middleborough. If requested, we will retrieve samples from client’s site for an additional fee of $50.00 up to a 25-mile radius (add $50.00 if over 25-mile radius).

If you have any questions or would like to request any testing services, please contact Rene Gagnon via email at info@outback-eng.com or call (508) 946-9231 x 208.