National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Construction Sciences Pty Ltd
Site
Ballina Laboratory
Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
22373
Date of Accreditation
18 Dec 2014
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 contaminants | Aggregates | Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33 |
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| Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32 |
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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 | Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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| Shape | Average least dimension; Crushed faces; Flakiness; Proportional calliper; Ratio greatest to least dimension |
AS 1141.14, AS 1141.15, AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.2 RMS (NSW) Method T213, RMS (NSW) Method T235, RMS (NSW) Method T239, RMS (NSW) Method T275, RMS (NSW) Method T278 TfNSW TS 02799.12,TfNSW TS 02799.32,TfNSW TS 02799.36,TfNSW TS 02799.50,TfNSW TS 02799.53 |
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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| Water absorption of fine aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.5 |
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| Particle size distribution | Fine particles in road materials; Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12, AS 1141.19 RMS (NSW) Method T201, RMS (NSW) Method T203 TfNSW TS 02799.02,TfNSW TS 02799.04 |
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| Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5 |
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| Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable |
AS 1141.21 TfNSW TS 02799.06 |
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| Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable |
AS 1141.22 TfNSW TS 02799.13 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar consistence in-situ | Concrete, grout and mortar | Compactibility index | Not applicable |
AS 1012.3.4 |
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| Slump flow | Cone; J-ring; T500 |
AS 1012.3.1, AS 1012.3.5 RMS (NSW) Method T301 ASTM C1611TfNSW TS 02800.02 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure |
AS 1012.4.2 RMS (NSW) Method T320 TfNSW TS 02800.20 |
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| Bleeding | In-situ analysis - Freshly mixed concrete | AS 1012.6 | |||
| Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete | In-situ measurement using fixed volume measure |
AS 1012.5 RMS (NSW) Method T303 TfNSW TS 02800.04 |
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| Specimen preparation | Dressing of voids |
RMS (NSW) Method T368 TfNSW TS 02800.43 |
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| Compressive strength | Core; Cube; Cylinder |
AS 1012.9, AS 1012.14 RMS (NSW) Method T305, RMS (NSW) Method T306, RMS (NSW) Method T310 TfNSW TS 02800.06,TfNSW TS 02800.07,TfNSW TS 02800.11 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions; Water displacement |
AS 1012.12.1, AS 1012.12.2 RMS (NSW) Method T317 |
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| Flexural strength | Modulus of rupture |
AS 1012.11 RMS (NSW) Method T328 TfNSW TS 02800.25 |
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| Uniformity of mixing | Not applicable | AS 1379 Appendix A | |||
| 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; 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 RMS (NSW) Method T304, RMS (NSW) Method T327 TfNSW TS 02800.05,TfNSW TS 02800.24 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement structural performance | Road pavements | Structural performance evaluation | Benkelman beam; Deflection monitoring |
RMS (NSW) Method T160, TfNSW T199; TfNSW TS 02795.22,TfNSW TS 02795.55 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1 TfNSW T109; TfNSW TS 02795.05 |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 TfNSW T113; TfNSW TS 02795.08 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2 TfNSW T108; TfNSW TS 02795.04 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 RMS (NSW) Method T120 TfNSW TS 02795.14 |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1 TfNSW T109; TfNSW TS 02795.05 |
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| Fine particles in road materials; Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 TfNSW T106, TfNSW T107; TfNSW TS 02795.02,TfNSW TS 02795.03 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Maximum dry density | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T164 TfNSW TS 02795.26 |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort; Three compaction point |
AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1 RMS (NSW) Method T111, RMS (NSW) Method T112, RMS (NSW) Method T162 TfNSW TS 02795.06,TfNSW TS 02795.07,TfNSW TS 02795.24 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge; Sand pouring apparatus |
AS 1289.5.8.1 RMS (NSW) Method T119, RMS (NSW) Method T173 TfNSW TS 02795.13,TfNSW TS 02795.36 |
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| Relative compaction | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T166 TfNSW TS 02795.28 |
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| Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 | |||
| Moisture ratio | Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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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 RMS (NSW) Method T161 TfNSW TS 02795.23 |
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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 |
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| Compressive strength | Uniaxial maximum dry |
RMS (NSW) Method T114, RMS (NSW) Method T116 TfNSW TS 02795.09,TfNSW TS 02795.10 |
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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 |
AS 1289.1.1 TfNSW T102; TfNSW T103;TfNSW T105; TfNSW TS 02794.02,TfNSW TS 02794.03,TfNSW TS 02795.01 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined |
RMS (NSW) Method T116 TfNSW TS 02795.10 |
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| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile |
AS 1141.3.1 |
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| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete; Hardened concrete by coring |
AS 1012.1, AS 1012.14 RMS (NSW) Method T300 TfNSW TS 02800.01 |
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| Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile |
AS 1289.1.2.1 RMS (NSW) Method T100 TfNSW TS 02794.01 |
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Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
22373
Print date
26 Apr 2024
