Terra Firma Laboratories

Site

Adelaide Laboratory

Accreditation No.

15357

Site No.

25465

Date of Accreditation

22 Feb 2023

Address

Factory 3, 3 Selgar Ave
Clovelly Park, SA 5042
Australia

terrafirmalabs.com.au

Contact

Mr Stephen Pender P: +61 0475025335

Availability

Services available to external clients

Terra Firma Laboratories address map

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Adelaide Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Infrastructure and Asset Integrity

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
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 Flexible wall permeameter  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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