National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Alliance Geotechnical Pty Ltd
Alliance Geotechnical Pty Ltd
Site
Base Laboratory
Accreditation No.
15100
Site No.
15572
Date of Accreditation
29 Jan 2004
Contact
Mr Ian Goldschmidt
P: +61 1800288188
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
Base Laboratory
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
| Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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| Establishment of annex facilities | Materials defined by all or some for which the site is accredited | Determinations defined by all or some for which the site is accredited | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Organic impurities | Colour test |
AS 1141.34 RMS (NSW) Method T260 |
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| Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33 RMS (NSW) Method T268 |
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| Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification |
RMS (NSW) Method T276 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle density of coarse aggregate; Particle density of fine aggregate; Water absorption of coarse aggregate; Water absorption of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5, AS 1141.6.1 RMS (NSW) Method T210 |
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| Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 RMS (NSW) Method T211, RMS (NSW) Method T212 |
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| Shape | Flakiness; Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14, AS 1141.15 RMS (NSW) Method T213 |
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| Shape | Crushed faces | RMS (NSW) Method T239 | |||
| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12 RMS MSW) Method T201, RMS (NSW) Method T203 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable |
AS 1141.21 RMS (NSW) Method T205 |
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| Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable |
AS 1141.22 RMS (NSW) Method T215 |
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| 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 RMS (NSW) Method T301 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions |
AS 1012.12.1 |
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| Compressive strength | Core |
AS 1012.14 RMS (NSW) Method T310 |
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| Specimen preparation | Capping of compressive strength specimens |
RMS (NSW) Method T305 |
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| Compressive strength | Cylinder |
AS 1012.9 RMS (NSW) Method T306 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen manufacture and curing | In-situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens; Manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens in the laboratory |
AS 1012.8.1 RMS (NSW) Method T304 |
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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, RMS (NSW) Method T199;TfNSW T199; |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Slake durability index | Not applicable | AS 4133.3.4 | |
| Absorption | Saturation | AS 4133.2.1.1, AS 4133.2.1.2 | |||
| Compressive strength | Uniaxial load rate controlled; Uniaxial strain rate controlled |
AS 4133.4.2.2, RMS (NSW) Method T229 |
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| Point load strength index | Not applicable |
AS 4133.4.1 RMS (NSW) Method T223 |
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| Moisture content; Swelling strain index | Drying oven; Unconfined | AS 4133.1.1.1; AS 4133.3.3 | |||
| Compressive strength; Deformation; Indirect tensile strength | Brazil; Uniaxial load rate controlled; Uniaxial strain rate controlled | AS 4133.4.2.1 (2007); AS 4133.4.3.1; AS 4133.4.3.2; RMS (NSW) Method T222; ASTM D3967; ASTM D7012 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil chemical properties | Soils | Soluble salts | Refractometry | ASTM D4542 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Sieve analysis |
AS 1289.3.6.1 RMS (NSW) Method T106;TfNSW T106; |
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| Fine particles in road materials | Not applicable |
AS 1141.19 RMS (NSW) Method T107;TfNSW T107; |
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| Particle density | Gravimetric | AS 1289.3.5.1 | Clause 5.1 only | ||
| Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1 RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109;TfNSW T105; |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2 RMS (NSW) Method T108;TfNSW T108;TfNSW T105; |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 RMS (NSW) Method T120 |
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| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1 RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109;TfNSW T105; |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 RMS (NSW) Method T113;TfNSW T113; |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Minimum and maximum dry density |
AS 1289.5.5.1 |
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| Maximum dry density | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T164 |
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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 T130, RMS (NSW) Method T162 |
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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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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil consolidation | Soils | Consolidation | One-dimensional | AS 1289.6.6.1 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class; Pinhole |
AS 1289 3.8.1, AS 1289 3.8.3 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil electrical properties | Soils | Electrical resistance | Direct reading | AS 1289.4.4.1; RMS (NSW) Method T185 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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| Relative compaction | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T166 |
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| Density index | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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| Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio | Calculation; Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1 RMS (NSW) Method T173 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil fine particles | Soils | Fine particle analysis | Hydrometer | AS 1289.3.6.3 | |
| 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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| Penetration in-situ | Dynamic cone |
RMS (NSW) Method T161 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial maximum dry |
RMS (NSW) Method T114 |
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| Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens |
AS 1289.6.1.1 RMS (NSW) Method T117, RMS (NSW) Method T132 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil natural contaminants | Soils | Acidity | pH | AS 1289.4.3.1; RMS (NSW) Method T123 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil permeability | Soils | Permeability | Constant head for a remoulded specimen; Falling head for a remoulded specimen | AS 1289.6.7.2, AS 1289.6.7.3 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289.1.1 RMS (NSW) Method T102;TfNSW T102;TfNSW T105;, RMS (NSW) Method T105 |
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| Soil pre-treatment | Accelerated weathering pre-treatment; Repeated compaction pre-treatment | RMS ( NSW) Method T103;TfNSW T103;TfNSW T105; | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil reactivity | Soils | Reactivity | Shrink/swell |
AS 1289.7.1.1 |
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| Swell/collapse | One-dimensional |
ASTM D4546 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil shear strength | Soils | Shear strength | Direct shear force | AS 1289.6.2.2, MR(Qld) Method Q181C | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | RMS ( NSW) Method T116, T131 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil thermal properties | Soils | Thermal conductivity | In-situ measurement; Laboratory measurement |
ASTM D5334, In- house method AG-01 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil triaxial strength | Soils | Triaxial strength | Triaxial undrained with pore water pressure measured; Triaxial undrained without pore water pressure measurement | AS 1289.6.4.1, AS 1289.6.4.2 | |
| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a stockpile |
AS 1141.3.1 |
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| Aggregates; Soils | Not applicable | Aggregate from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile | RMS (NSW) Method T 100 | ||
| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete |
AS 1012.1 |
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| Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile |
AS 1289.1.2.1 |
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Accreditation No.
15100
Site No.
15572
Print date
18 Jan 2022
END OF SCOPE