What influences the quality and reliability of soil laboratory test results

Abstract: The paper is devoted to the problem of reliability of laboratory soil tests during engineering-geological surveys. The author analyzes the scale of falsifications (up to 80% of “drawn” reports), identifies the critical stages of the process from sampling to issuing laboratory test results, and proposes five practical tools for quality control of the results.

Keywords: engineering-geological surveys; soil laboratory; soil laboratory tests; test results falsification; test results reliability