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QESTLab 4.0.1100 RC

Bug/CR ID Customer Code Customer Reference Product(s) Modified Name Release Notes
Bug#5081 GLFUG N/A QESTLab Lab Vane Plate Report An issue where the BS lab vane test (110903) could not be reported on the Lab Vane Plate Report (18515) has been fixed.
CR#2575 GLFUG N/A QESTLab Particle Size Distribution Plate Report - Pipette Test The Particle Size Distribution Plate Report (18510) now supports the Pipette Test, Particle Size Distribution - Wet Method & Sedimentation [BS 1377-2: 1990 cl 9.2, 9.4] (110950).
CR#2603 GLFUG CR008 QESTLab Fugro Report Style Changes Plate Reports and Management Reports have been updated to support changes to the header and footers according to the Fugro Style guide.


Document Level Options have been added to Management Reports (90001) which allow defaulting of page margins. Please set the following options as follows:

  • Default Margins: A4 Portrait (Top;Bottom;Left;Right)=0,0.7,1,1
  • Default Margins: A4 Landscape (Top;Bottom;Left;Right)=0.5,0.7,1.5,1
  • Default Margins: A3 Portrait (Top;Bottom;Left;Right)=0,0.7,1,1
  • Default Margins: A3 Landscape (Top;Bottom;Left;Right)=0.5,0.7,1.5,1
  • Default Margins: Letter Portrait (Top;Bottom;Left;Right)=0,0.7,1,1
  • Default Margins: Letter Landscape (Top;Bottom;Left;Right)=0.5,0.7,1.5,1
  • Default Margins: Tabloid Portrait (Top;Bottom;Left;Right)=0,0.7,1,1
  • Default Margins: Tabloid Landscape (Top;Bottom;Left;Right)=0.5,0.7,1.5,1
CR#2972 GLFUG QESTLab Hive sync for laboratories Laboratories and laboratory-specific reference data (such as test accreditations, default project owner etc) can now be exported to Construction Hive via the QEST Admin Console > Lab > Configuration > Regions & Laboratories. Saving a laboratory or manually clicking on the Hive icon at the top-right of the window will trigger the synchronization to Construction Hive.


When the default lab is selected, the sync will export all laboratories to Construction Hive. When a specific lab is selected, just that laboratory will be exported. Exporting Regions to Hive is not supported.


QESTField/QESTNET 4.0.18

4.0.18 Release Notes - Bugs
4.0.18 Release Notes - CRs

Bug/CR ID Customer Code Customer Reference Product(s) Modified Name Release Notes
Bug#4444 GLFUG MFD-B040 QESTField Material preparation and finalisation stages: "PerformedBy" and "QESTCompleteDate" values not being set The issue where "PerformedBy" and "QESTCompleteDate" values for material preparation and finalisation stages are not set consistently has been addressed.
Bug#4445 GLFUG MFD-B045 QESTField [L-T-028, L-T-029] Maximum Dry Density - 'Tare mass' before ' Wet Soil & Tare Mass' and the tin navigation to the correct tab In the [L-T-028, L-T-029] Maximum Dry Density stage [MAWW/MADW], 'Tare mass' now comes before ' Wet Soil & Tare Mass' and scanning a tin navigates to the correct tab if the order of workflow is followed correctly.
Bug#4459 GLFUG MFD-B025 QESTField Laboratory Vane [ASTM D 4648 (Method A)] [110902] - Refreshing Calculations Laboratory Vane [ASTM D 4648 (Method A)] test now refreshes calculations when readings are cleared in QESTNET.
Bug#4546 GLFUG N/A QESTLab, QESTField Pore Fluid Salinity in Test Calculations
  • An editable 'Pore Fluid Salinity' field is added on the Sample Article page in QESTNET.
  • The same field can be added/edited on the Sample Article screen in QESTLab.
  • Moisture content calculations for tests in QESTNET take into account the Pore Fluid Salinity of the Sample Article.
Bug#4884 GLFUG QESTField Moisture Tin Association A moisture tin now disassociates the test when one dry mass readings is entered and the 'Calculate' button is clicked. The moisture tin will also re-associate with a test which still has any empty dry mass reading, by deleting the Tare ID and re-entering a Tare ID either manually or by barcode scan.
Bug#4895 GLFUG 20151017-CIU3 QESTField Triaxial tests: Request for 6 diameter and height measurements Triaxial tests now allows for up to 6 measurements for height and diameter.
Bug#4896 GLFUG 20151017-CIUm2 QESTField Triaxial: LTP Confining pressure not showing The issue where LTP Confining pressure is not populated for multi stage single specimen Triaxial tests has been addressed.
Bug#4937 GLFUG N/A QESTField Laboratory Vane [ASTM D 4648] - Shear Stength rounding issue The individual Shear Strength readings are now displayed to 1 decimal place and the Final Average Shear Strength is displayed to 3 significant figures.
Bug#5042 GLFUG QESTField Prevent duplicate samples during incomplete sync from Construction Hive When saving an LTP in Construction Hive, the import process to QESTNET can occasionally fail (for various reasons such as broken database connections etc). This could leave data partially imported, which would result in the creation of duplicate sample articles on a subsequent synchronization. The import process is now run in a single transaction, which means that a sync failure will leave the data in its original state.
Bug#5103 GLFUG 20151210-1,2,3,4 QESTField Triaxial: Calculation and Chart Issues The following changes have been made for Triaxial Consolidated Isotropically Undrained Compression tests:
  • The issue where results will not be calculated if there are two points at the end of a shearing stage that are the same value has been fixed.
  • Deviator strength chart for 3on1 TRX now only shows once on QC stage.
  • The issue where the interpolation of the q-p point @ 0.1% axial strain is off the chart has been fixed.
  • Multi p-q curves has been created on the QC stage for multi stage Triaxial tests.
Bug#5142 GLFUG MFD-B039 QESTField Particle Density [BS 1377-2: 1990 cl 8.3 and cl 8.4] : Wallingford Method -Potential Calculation Issue An issue, which can potentially cause calculations in Particle Density tests not being refreshed, has been addressed.
Bug#5146 GLFUG 20151218-10, 6b QESTField Pipette - Enter time to nearest second Time fields in the Particle Size Distribution - Wet Method & Pipette [BS 1377-2: 1990 cl 9.2, 9.4] now contain the hh:mm:ss format, allowing to enter the seconds.
Bug#5196 INTERNAL QESTField Triaxial: Finial checking stage is not locked The issue where QCT finial checking stage is not locked for Triaxial tests has been fixed.
Bug#5198 GLFUG MFD-B030 QESTField Scanning barcode overwrites existing tin IDs Now, scanning a tin only populates empty tin fields to avoid unexpected data loss.
Bug#5203 GLFUG 20160108 QESTField FDBB Hydrometer test export Hydrometer tests will now export to the fdbb.
Bug#5217 INTERNAL QESTField Equipment association: Location checking Now, scanning equipment barcode to associate a test checks the location of the equipment and the test. If they are not under same location, the message, "The equipment item is not under same location with this test.", will appear.
Bug#5223 GLFUG 20160114-1 QESTField Pipette - Sedimentation only reduced test sieves included in the chart in the SED stage. Particle Size Distribution - Wet Method & Pipette [BS 1377 Part 2: 1990 cl 9.2, 9.4] - Sedimentation only test now plots the Reduced test sieves in the chart in the SED stage.
Bug#5224 GLFUG 20160114-2 QESTField Pipette - Specimen Reading date/times calculated based on Start date/time Particle Size Distribution - Wet Method & Pipette [BS 1377 Part 2: 1990 cl 9.2, 9.4] - Specimen Reading date/times are now calculated based on the Start date/time instead of the Shaking end date/time.
Bug#5225 GLFUG 20160114-3 QESTField Pipette Sedimentation only test - populate masses from the reduced sieve test Particle Size Distribution - Wet Method & Pipette [BS 1377 Part 2: 1990 cl 9.2, 9.4] - Sedimentation only test now populates below masses from the preparatory reduced sieve test initially, which can be overwritten by the user.
  • 'Tare Mass', 'Tare and Wet Sample Mass' and 'Tare and Dry Sample Mass' in the 'Sedimentation Sample Mass' section.
  • 'Mass retained on 63um sieve after washing' in the 'Pipette Sedimentation Readings' section.
Bug#5281 INTERNAL QESTField Particle Size Distribution: Sieve Size Unit From now, the 'Size' field will be stored in SI unit, metres for particle size distribution sieve tests.

The patch script 'Fugro.DBB.Patch_PSDSieve_Size.sql to update the existing sieve size values will need to be executed.

Bug#5314 GLFUG FDBB QESTField Triaxial test: mohr circles mapping The fdbb objects have been updated and mohr circle cohesion and friction angle in Triaxial tests will be included in fdbb exporting.
Bug#5322 GLFUG QESTField Incorrect label on ASTM D 422: "Air Dry and Tare Mass (Dispersant Mass) (g)" Incorrect label on ASTM D 422 "Air Dry and Tare Mass (Dispersant Mass) (g)" is corrected to "Air Dry and Tare Mass (g)"
Bug#5349 GLFUG QESTField Triaxial UU - Axial strain and area not calculating The axial strain calculation was not using the correct height value for UU triaxials. This has been changed to use the initial triaxial specimen height. Once the axial strain calculates, the area then calculates correctly.
Bug#5351 GLFUG N/A QESTField FDBB: Exporting Hydrometer test error The HydrometerTest class is now created and sent instead of the abstract class SedimentationTest when exporting to the fdbb,
Bug#5370 GLFUG QESTField Particle Size Distribution - Wet Method & Pipette [BS 1377-2: 1990 cl 9.2, 9.4]: K not calculating when the calculation method is 'Percentage of whole sample' and the test is started as 'Sedimentation only'. Particles Smaller (K) values now calculate when the calculation method is 'Percentage of whole sample' and the test is started as 'Sedimentation only', in the Particle Size Distribution - Wet Method & Pipette [BS 1377-2: 1990 cl 9.2, 9.4]
Bug#5371 INTERNAL QESTField PSD: Sieve size checking issues due to double and float conversions between units In Sieve tests, sieve size checking issues which resulted in incorrect calculations due to discounting available sieves has been fixed.
Bug#5377 INTERNAL QESTField Particle Size Distribution - Wet Method & Sedimentation [BS 1377-2: 1990 cl 9.2, 9.4]: Incorrect value of percentage passing 63µm The percentage passing 63µm sieve from full sieve test will be used to calculate K values if a test starts as "Sedimentation Only" and then a full sieve test is added.
Bug#5378 INTERNAL QESTField Particle Size Distribution - Wet Method & Sedimentation [BS 1377-2: 1990 cl 9.2, 9.4]: Incorrect warning message about carrying out a combined test The percentage retained on pan will no longer use to determine whether a combined test should be carried out after enter values on the reduced sieve test for a "Sedimentation Only" test.
Bug#5380 INTERNAL QESTField Particle Size Distribution - Wet Method & Sedimentation [BS 1377-2: 1990 cl 9.2, 9.4]: Exporting percentage passing for reduced sieves Now, the percentage passing value of reduced sieves will be exported to Fugro Data Backbone for Particle Size Distribution - Wet Method & Sedimentation [BS 1377-2: 1990 cl 9.2, 9.4] if the test starts with sedimentation only and has no associated Particle Size Distribution test.
Bug#5381 GLFUG 20160211-1 QESTField Disable all the buttons during calculation For all the tests in QESTField, buttons are no longer enabled after the calculation button is clicked until calculations are complete.
Bug#5382 GLFUG QESTField Particle Size Distribution: Sieve set diameter does not save on any stage The issue where sieve set diameter and width did not save on any stage in Particle Size Distribution tests has been addressed.
Bug#5383 GLFUG QESTField Particle Size Distribution - Wet Method & Sedimentation [BS 1377-2: 1990 cl 9.2, 9.4] : Moisture Content result not showing on the QC stage The moisture content result of Particle Size Distribution - Wet Method & Sedimentation [BS 1377-2: 1990 cl 9.2, 9.4] has been added to the QC stage.
CR#2742 GLFUG MFD-F023 QESTField TRX UU/UCS: Unnecessary Equipment
  • Equipment Pore Pressure and Volume Transducers have been removed for UU-TRX and UCS-TRX tests
  • Rubber Membrane and Cell Pressure have been removed for UCS-TRX tests.
CR#2748 GLFUG MFD-018 QESTField ASTM Organic Content: Redundant Wet & Tare Mass entry when Oven-Dried The 'Wet Soil and Tare Mass' entry will be locked when 'Oven-Dried' is selected in the 'Moisture Content By Proportion Of' drop down.
CR#2749 GLFUG MFD-F019,MFD-F020 QESTField ASTM Min/Max Dry Density Test Improvements The following changes have been implemented to improve ASTM Min/Max Dry Density tests:
  • The label "Mass of Dry Soil on Base Plate (g)" has been modified to “Mass of Soil Collected on Base Plate (g)”.
  • A check box “Fines Collected on Surcharge Base plate” is introduced for each maximum index reading:
    • When this check box is blank (default) the “Mass of Soil Collected on Base Plate (g)” box is locked.
    • When this check box is checked the “Mass of Soil Collected on Base Plate (g)” box is enabled.
  • The result of moisture content is rounded to two decimal places.
  • The alignment issue of the text boxes and labels where they do not line up for maximum index reading has been addressed.


CR#2764 GLFUG N/A QESTField Laboratory Vane: Warning when vane rotation exceeds range A warning message has been created for Laboratory Vane tests. The message will appear when the vane rotation goes beyond 180 degree and query the tester whether the reading means to exceed machine limitation. It will not disappear until the check box "Rotation Greater than 180° " is checked.
CR#2814 GLFUG QESTLab Sampling device column removed from borehole location list The sampling device column has been removed from borehole location list.
CR#2815 GLFUG QESTField Sampling device column removed from borehole location list The sampling device export integrator is no longer used. This integrator section should be removed from the QESTNET.exe.config. Contact Spectra QEST Help Desk if you require assistance in updating your config file.
CR#2923 GLFUG N/A QESTField Sample suitability The suitability bullet points have been changed to one check box which will be selected only if the sample/test is unsuitable.
CR#3030 GLFUG 20151017-CIU1 QESTField Triaxial: Misleading LTP condition labels The caption of LTP confining pressure has been modified to 'Horizontal Effective Stress (σ′h)' for both Isotropic and Anisotropic Triaxial tests. Also, for Anisotropic Triaxial tests, the caption of LTP Anisotropic Stress has been changed to 'Vertical Effective Stress (σ′v)'.
CR#3115 GLFUG Other Domain Object Factory Unmapped Properties Configuration The errors of the form "Property: derivationMethodSets not found in class Project but was encountered in package from databackbone" that exist to inform us that the databackbone sent an unknown property can now be configured not to be produced.

Specific properties can also be ignored by configuration, this is unnecessary to use for properties that specify <UnmappedPropertyBehaviour value="Ignore"/>.
Please contact Spectra QEST Help Desk for instructions on updating your configuration.


Construction Hive 1.100.16136.0

Bug/CR ID Customer Code Customer Reference Product(s) Modified Name Release Notes
Bug#4829 GLFUG N/A Construction Hive LTP Suitability Tooltip - Suitability Remarks The tooltip used for tests for which the sample has been marked as unsuitable in QESTNet now shows the user-entered reason for marking the sample as unsuitable for testing.
Bug#5153 INTERNAL Construction Hive Searching by date with non-US locales Searching by dates for users with an Australian or UK locale setting would silently fail because values in the browser were still displayed in mm/dd/yyyy format (e.g. 25/12/2015) but would be interpreted on the Hive server as though they were dd/mm/yyyy formats. This no longer occurs.
CR#2247 GLFUG 66 Construction Hive, QESTLab, QESTField Remove Sampling Device from Location list Borehole locations no longer have an associated sampling device. As a result, the default diameter for undisturbed samples no longer comes from the sampling device.


This change has corresponding changes in QESTLab and QESTNet which must be deployed together.

CR#2607 GLFUG CR008 Construction Hive Milestone report styles v4.0 The milestone reports generated by QESTLab have had their logos, margins and strap lines updated to reflect the Fugro style guide v4.0.
CR#2962 GLFUG 20151017-CIU1 QESTField, Construction Hive Triaxial Test Condition Terminology Updated For Consolidated Triaxial Tests:


"Confining Pressure" has been changed to Horizontal Effective Stress.
"Anisotropic Pressure" has been changed to Vertical Effective Stress

For anisotropic tests, a K0 field has been added.
Only one of Vertical effective stress and K0 can be entered at a time, the other is automatically calculated.

The test conditions script in the qestnet upgrade tool has also had these changes to the captions that it configures made.

CR#2989 INTERNAL Construction Hive Force user to select notification setting on registration New users registering for Construction Hive are now forced to select a document notification option. Previously this would default to "Notify me immediately when I receive a new document".
CR#3035 USPSI QNET635 Construction Hive i2ms export - split_sample_id uses qestnet FieldSampleID To support new workflows in QESTNet 4.1, and retain backwards compatibility, the header field "split_sample_id" will now fall-back on the "FieldSampleID" field, as a fallback from either "_SplitSampleID" (for asphalt samples) or "ClientSampleID" (for agg/soil samples).
CR#3080 USPSI PSI1436 Construction Hive i2ms exports - ignore [bracketed] headers The I2MS export configuration for some header fields has been modified so that all text following an opening square bracket '[' will be omitted.


The fields that with this behaviour are:

  • Specification
  • Material
  • Supplier
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