Fees for 2014-2015

Laboratories & Research Fees


This archival page is kept for reference only and it is no longer updated. Please see the latest listings for up-to-date information.


Note: Value Added Tax (VAT) to be added to the amounts listed below.

Description Frequency/Basis Fees
California Bearing Ratio   60
Compressive Strength on Concrete Cube (Block)   12
Compressive Strength on Concrete Cylinders   11
Consolidation Test   108
Direct Shear Test   43
Extraction of Bitumen by Centrifuge Method   40
Field Density   19
Flash Point   24
In Situ Hammer Schmidt   24
LA Abrasion Test   36
Liquid Limit   14
Marshall Test for Asphaltic Concrete   38
Sieve Analysis, with hydrometer   43
Sieve Analysis, without hydrometer   24
Organic Content   30
Ph of Soil   6
Plastic Limit   12
Proctor Compaction Test (Modified)   72
Proctor Compaction Test (standard)   60
Sand Equivalent   24
Shrinkage Limit   22
Specific Gravity   14
Tensile Strength on Steel Bars up to 36mm   24
Tensile Strength on Steel Bars on 25mm   24
Tensile Strength on Steel Bars up to 25mm   24
Triaxial Test   66
Vane Test   36
Water Content   9
Unconfined Compressinon Test   24
Unconfined Compressinon Test (with stress-strain data)   60
Mechanical Analysis (sieve Analysis)   24
Absorption   12
Caly Lumps   24
Petrographic Analysis   216
Soundness, coarse and fine aggregade (sand)(per cycle)   48
Organic impurities in fine agg. Standard color Method   14
Organic content   30
Light weight pieces   36
Flakines   42
Elongated   42
Stripping   36
Aagregate crushing value   36
Normal Consistency of portland cement   24
Time of setting of portland cement   24
Soundness of cement paste   24
Compressive strength of portland cement (7&28Days)   60
Comp.strenght of capper concrete cylinders testing & casting   19
Compressive strenght of concrete blocks   19
Compressive strenght of concrete blocks on net area   19
Absortion of hollow blocks   14
Porosity   14
Flexural/Modules of rupture / transverese strength of concrete title   24
Compressive strength of rock   19
Flexural/modules of rupture/ transverese strength of rock tile   19
Absorption of rock   14
Porosity   14
Tensile strength test of steel bars With stree strain graph   36
Bending test of street bars   36

Engineering Laboratories (Environmental Laboratory)*

TSS   18
DS   10
TS   10
BOD5   22
COD   22
Nitrogen   35
Phosphorous   35
Pathogens (coliform)   12
pH   7
Alkalinity   8
Heavy Metals - Hg, Cd, Cr, Zn, Pb - (per test)   15
Environmental Monitoring Station (excluding technician & transportation)   121
Innova Series, Portable Gas Monitor (CO, NO2) (per day) per day 121
SKC, PM10 Dust Monitor (per day) per day 121
Lab Technician (per day) per day 91

Packaging Tests

Box Compression test (BCT)   36
Edge Crush Test (Ect)   36
Mullen Burst Test   36
The following discounts are applicable:
  • 10% discount for clients with 100 or more cylinders.
  • 20% discount for clients with 200 or more cylinders.
   

Microbiology & Genomics Lab Analysis Tests*

Water/wastewater/fluid samples (juices, infusions, I.V fluids etc.)
Total heterotrophic count (HPC) Per sample 35
Total coliforms (TC) Per sample 35
Fecal coliforms (FC) Per sample 35
Specific bacteria and anaerobes Per sample 60
Total Carbon (TC)/Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Per sample 40
Food samples (Raw, cooked, canned)    
Salmonella-Shigella group   35
Specific bacteria or yeasts/fungi industrial/food 58
Microbial I.D test (Biolog)   58
Microbial I.D test (API)   58
Microbial quality control/ test   58
Microbial resistance/ test (Multi disc)   46
Microbial I. D/ test (Sequencing)   150
PCR analysis   120
Genomics analysis   150
Proteomics analysis   180
Lab technician/day   116
Lab technician/day (+ field work)   173

Chemistry Laboratory (Water Analysis)*

Alkalinity Per sample 20
Nitrate Per sample 20
Phosphate Per sample 20
Sulfate Per sample 20
Chloride Per sample 20
TDS Per sample 15
Metal (AAS) Per metal/sample; (2011-2012 Minimum of 50 samples) 16
IR analysis and solid sample Per sample 30
Chromatography Technique (GC/HPLC/Ion Chrmatography) Per technique/sample 50
XRF analysis of metals in solid samples (each sample analysis can report up to 15 metals) Each sample analysis 50
Total organic carbon analyzer of solid and liquid samples Each sample analysis 30
Elemental analysis of solid samples (N, C, H, S elements) Each sample analysis 30