National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
ARC Laboratory Services Pty Ltd
Site
ARC Laboratory Services
Accreditation No.
21169
Site No.
25467
Date of Accreditation
22 Mar 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 abrasion | Aggregates | Abrasion resistance | Resistance to wear by attrition | AS 1141.27 | |
Abrasion resistance | Los Angeles machine value | AS 1141.23, MRWA Method WA220.1, MRWA Method WA220.2 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate binder adhesion | Aggregates | Resistance to stripping | Plate test | AS 1141.50 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Organic impurities | Colour test | AS 1141.34 | |
Light particles contaminants | Segregation by density | AS 1141.31 | |||
Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification | MRWA Method WA144.1 | |||
Light stone contaminants | Visual assessment of stone colour | MRWA Method WA250.1 | |||
Clay and fine silt | Settling | AS 1141.33 | |||
Sugar | Fehlings solution | AS 1141.35 | |||
Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.32 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate polishing | Aggregates | Polished aggregate friction value | Pendulum friction test; Vertical wheel | AS 1141.40, AS 1141.42 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Shape | Proportional calliper | AS 1141.14 | |
Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
Shape | Crushed faces | AS 1141.18, RMS (NSW) Method T239, TfNSW TS 02799.36 | |||
Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 1289.2.1.1, MRWA Method WA212.1 | |||
Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 2 ?m; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm | AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12, AS 1141.13, MRWA Method WA210.1 | |||
Shape | Flakiness | AS 1141.15, MRWA Method WA216.1 | |||
Shape | Average least dimension | AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.2, MRWA WA215.1 | |||
Particle density of coarse aggregate; Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.5, AS 1141.6.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate reactivity | Aggregates | Alkali reactivity potential | Accelerated mortar bar | AS 1141.60.1, MRWA Method WA624.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Accelerated soundness index | AS 1141.29 | |
Soundness | Methylene blue value | AS 1141.66 | |||
Soundness | Degradation factor on coarse aggregate; Degradation factor on source rock | AS 1141.25.1, AS 1141.25.2 | |||
Soundness | Exposure to sodium sulfate solution | AS 1141.24 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable | AS 1141.21, MRWA Method WA223.1 | |
Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable | AS 1141.22 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar chemical properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Chloride level in hardened concrete | Nitric acid | AS 1012.20.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar chemical tests | Concrete, grout and mortar | Carbonation | Carbonation of concrete | MRWA Method WA620.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar consistence in-situ | Concrete, grout and mortar | Slump flow | Cone; J-ring; T500 | AS 1012.3.1, AS 1012.3.5 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar performance | Concrete, grout and mortar | Flexural toughness of fibre reinforced concrete and shotcrete | Not applicable | ASTM C1550 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar permeability | Concrete, grout and mortar | Permeability | Volume change with water absorption - Permeable voids | AS 1012.21 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Bleeding | In-situ analysis - Freshly mixed concrete | AS 1012.6 | |
Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete | In-situ measurement using fixed volume measure | AS 1012.5 | |||
Flexural strength | Modulus of rupture | AS 1012.11 | |||
Compressive strength | Cube; Cylinder | AS 1012.9 | |||
Compressive strength | Core | AS 1012.14 | |||
Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions | AS 1012.12.1 | |||
Indirect tensile strength | Brazil | AS 1012.10 | |||
Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure | AS 1012.4.2 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar shrinkage | Concrete, grout and mortar | Drying shrinkage specimen measurement | Not applicable | AS 1012.13 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen manufacture and curing | Manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens in the laboratory | AS 1012.8.2 | |
Specimen manufacture and curing | Manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens in the laboratory; Manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens in the laboratory | AS 1012.8.1 | |||
Specimen manufacture and curing | Manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens in the laboratory | AS 1012.8.4 | |||
Specimen manufacture | Mixing concrete in the laboratory | AS 1012.2 | |||
Specimen manufacture and curing | Manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes in the laboratory | AS 1012.8.3 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Slake durability index | Not applicable | AS 4133.3.4, ASTM D4664 | |
Point load strength index | In-situ measurement; Laboratory measurement | AS 4133.4.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock strength and deformation | Rocks | Compressive strength | Uniaxial strain rate controlled | AS 4133.4.2.1, AS 4133.4.2.2 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil chemical properties | Soils | Calcium carbonate content | Not applicable | MRWA Method WA915.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Plastic limit | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.2.1, MRWA Method WA121.1 | |
Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 1289.2.1.1, MRWA Method WA110.1 | |||
Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point | AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2 | |||
Liquid limit | Cone four point; Cone one point | AS 1289.3.9.1, AS 1289.3.9.2, MRWA Method WA120.2 | |||
Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.6.1, MRWA Method WA115.1 | |||
Plasticity index | Casagrande; Cone | AS 1289.3.3.1, AS 1289.3.3.2, MRWA Method WA122.1 | |||
Linear shrinkage | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.4.1, MRWA Method WA123.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable | AS 1289.1.1; MRWA Method WA105.1 | |
Sample collection | Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer | AS 1012.1 |
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Accreditation No.
21169
Site No.
25467
Print date
31 Aug 2024