Ground Stabilisation Testing Across the UK
Your one stop shop for ground stabilisation testing.
Soil stabilisation is widely used in construction and infrastructure projects to improve or modify in-situ soils so they can be used as a suitable, durable founding layer instead of being excavated and replaced. When designed correctly, stabilisation can:
Increase soil strength and stiffness
Improve workability and compaction
Reduce susceptibility to moisture and volume change
Deliver significant cost and programme savings by minimising imported fill and disposal of site-won materials
The Testing Lab PLC (TTL) provides specialist ground stabilisation laboratory testing to support lime and cement stabilisation schemes across England, Scotland and Wales.
Ground stabilisation testing for construction and earthworks
Our geotechnical laboratory works with:
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Earthworks and groundworks contractors
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Highways and infrastructure projects
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Residential, commercial and industrial developments
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Renewable energy and logistics platforms
We help you determine whether site-won materials are suitable for stabilisation, and what type and dosage of stabiliseris required to meet your specification (e.g. highways subgrade, capping, sub-base).
What is soil stabilisation?
Soil stabilisation involves treating soils with binders such as lime, cement or other additives to enhance their engineering properties. Typical applications include:
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Formation and subgrade improvement
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Capping and sub-base layers for roads and pavements
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Hardstandings, yards and working platforms
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Remediation of soft, cohesive or highly variable soils
Laboratory testing allows you to understand how a soil will behave when treated, so you can design a stabilisation specification that is robust, cost-effective and buildable.
To discuss ground stabilisation testing, stabilisation trial mixes or wider earthworks testing requirements, please contact our experienced and dedicated team:
Tel: 0800 177 7264
Email: info@thetestinglab.eu
Or please complete our online call back form by clicking on the “Call Me” button, and we’ll respond promptly.
Preliminary stabilisation trial mixes
We offer preliminary laboratory trial mixes tailored to your project and specification. These trials allow you to:
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Assess different stabiliser types (e.g. lime only, lime + cement)
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Optimise stabiliser dosages
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Evaluate strength, stiffness and volume change characteristics
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Confirm whether stabilisation is a viable alternative to dig-and-dump
Trial mixes can often unlock substantial savings by demonstrating that on-site materials can be successfully treated rather than disposed of as waste.
Ground stabilisation laboratory tests we offer
We provide a clear, structured approach from enquiry to final report:
How our testing supports your project
Our ground stabilisation testing can help you to:
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Decide whether to stabilise or replace site-won materials
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Optimise stabiliser type and dosage for performance and cost
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Provide the data needed for geotechnical design and earthworks specifications
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Support method statements, quality plans and IAN / DMRB-type requirements
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Demonstrate compliance with project specifications and relevant standards
We can also work closely with your designers and contractors to develop target criteria, test schedules and acceptance limits appropriate to your scheme.
Why choose The Testing Lab PLC for ground stabilisation testing?
Specialist geotechnical laboratory
Dedicated soils and materials testing facility providing a wide range of earthworks and stabilisation tests.
Experienced geotechnical staff
Technicians and engineers with extensive experience supporting highways, infrastructure and development projects.
Integrated services
Ground stabilisation testing alongside routine geotechnical laboratory testing, asbestos in soils, WAC, radon and other specialist services, giving you a single point of contact.
Independent. Accredited. Nationwide.
Serving clients across England, Scotland & Wales from our National Control Centre in Doncaster.
Areas we cover
From our National Control Centre, we provide ground stabilisation laboratory testing for projects across:
- Yorkshire & Humberside
- North East & North West
- East Anglia & East Midlands
- London, South East & South West
- West Midlands, Scotland & Wales
Recent projects include sites in major conurbations such as London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Swansea, as well as many regional and rural locations.
Samples can be delivered by courier, haulier or our own collection service, subject to agreement.
Frequently asked questions about ground stabilisation testing
Our Accredited Testing Services
Dear The Testing Lab PLC,
Many thanks for your prompt and professional asbestos survey report service, I would not hesitate to recommend your company in this regard.
This must be an absolute record for getting a report back, considering the surveyor arrived around 3pm – very well done!
Thank you for the very quick response for the quote and scheduling the survey. There’s never any fuss, and always straight forward. Thanks again.
Thank you for offering such a prompt turnaround for ACM testing and for your courteous service in doing so – I had a nervous client to placate and knowing the report would be back with them in such a short time was very reassuring to them, and for no more than a basic service from the competition!
Bradley, thank you for your efforts at short notice today, please pass on our gratitude to your surveyor Tim who did your company proud!
Thank you very much for the air sampling results – and please accept our grateful thanks for resolving this issue so quickly and for the promptness of the report.
Your analyst, Lee, was very helpful and his suggestions and advice appreciated.
We would have no hesitation in recommending The Testing Lab and will be in touch soon with regards arrangements for a full asbestos survey for the rest of the site.
TTL have been working directly as my analyst for the last 12 months on a very complex asbestos removal scheme, they have achieved all of their KPI’s without fail and on a number of occasions surpassed their SLA in acting for us on planning issues associated with the demolition in regard to contamination which cannot be removed as part of the normal sequence of operation.
There reports are always issued within timescales and they have policed the reports by the Licensed asbestos contractor faultlessly sometimes in very difficult circumstances.
