American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) published ASTM standards to ensure the quality, safety, and performance of materials and products. These standards are widely used in construction projects and industries for various materials. In this article, those ASTM material standards are listed which are commonly used in civil engineering:
| ASTM A36 | Standard Specification for Carbon Structural Steel |
| ASTM A307 | Standard Specification for Carbon Steel Bolts, Studs, and Threaded Rod 60000 PSI Tensile Strength |
| ASTM A615 | Standard Specification for Deformed and Plain Carbon-Steel Bars for Concrete Reinforcement |
| ASTM A992 | Standard Specification for Structural Steel Shapes |
| ASTM C29 | Standard Test Method for Bulk Density (“Unit Weight”) and Voids in aggregate |
| ASTM C31 | Standard Practice for Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens in the Field |
| ASTM C33 | Standard Specification for Concrete Aggregates |
| ASTM C39 | Standard Test Method for Compressive Strength of Cylindrical Concrete Specimens |
| ASTM C40 | Standard Test Method for Organic Impurities in Fine Aggregates for Concrete |
| ASTM C42 | Standard Test Method for Obtaining and Testing Drilled Cores and Sawed Beams of Concrete |
| ASTM C70 | Standard Test Method for Surface Moisture in Fine Aggregate |
| ASTM C88 | Standard Test Method for Soundness of Aggregates by Use of Sodium Sulfate or Magnesium Sulfate |
| ASTM C90 | Standard Specification for Loadbearing Concrete Masonry Units |
| ASTM C94 | Standard Specification for Ready-Mixed Concrete |
| ASTM C109 | Standard Test Method for Compressive Strength of Hydraulic Cement Mortars (Using 2-in. or [50-mm] Cube Specimens) |
| ASTM C118 | Standard Specification for Concrete Pipe for Irrigation or Drainage |
| ASTM C125 | Standard Terminology Relating to Concrete and Concrete Aggregates |
| ASTM C127 | Standard Test Method for Relative Density (Specific Gravity) and Absorption of Coarse Aggregate |
| ASTM C128 | Standard Test Method for Relative Density (Specific Gravity) and Absorption of Fine Aggregate |
| ASTM C129 | Standard Specification for Nonloadbearing Concrete Masonry Units |
| ASTM C131 | Standard Test Method for Resistance to Degradation of Small-Size Coarse Aggregate by Abrasion and Impact in the Los Angeles Machine |
| ASTM C136 | Standard Test Method for Sieve Analysis of Fine and Coarse Aggregates |
| ASTM C138 | Standard Test Method for Density (Unit Weight), Yield, and Air Content (Gravimetric) of Concrete |
| ASTM C143 | Standard Test Method for Slump of Hydraulic-Cement Concrete |
| ASTM C144 | Standard Specification for Aggregate for Masonry Mortar |
| ASTM C150 | Standard Specification for Portland Cement |
| ASTM C172 | Standard Practice for Sampling Freshly Mixed Concrete |
| ASTM C183 | Standard Practice for Sampling and the Amount of Testing of Hydraulic Cement |
| ASTM C192 | Standard Practice for Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens in the Laboratory |
| ASTM C330 | Standard Specification for Lightweight Aggregates for Structural Concrete |
| ASTM C494 | Standard Specification for Chemical Admixtures for Concrete |
| ASTM C535 | Standard Test Method for Resistance to Degradation of Large-Size Coarse Aggregate by Abrasion and Impact in the Los Angeles Machine. |
| ASTM C666 | Standard Test Method for Resistance of Concrete to Rapid Freezing and Thawing |
| ASTM C1314 | Standard Test Method for Compressive Strength of Masonry Prisms |
| ASTM C1603 | Standard Test Method for Measurement of Solids in Water |
| ASTM C1608 | Standard Test Method for Chemical Shrinkage of Hydraulic Cement Paste |
| ASTM D1556 | Standard Test Method for Density and Unit Weight of Soil in Place by Sand-Cone Method |
| ASTM D1557 | Standard Test Methods for Laboratory Compaction Characteristics of Soil Using Modified Effort (56,000 ft-lbf/ft3 (2,700 kN-m/m3)) |
| ASTM D2487 | Standard Practice for Classification of Soils for Engineering Purposes (Unified Soil Classification System) |
| ASTM D6373 | Standard Specification for Performance-Graded Asphalt Binder |
| ASTM D6927 | Standard Test Method for Marshall Stability and Flow of Asphalt Mixtures |
| ASTM F1554 | Standard Specification for Anchor Bolts, Steel, 36, 55, and 105-ksi Yield Strength |