Assessment Fee Policies
Laboratory Assessment Fees
The laboratory assessment fee is a combination of the basic fee and the individual procedure fee listed below. The laboratory will be invoiced after the on-site assessment.
Basic Fee
The basic on-site assessment fee represents in-sequence laboratory assessment costs associated with travel to the laboratory, assessment of general test apparatus, review of findings with laboratory staff, report preparation and review of the quality system.
- A basic fee of $900 will be charged if the laboratory assessment includes one or two scopes of testing (ex: Soil and Aggregate).
- If the laboratory assessment includes three or more scopes of testing, a basic fee of $1585 will be charged (ex: Soil, Aggregate and Hot-Mix).
Note: basic fees will not be charged for Sprayed Fire-Resistive Material, unless it is the only scope included in the on-site assessment.
Individual Test Fee
The individual test fee represents the costs associated with the assessment of apparatus and observation of procedures associated with each of the test methods. An individual procedure fee of $140, $235, or $285 is charged for each test method included in the laboratory assessment. In addition, a fee of $100 is charged for each ASTM quality system specification (C1077, D3666, D3740, E329).
Out-of-Sequence Fees
When a laboratory receives an assessment outside the normal AMRL tour schedule, an additional fee of 1.5 times the normal laboratory assessment fee, plus extraordinary expenses (i.e. air travel, vehicle rental) may be applied.
Note: An additional fee may not apply for new laboratories. Please contact us if interested in an Out-of-Sequence assessment to receive an estimate.
Cancellation Fees
Postponing or canceling an On-Site assessment within 14 days of the scheduled start date will result in an additional fee of $500.
Fees listed above are effective July 1, 2008.
Canadian Surcharge
An additional surcharge fee equal to the 15 % Canadian withholding tax on U.S. services will be applied to all accreditation and assessment invoices for Canadian laboratories.
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Sampling Aggregate
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$140
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Material Finer Than 75-µm (No. 200) Sieve
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$140
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Bulk Density and Voids in Aggregate
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$140
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Organic Impurities in Sands
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$140
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Sieve Analysis of Aggregates
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$235
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Sieve Analysis of Mineral Filler
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$140
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Fine Aggregate Specific Gravity and Absorption
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$235
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Coarse Aggregate Specific Gravity and Absorption
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$140
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Abrasion of Coarse Aggregate
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$235
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Sulfate Soundness of Aggregates
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$235
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Clay Lumps and Friable Particle Percentage
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$140
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Lightweight Pieces in Aggregate
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$140
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Sand Equivalent Test
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$235
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Aggregate Durability Index
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$235
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Reducing Samples of Aggregate to Test Size
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$140
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Moisture Content of Aggregate by Oven Drying
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$140
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Uncompacted Void Content of Fine Aggregate
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$140
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Resistance to Abrasion by Micro-Deval (Coarse Aggregate)
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$235
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Abrasion of Large-Size Coarse Aggregate
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$235
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Flat, Elongated, or Flat and Elongated Particles
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$140
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Fractured Particles in Coarse Aggregate
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$140
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Specific Gravity of Fine Aggregates Using Infrared
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$235
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Density / Absorption of Aggregate using Vacuum Saturation
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$285
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Resistance to Abrasion by Micro-Deval (Fine Aggregate)
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$235
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