National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
A S James Pty Ltd
Site
Ballarat Laboratory
Accreditation No.
9855
Site No.
9848
Date of Accreditation
29 May 1995
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 - Soil classification | Soils | Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point |
AS 1289.3.1.1 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.2 |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 |
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| Description, identification and classification | Not applicable |
AS 1726 Tables 9 and 10 |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1 |
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| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1 |
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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 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Field moisture content | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1 |
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| Density - In situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1 |
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| Moisture ratio | Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Moisture ratio assessment of dry back | Not applicable |
RC (Vic) Method 316.14 |
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| Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Characteristic field density values | Not applicable |
RC (Vic) Method 316.00 |
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| Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ penetration | Soils | Penetration - In situ | Dynamic cone |
AS 1289.6.3.2 |
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| Penetration depth | Ball embedment | Austroads Method AG:PT/T251 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens |
AS 1289.6.1.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Repeated compaction pre-treatment |
RC (Vic) Method 301.05 |
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| Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289.1.1 RC (Vic) Method 301.01 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Laboratory stabilisation of soil | Cement |
RC (Vic) Method 301.06 |
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| Laboratory stabilisation of soil | Lime stabilisation |
RC (Vic) Method 301.03 |
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| Sample collection | Soils | Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.1 |
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| 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 1141.3.1 AS 1289.1.2.1 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
RC (Vic) Method 316.10 |
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Accreditation No.
9855
Site No.
9848
Print date
26 Aug 2026