National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Terra Firma Laboratories
Site
Adelaide Laboratory
Accreditation No.
15357
Site No.
25465
Date of Accreditation
22 Feb 2023
Contact
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Clay and fine silt; Weak particles contaminants | Settling; Sieve analysis | AS 1141.32, AS 1141.33 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle density of coarse aggregate; Particle density of fine aggregate; Water absorption of coarse aggregate; Water absorption of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.5, AS 1141.6.1 | |
Shape | Average least dimension; Flakiness; Proportional calliper | AS 1141.14, AS 1141.15, AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.2, AS 1141.20.3 DPTI (SA) MAT-TP241 | |||
Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.11.1 | |||
Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate stabilisation | Aggregates | Unconfined compressive strength | Not applicable | AS 5101.4 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Particle density | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.5.1 | |
Liquid limit; Plastic limit; Plasticity index | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point | AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2, AS 1289.3.2.1, AS 1289.3.3.1, AS 1289.3.4.1, DPTI (SA) MAT-TP141, DPTI (SA) MAT-TP143 | |||
Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 1289.2.1.1 | |||
Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.6.1, DPTI (SA) MAT-TP134 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.4.2, DPTI (SA) MAT-TP166 | |
Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort | AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil consolidation | Soils | Consolidation | One-dimensional | AS 1289.6.6.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class | AS 1289.3.8.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Density - In-situ; Moisture - In-situ | Nuclear gauge | AS 1289.5.8.1 | |
Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 | |||
Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio | Calculation | AS 1289.5.4.1, DPTI (SA) MAT-TP320 | |||
Density index | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.6.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil fine particles | Soils | Fine particle analysis | Hydrometer | AS 1289.3.6.3 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens | AS 1289.6.1.1 | |
Bearing ratio | Estimated CBR from classification test | DPTI (SA) MAT-TP133 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil permeability | Soils | Permeability | Constant head for a remoulded specimen; Falling head for a remoulded specimen; Flexible wall permeameter | AS 1289.6.7.1, AS 1289.6.7.2, AS 1289.6.7.3 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable | AS 1289.1.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil reactivity | Soils | Reactivity | Shrink/swell | AS1289.7.1.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil triaxial strength | Soils | Triaxial strength | Triaxial undrained with pore water pressure measured; Triaxial undrained without pore water pressure measurement | AS 1289.6.4.1, AS 1289.6.4.2 | |
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a stockpile | AS 1141.3.1, DPTI (SA) MAT-TP226 | |
Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling from a windrow; Disturbed soil sampling in-situ | AS 1289.1.2.1, DPTI (SA) MAT-TP310 |
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Accreditation No.
15357
Site No.
25465
Print date
04 Oct 2024