CENTRAL MATRIALS LABORATORY

CLIENT : M/S BAJAJ STEEL INDUSTRIES (U) LIMITED

PROJECT : CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE 2 OF EXTERNAL WORKS FOR THE COTTON SEED PROCESSING PLANT AT PADER
DATE : 6 JANUARY 2023

SUMMARY OF SOIL (GRAVEL) CLASSIFICATION & ATTERBERG LIMITS RESULTS TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH BS 1377: PART 2: 2022
Bs Heavy AASHTO
Grading (%) Passing Atterbergs Limits Soaked CBR
Sample Compaction Desigation Material Class
LS SP GC GM (%) at 95%
Label 37.5 28 20 10 6.3 5.0 2.0 0.600 0.425 0.300 0.212 0.150 0.075 LL % PL % PI % MDD OMC Group MoWHC (2005)
Classification MDD; OMC
mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm Mg/m3 %

Excavated sample
from the site
100 96 69 48 42 40 35 34 33 31 30 25 37 24 13 8 272 28 2.01 2.00 12 A-2-6(0) 37 G30
at
0.00m – 0.50m

Legend: LL - Liquid Limit, PL - Plastic Limit, PI - Plasticity Index, LS - Linear Shrinkage, SP - Shrinkage Product, GC - Grading Coefficient, OMC - Optimum Moisture Content,
MDD - Maximum Dry Density, CBR - California Bearing Ratio, AASHTO - American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, MoWHC - Ministry of
Works General Specifications for Roads and Bridges (2005), G30 - Natural Gravel for Wearing Course and unpaved Shoulders with a Minimum Soaked CBR Value of 30%,
GM- Grading Modulus

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