The purpose of the guide to “Design and execution of earthworks”is to assist and advise the Construction Manager in the course of theproject up to execution of earthworks. It consists of 3 independent fascicules:

* fascicule 1: studies and execution of work;

* fascicule 2: organization of checks;

* fascicule 3: test methods.

This section 3, "Test procedures", consists in data sheetssummarizing the main tests, equipment and methods used forcontrolling quality on earthworks sites.

These data sheets presentthe purpose and the principle of the equipment or of the testconcerned, as well as its interpretation, its area of application, itsspecific features and its response time.