National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Construction Sciences Pty Ltd
Site
Ararat Laboratory
Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
13739
Date of Accreditation
22 May 1998
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; Organic impurities; Weak particles contaminants | Colour test; Settling; Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32, AS 1141.33, AS 1141.34 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12 |
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| Shape | Average least dimension; Flakiness |
AS 1141.15, AS 1141.20.3 |
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| Shape | Flakiness | RC (Vic) Method 302.11 | |||
| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis | RC (Vic) Method 375.11 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate stabilisation | Aggregates | Unconfined compressive strength | Not applicable |
AS 5101.4 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable |
AS 1141.21 |
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| Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable |
AS 1141.22 TfNSW TS 02799.13 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt field density | Asphalts | Density ratio and air voids | Not applicable |
AS/NZS 2891.14.5 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt volumetric properties | Asphalts | Bulk density | Presaturation; Waxing |
AS/NZS 2891.9.1, AS/NZS 2891.9.2 RC (Vic) Method 202.02 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar consistence in-situ | Concrete, grout and mortar | Slump flow | Cone |
AS 1012.3.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions; Water displacement |
AS 1012.12.1, AS 1012.12.2 |
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| Compressive strength | Core; Cylinder |
AS 1012.9, AS 1012.14 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen conditioning | Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens |
AS 1012.14 |
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| Specimen manufacture and curing | Manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens in the laboratory |
AS 1012.8.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement surfacing characteristics | Road pavements | Penetration depth | Ball embedment |
AG:PT/T251 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Weighted plasticity index | Not applicable | RC (Vic) Method 326.01 | |
| Moisture content | Drying oven; Hot plate |
AS 1289.2.1.1, AS 1289.2.1.6 |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1 |
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| Plastic limit |
AS 1289.3.2.1 |
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| Description, identification and classification | Not applicable |
AS 1726 Tables 9 and 10 (Laboratory classification elements only) |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point |
AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1 |
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| Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.4.2 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class |
AS 1289.3.8.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1 |
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| Characteristic field density values | Not applicable |
RC (Vic) Method 316.00 |
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| Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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| Density index | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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| Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Moisture ratio assessment of dry back | Not applicable |
RC (Vic) Method 316.14 |
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| Moisture ratio | Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Density ratio - density decay correction factor | Calculation | RC (Vic) Method 330.04 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in-situ penetration | Soils | Penetration in-situ | Dynamic cone |
AS 1289.6.3.2 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Assignment of CBR and percent swell; Remoulded specimens |
AS 1289.6.1.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil permeability | Soils | Permeability | Constant head for a remoulded specimen; Falling head for a remoulded specimen |
AS 1289.6.7.1, AS 1289.6.7.2 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Accelerated weathering pre-treatment; Not applicable; Repeated compaction pre-treatment |
AS 1289.1.1 RC (Vic) Method 301.01, RC (Vic) Method 301.05 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Density decay correction factor for granular materials | Not applicable | RC (Vic) Method 330.03 | |
| Laboratory stabilisation of soil | Cement; Lime stabilisation |
RC (Vic) Method 301.03, RC (Vic) Method 301.06 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil thermal properties | Soils | Thermal conductivity | In-situ measurement; Laboratory measurement | ASTM D5334 | |
| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a bin; Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a windrow |
AS 1141.3.1 |
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| Asphalts | Not applicable | Extraction of a compacted asphalt slab |
AS 2891.1.2 |
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| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Hardened concrete by coring |
AS 1012.1, AS 1012.14 |
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| 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; Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
AS 1289.1.2.1, AS 1289.1.4.1 RC (Vic) Method 316.10 |
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Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
13739
Print date
19 Apr 2024
