National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Australian Soil and Concrete Testing Pty Ltd
Site
ASCT Parkes Laboratory
Accreditation No.
20845
Site No.
25023
Date of Accreditation
19 Jul 2021
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 properties | Aggregates | Particle density of coarse aggregate; Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1, TfNSW TS 02799.08 |
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| Shape | Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14, TfNSW TS 02799.12 |
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| Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 Section 7.1, AS 1141.4 Section 7.2, TfNSW TS 02799.10,TfNSW TS 02799.11 |
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| Shape | Flakiness | AS 1141.15 | |||
| Particle size distribution | Fine particles in road materials; Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.19, TfNSW TS 02799.02 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.12, TfNSW TS 02799.04 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | 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 |
AS 1012.3.1, TfNSW TS 02800.02 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen preparation | Capping of compressive strength specimens |
TfNSW TS 02800.06 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions; Water displacement |
AS 1012.12.1, AS 1012.12.2 |
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| Compressive strength | Core; Cube; Cylinder |
AS 1012.9, TfNSW TS 02800.07 |
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| Compacted density - In situ | Relative compaction of concrete pavements |
TfNSW TS 02800.55 |
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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 | Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory; In situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens |
AS 1012.8.1, TfNSW TS 02800.05 |
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| 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 - Soil classification | Soils | Liquid limit | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2, TfNSW TS 02795.04 |
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| Fine particles in road materials | Not applicable |
AS 1141.19, TfNSW TS 02795.03 |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1, TfNSW TS 02795.02 |
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| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1, TfNSW TS 02795.05 |
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| Moisture content | Hot plate; Sand bath |
TfNSW TS 02795.15 |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1, TfNSW TS 02795.05 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1, TfNSW TS 02795.14 |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1, TfNSW TS 02795.08 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.5.1, TfNSW TS 02795.26 |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort; Three compaction point |
AS 1289.5.1.1, TfNSW TS 02795.06,TfNSW TS 02796.01,TfNSW TS 02795.24 |
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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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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.2.1, TfNSW TS 02795.07 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Density - In situ | Sand pouring apparatus |
TfNSW TS 02795.13 |
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| Density - In situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1, TfNSW TS 02795.36 |
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| Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio | Calculation; Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Density - In situ | Sand-cone |
AS 1289.5.3.1 |
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| Relative compaction | Not applicable |
TfNSW TS 02795.28 |
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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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| 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 |
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| 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,TfNSW TS 02796.03 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Stabiliser rate of spread rate | In situ measurement |
TfNSW TS 02796.06 |
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| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a stockpile; Quarry aggregate from a rock spall; Quarry aggregate from gabion |
AS 1141.3.1, AS 1141.3.2 (except clauses 7 and 8), TfNSW TS 02794.01 |
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| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete |
AS 1012.1, TfNSW TS 02800.01 |
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| Not applicable | Hardened concrete by coring |
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 |
AS 1289.1.2.1, TfNSW TS 02794.01 |
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Accreditation No.
20845
Site No.
25023
Print date
28 Jun 2026