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National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Quarry-Crete
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 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Organic impurities | Colour test | AS 1141.34 | |
Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification | RC (Vic) Method 372.04 | |||
Weak particles contaminants | AS 1141.32 | ||||
Coarse aggregate quality | Visual comparison | AS 1141.30.1 RC (Vic) Method 372.01 | |||
Clay and fine silt | Settling | AS 1141.33 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Shape | Flakiness | RC (Vic) Method 302.11 | |
Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
Shape | Average least dimension; Crushed faces; Flakiness; Proportional calliper | AS 1141 14 AS 1141.15 AS 1141.18 AS 1141.20.3 | |||
Sample preparation | Untreated bulk samples | RC (Vic) Method 301.01 | |||
Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm | AS 1141.11.1 AS 1141.12 | |||
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 | |||
Particle size distribution | Fine particles in road materials; Sieve analysis | VicRoads Method RC (Vic) 375.11 VicRoads Method RC (Vic) 375.12 | |||
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 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate stabilisation | Aggregates | Cement content | Heat of neutralisation | AS 5101.3.3 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Moisture content | Hot plate | AS 1289.2.1.6 | |
Weighted plasticity index | Not applicable | VicRoads Method RC (Vic) 326.01 | |||
Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 1289.2.1.1 | |||
Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.6.1 | |||
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 | |||
Linear shrinkage | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.4.1 | |||
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 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Sand equivalent | AS 1289.3.7.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil electrical properties | Soils | Electrical resistance | Not applicable | AS 1289.4.4.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable | AS 1289.1.1 | |
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 | |
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 | |
Not applicable | Quarry aggregate from a quarry face; Quarry aggregate from a rock spall; Quarry aggregate from boulders | AS 1141.3.2 | |||
Soils | Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling | RC (Vic) Method 316.10 | ||
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
01 Sep 2024