
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
ASCT Hunter
Site
ASCT Hunter
Accreditation No.
21321
Site No.
25677
Date of Accreditation
22 Aug 2024
Contact
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
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 | Settling | AS 1141.33 | ||
| Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification | TfNSW TS 02799.51 | ||||
| Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.32 | ||||
| Organic impurities | Colour test | AS 1141.34 | ||||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted | AS 1141.4 | ||
| Particle size distribution | Fine particles in road materials | AS 1141.19 | ||||
| Particle density of coarse aggregate; Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.6.1, TfNSW TS 02799.08 | ||||
| Shape | Crushed faces | TfNSW TS 02799.36 | ||||
| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.11.1 TfNSW TS 02799.02 | ||||
| Shape | Flakiness | AS 1141.15 | ||||
| Shape | Proportional calliper | AS 1141.14, TfNSW TS 02799.12 | ||||
| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm | AS 1141.12, TfNSW TS 02799.04 | ||||
| Particle density of fine aggregate; Water absorption of fine aggregate | Not applicable | AS 1141.5 TfNSW TS 02799.09 | ||||
| Shape | Average least dimension | AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.2, TfNSW TS 02799.32, TfNSW TS 02799.50 | ||||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable | AS 1141.21 TfNSW TS 02799.06 | ||
| Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable | AS 1141.22 TfNSW TS 02799.13 | ||||
| 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 properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions; Water displacement | AS 1012.12.1, AS 1012.12.2 | ||
| Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete | In situ measurement using fixed volume measure | AS 1012.5 | ||||
| Compressive strength | Core; Cube; Cylinder | AS 1012.9 AS 1012.14 (excluding clause 6.2) TfNSW TS 02800.11 | ||||
| Flexural strength | Modulus of rupture | AS 1012.11 | ||||
| Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure | AS 1012.4.2 | ||||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen manufacture and curing | Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory; Curing flexural strength specimens in the laboratory; Curing grout and mortar cube specimens in the laboratory; In situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens; In situ manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens; In situ manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens; In situ manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes; Moist curing drying shrinkage specimens in the laboratory | AS 1012.8.1 AS 1012.8.2 AS 1012.8.3 AS 1012.8.4 | ||
| Specimen conditioning | Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens | AS 1012.14 (excluding clause 6.2) | ||||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement structural performance | Road pavements | Structural performance evaluation | Benkelman beam; Deflection monitoring | TfNSW TS 02795.22 TfNSW TS 02795.55 | ||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 4133.1.1.1 | ||
| Point load strength index | Laboratory measurement | AS 4133.4.1 TfNSW TS 02799.21 | ||||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock strength and deformation | Rocks | Compressive strength | Uniaxial load rate controlled; Uniaxial strain rate controlled | AS 4133.4.2.1, AS 4133.4.2.2 | ||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 1289.2.1.1 TfNSW TS 02795.14 | ||
| Fine particles in road materials | Not applicable | TfNSW TS 02795.03 | ||||
| Plasticity index | Casagrande | AS 1289.3.3.1 TfNSW TS 02795.05 | ||||
| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.4.1 TfNSW TS 02795.08 | ||||
| Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.6.1 TfNSW TS 02795.02 | ||||
| Liquid limit | Casagrande | AS 1289.3.1.1 AS 1289.3.1.2 TfNSW TS 02795.04 | ||||
| Plastic limit | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.2.1 TfNSW TS 02795.05 | ||||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Three compaction point | TfNSW TS 02795.24 | ||
| Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.4.2 | ||||
| Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.5.1 | ||||
| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort | AS 1289.5.2.1 TfNSW TS 02795.07 | ||||
| Maximum dry density | Not applicable | TfNSW TS 02795.26 | ||||
| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort | AS 1289.5.1.1 TfNSW TS 02795.06 TfNSW TS 02796.01 | ||||
| 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 | Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio | Calculation; Measured | AS 1289.5.4.1 | ||
| Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 | ||||
| Density - In situ | Nuclear gauge | AS 1289.5.8.1 TfNSW TS 02795.36 | ||||
| Density index | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.6.1 | ||||
| Relative compaction | Not applicable | TfNSW TS 02795.28 | ||||
| Density - In situ | Sand pouring apparatus; Sand-cone | AS 1289.5.3.1 TfNSW TS 02795.13 | ||||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ penetration | Soils | Penetration - In situ | Dynamic cone; Perth sand penetrometer | AS 1289.6.3.2 AS 1289.6.3.3 TfNSW TS 02795.23 | ||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens | AS 1289.6.1.1 TfNSW TS 02795.11 | ||
| Compressive strength | Uniaxial maximum dry | TfNSW TS 02795.09 | ||||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Accelerated weathering pre-treatment; Repeated compaction pre-treatment | TfNSW TS 02794.02 TfNSW TS 02794.03, | ||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil reactivity | Soils | Reactivity | Shrink/swell | AS 1289.7.1.1 | ||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil sample preparation | Soils | Preparation of disturbed samples | Not applicable | AS 1289.1.1 TfNSW TS 02795.01 | ||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | TfNSW TS 02795.10 TfNSW TS 02796.02 | ||
| Lime demand | Not applicable |
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| Stabiliser working time | Cementitious stabilisation time | TfNSW TS 02797.04 | ||||
| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a bin; Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a truck; Aggregate from a windrow | AS 1141.3.1 TfNSW TS 02794.01 | ||
| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete | AS 1012.1 | |||
| 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 | AS 1289.1.2.1 TfNSW TS 02794.01 | |||
| Not applicable | Undisturbed soil sampling by open-drive sampler | AS 1289.1.3.1 |
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Accreditation No.
21321
Site No.
25677
Print date
13 Mar 2026