School of Engineering and Sciences
Department of Civil Engineering
SRM University-AP > Department of Civil Engineering > Consultancy Services
The Department of Civil Engineering extends its research to the industry with consultancy services. The distinguished faculty of the department is closely working with many reputed industry giants in the field of Geotechnical, Structural, Transportation, Environmental Engineering and surveying.
Coordinating Faculty: Dr Raviteja KVNS
Sub-Soil Investigation and Recommendation for the Foundation of the Proposed Annadata
Cold Storage Client: Annadata Cold S torage, Survey #18-4, 18-5, Guntur, Nov 2021. ( ₹10,000/-)
| SNo | Consultancy Work Item/Facility - Description |
| 1 | Determination of Soil Moisture Content |
| 2 | Determination of Soil Organic Content (by H2O2 method) |
| 3 | Determination of Unit Weight by Core cutter Method |
| 4 | Determination of Unit Weight by Sand Replacement Method |
| 5 | Relative Density by Vibration Table Test |
| 6 | Specific Gravity of Soil by Density Bottle method |
| 7 | Specific Gravity of Soil by Pycnometer Method |
| 8 | Liquid Limit Test |
| 9 | Plastic Limit Test |
| 10 | Shrinkage Limit Test |
| 11 | Soil Gradation by Sieve Analysis |
| 12 | Silt/Clay Gradation by Hydrometer Analysis |
| 13 | Proctor Compaction Test (Heavy & Light) |
| 14 | Consolidation Characteristics by Oedometer |
| 15 | Hydraulic Conductivity by Constant Head Test |
| 16 | Hydraulic Conductivity by Falling Head Test |
| 17 | Unconfined Compressive Strength Test (UCS) |
| 18 | Unconsolidated Undrained Triaxial Test (UU) |
| 19 | Consolidated Undrained Triaxial Test (CU) |
| 20 | Consolidated Drained Triaxial Test (CD) |
| 21 | Laboratory Vane Shear Test |
| 22 | Direct Shear Test (Small Scale) |
| 23 | California Bearing Ratio Test (CBR) |
| 24 | Estimation of Bearing Capacity of Soil from lab tests |
| SNo | Concrete Technology/Construction Materials Lab |
| Testing Facility | |
| TESTS ON CEMENT (As per IS 4031) | |
| 1 | Normal consistency of cement |
| 2 | Initial and Final setting time |
| 3 | Fineness of cement (retained on 45µm wet sieving) |
| 4 | Fineness of cement (retained on 50µm and 90 µm dry sieving) |
| 5 | Fineness of cement (Blaine) |
| 6 | Le-Chatelier Expansion |
| 7 | Autoclave Expansion |
| 8 | Specific gravity |
| 9 | Drying Shrinkage |
| 10 | Loss on Ignition |
| 11 | Compressive strength of mortar |
| TESTS ON POZZOLANIC MATERIALS (IS 1727) | |
| 1 | Specific Gravity |
| 2 | Fineness (Blaine) |
| 3 | Fineness (retained on 45µm wet sieving) |
| 4 | Fineness (retained on 50µm and 90 µm dry sieving) |
| 5 | Pozzolanic reactivity |
| 6 | Determination of Reactive Silica |
| 7 | Loss on Ignition |
| TESTS ON AGGREGATES (IS 383 /IS 2386) | |
| 1 | Specific Gravity |
| 2 | Sieve Analysis |
| 3 | Water Absorption |
| 4 | Bulk Density |
| 5 | Bulking of Sand |
| 6 | Aggregate Crushing Value |
| 7 | Aggregate Impact Value |
| 8 | Aggregate crushing Value |
| 9 | Flakiness and Elongation Index |
| TESTS ON FRESH AND HARDENED CONCRETE | |
| 1 | Concrete Mix Design -IS 10262 |
| 2 | Slump Measurement-IS 1199 |
| 3 | Concrete Cube Strength (150*150*150)-IS 516 |
| 4 | Determination of Split and Tensile test of the concrete cylinder- IS 5816 |
| TESTS ON CONCRETE/AAC BLOCK and BRICK (IS 2185/ IS 6441 and IS 3495/IS 1077) | |
| 1 | Water Absorption |
| 2 | Density |
| 3 | Dimension |
| 4 | Thermal Conductivity |
| 5 | Compressive Strength |
| Other Facilities | |
| 1 | Laser PSD -particle size distribution of samples |
| 2 | Autogenous Shrinkage of paste/mortar samples |
| 3 | ICOES-Elemental analyses in solution |
| 4 | XRD with Quantitative analysis using Rietveld refinement |
| 5 | Design of Self-Compacting Concrete |
| 6 | Water Testing Facility |
| Other Services Provided | |
| 1 | Design of RCC, Steel and Masonry Structures using both manual and computational |
| 2 | Vulnerability assessment of existing structures |
| 3 | Retrofitting and strengthening of existing structures |
| 4 | Assessment and strengthening of heritage structures |
| SNo | Consultancy Work Item/Facility - Description |
| 1 | Design of Marshall Bituminous Mixes as per MoRTH |
| 2 | Determination of CBR Value |
| 3 | Determination of aggregate properties as per MoRTH and IS standards |
| 3a | Aggregate Impact Value |
| 3b | Aggregate Abrasion Value (Los Angeles) |
| 3c | Aggregate Crushing Strength Value |
| 3d | Aggregate Shape Tests - Flakiness and Elongation |
| 4 | Determination of bitumen properties as per MoRTH and IS standards |
| 4a | Penetration Value |
| 4b | Softening Value |
| 4c | Flash and Fire Point |
| 4d | Ductility Value |
| 4e | Viscosity |
| 4f | Solubility Test |
| 5 | Determination of Bitumen content using Centrifugal Extractor |
| 6 | Design of flexible and rigid pavements as per IRC and AASHTO |
| 7 | Traffic Studies |
| 7a | Classified Volume Count (CVC) |
| 7b | Turning Movement Count |
| 7c | Origin & Destination Studies |
| 7d | Spot Speed Studies |
| 8 | Pavement Evaluations - Functional |
| 8a | Road Roughness - Bump Integrator and Merlin Cycle |
| 8b | Manual Distress Surveys as per IRC and AASHTO |
| 9 | Pavement Evaluations - Structural |
| 9a | Benkelman Beam Deflectometer (BBD) studies |
| 9b | Data Analysis - Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) |
| 10 | Pavement Overlay Design as per IRC |
| 11 | Pavement Field Investigations/Forensic Studies |
| SNo | Consultancy Work Item/Facility - Description |
| 1 | Water Quality analysis |
| 1a | Determination of pH, acidity, and alkalinity of water sample |
| 1b | Determination of conductivity of a water sample |
| 1c | Determination of total solid content, volatiles, and non-volatiles in a water sample |
| 1d | Determination of hardness of a water sample |
| 1e | Determination of chlorine demand of a water sample |
| 1f | Determination of dissolved oxygen in a water sample |
| 1g | Determination of biological oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand of a water sample |
| 1h | Determination of color [UV spectrophotometry principle] and odour of a sample |
| 2 | Wastewater Quality |
| 2a | Wastewater sampling |
| 2b | Wastewater analysis (tests as mentioned in Section-1, as applicable) |
| 2c | Discharges and effluent characterisation |
| 3 | Human Health Risk Assessment studies |
| 4 | Air quality monitoring |
| 4a | Determination of suspended particulate matter (using high and low volume air samplers) |
| SNo | Consultancy Work Item/Facility - Description |
| 1 | Total Station |