National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Quarry-Crete
Site
Bacchus Marsh Laboratory
Accreditation No.
10882
Site No.
10875
Date of Accreditation
11 Sep 1995
Address
54 Young Street
Bacchus Marsh, VIC 3340
Australia
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 | Los Angeles machine value |
AS 1141.23 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification |
RC (Vic) Method 372.04 |
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| Weak particles contaminants |
AS 1141.32 |
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| Coarse aggregate quality | Visual comparison |
AS 1141.30.1 RC (Vic) Method 372.01 |
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| Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33 |
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| Organic impurities | Colour test |
AS 1141.34 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle size distribution | Fine particles in road materials; Sieve analysis |
VicRoads Method RC (Vic) 375.11 VicRoads Method RC (Vic) 375.12 |
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| Shape | Flakiness | RC (Vic) Method 302.11 | |||
| Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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| Shape | Average least dimension; Crushed faces; Flakiness; Proportional calliper |
AS 1141 14 AS 1141.15 AS 1141.18 AS 1141.20.3 |
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| Sample preparation | Untreated bulk samples |
RC (Vic) Method 301.01 |
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate; Particle density of fine aggregate; Water absorption of coarse aggregate; Water absorption of fine aggregate | Pycnometer; Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5 AS 1141.6.1 AS 1141.6.2 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.11.1 AS 1141.12 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Degradation factor on coarse aggregate; Degradation factor on fine aggregate; Degradation factor on source rock |
AS 1141.25.1, AS 1141.25.2, AS 1141.25.3, RC (Vic) Method 370.05 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate stabilisation | Aggregates | Cement content | Heat of neutralisation |
AS 5101.3.3 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 |
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| Moisture content | Hot plate |
AS 1289.2.1.6 |
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| Weighted plasticity index | Not applicable | VicRoads Method RC (Vic) 326.01 | |||
| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 |
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| 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 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1 AS 1289.5.2.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Sand equivalent |
AS 1289.3.7.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289.1.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Laboratory stabilisation of soil | Cement; Lime stabilisation |
RC (Vic) Methods 301.03 (field samples only) RC (Vic) Methods 301.06 |
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| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a bin; Aggregate from a conveyor belt; Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile |
AS 1141.3.1 |
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| Not applicable | Quarry aggregate from a quarry face; Quarry aggregate from a rock spall; Quarry aggregate from boulders |
AS 1141.3.2 |
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| Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a face; 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 |
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Accreditation No.
10882
Site No.
10875
Print date
25 Aug 2026