To The Accreditation Certificate No

Annex (1)
To The Accreditation Certificate No. JAS Test – 005 Dated 2008-01-06
for the Construction Materials Testing Laboratory
in Arab Center for Engineering Studies/ Amman

(In the Field of Physical and Mechanical Testing of Kerbstone, Soil, Aggregate, Concrete, Building Stone,

Tested Parameter/ Type of Test/ Measured Quantity	Test Methods/Standard
Kerb Stone
Dimensions, traverse strength and water absorption	§ British Standard BS 7263-3:2001. § Jordanian Standard JS 479:1994.
Soil
Liquid limit	§ American Standard ASTM D4318:2005.
Plastic limit
Plasticity index
Field density test by the sand cone method	§ American Standard ASTM D1556:2000.
Determination of dry density/moisture content relationship (using modified effort)	§ American Standard ASTM D1557:2002. § American Standard ASTM D698:2000.
California Bearing Ratio (CBR) of laboratory-compacted soil	§ American Standard ASTM D1883:2005.
Particle size analysis	§ American Standard ASTM D422:2002.
Weight and percent passing no. 200 sieve	§ American Standard ASTM D1140:2000.
Determination of water (moisture) content of soil and rock by mass	§ American Standard ASTM D2216:2005.
Determination of water (moisture) content of soil by direct heating	§ American Standard ASTM D4959:2000.
Aggregate
Resistance to degradation of small-size coarse aggregate by abrasion and impact in the Los Angeles machine	§ American Standard ASTM C131:2006.
Sieve analysis of fine and coarse aggregates	§ American Standard ASTM C136:2006.
Materials finer than 75-μm (No. 200) sieve in mineral aggregates by washing	§ American Standard ASTM C117:2004.
Density, relative density (specific gravity), and absorption of coarse aggregate	§ American Standard ASTM C127:2004.
Density, relative density (specific gravity), and absorption of fine aggregate	§ American Standard ASTM C128:2004.

Concrete
§ Compressive strength of test specimens of hardened concrete § Standard practice for making and curing concrete test specimens in the laboratory § Standard practice for making and curing concrete test specimens in the field	§ British Standard BS EN 12390-3:2002. § American Standard ASTM C192:2006. § American Standard ASTM C31:2006.
Obtaining and testing drilled cores and sawed beams of concrete	§ American Standard ASTM C42:2004.
Density, absorption and voids in hardened concrete	§ American Standard ASTM C642:2006.
Splitting tensile strength of cylinderal concrete	§ American Standard ASTM C496:2004.
§ Slump test for fresh concrete § Slump test of Hydraulic-Cement Concrete	§ British Standard BS EN 12350-2:2000. § American Standard ASTM C143:2005a.
Flexural Strength of Concrete (Using Simple Beam With:
- Center-Point Loading)	§ American Standard ASTM C293:2002.
-Third-Point Loading)	§ American Standard ASTM C78:2002.
Building Stone (Dimension Stone
Flexural strength	American Standard ASTM C880:2006. Jordanian Standard JS 851:1992.
Modulus of rupture	American Standard ASTM C99:2006. Jordanian Standard JS 851:1992.
Compressive strength	American Standard ASTM C170:2006. Jordanian Standard JS 851:1992.
Absorption and bulk specific gravity	American Standard ASTM C97:2002. Jordanian Standard JS 851:1992.

Steel
Tension	§ American Standard ASTM A370:2005. § British Standard BS 4449:2005. § Jordanian Standard JS 441:2002.
Elongation	§ American Standard ASTM A370:2005 § British Standard BS 4449:2005. § Jordanian Standard JS 441:2002.
Bending	§ American Standard ASTM A370:2005. § Jordanian Standard JS 441:2002.
Re-bending	§ British Standard BS 4449:2005.
Deformation	§ American Standard ASTM A615:2006a. § Jordanian Standard JS 441:2002.
Weight for meter run	§ American Standard ASTM A615:2006a.
Cement Tiles
Total water absorption	§ British Standard BS EN 13748:2004 parts 1&2. § Jordanian Standard JS 45:1994
Transverse strength	§ British Standard BS EN 13748:2004 parts 1&2. § Jordanian Standard JS 45:1994
Bituminous Mixture
Bulk specific gravity and density of non-absorptive compacted bituminous mixture	§ American Standard ASTM D2726:2005a.
Theoretical maximum specific gravity and density of bituminous paving mixtures	§ American Standard ASTM D2041:2003a.
Quantitative extraction of bitumen from bituminous paving mixtures	§ American Standard ASTM D2172:2005.
Resistance of plastic flow of bituminous mixtures using marshall apparatus	§ American Standard ASTM D1559:1989.

Bitumen
Penetration of bituminous material	§ American Standard ASTM D5:2006.
Softening point of bituminous (ring-and-ball apparatus)	§ American Standard ASTM D36:2006.

Test Methods/Standard

Kerb Stone

Soil

Concrete

Building Stone (Dimension Stone

American Standard ASTM C880:2006.

Jordanian Standard JS 851:1992.

American Standard ASTM C99:2006.

Jordanian Standard JS 851:1992.

American Standard ASTM C170:2006.

Jordanian Standard JS 851:1992.

American Standard ASTM C97:2002.

Jordanian Standard JS 851:1992.

Steel

Cement Tiles

Bituminous Mixture

Bitumen