National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Alliance Geotechnical Pty Ltd
Site
Base Laboratory
Accreditation No.
15100
Site No.
15572
Date of Accreditation
29 Jan 2004
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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Accreditation is held to establish new branch sitesWollongong Laboratory Branch Site No: 25666 | Materials defined by all or some for which the site is accredited | Determinations defined by all or some for which the site is accredited | Techniques defined by all or some for which the site is accredited | ||
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 | Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification | RMS (NSW) Method T276 TfNSW TS 02799.51 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | 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 TfNSW TS 02799.02,TfNSW TS 02799.04 | |
Shape | Crushed faces | RMS (NSW) Method T239 TfNSW TS 02799.36 | |||
Shape | Flakiness; Proportional calliper | AS 1141.14, AS 1141.15 RMS (NSW) Method T213 TfNSW TS 02799.12 | |||
Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted | AS 1141.4 RMS (NSW) Method T211, RMS (NSW) Method T212 TfNSW TS 02799.10,TfNSW TS 02799.11 | |||
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 TfNSW TS 02799.09 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable | AS 1141.22 RMS (NSW) Method T215 TfNSW TS 02799.13 | |
Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable | AS 1141.21 RMS (NSW) Method T205 TfNSW TS 02799.06 | |||
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 TfNSW TS 02800.02 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Compressive strength | Core | AS 1012.14 RMS (NSW) Method T310 TfNSW TS 02800.11 | |
Specimen preparation | Capping of compressive strength specimens | RMS (NSW) Method T305 TfNSW TS 02800.06 | |||
Compressive strength | Cylinder | AS 1012.9 RMS (NSW) Method T306 TfNSW TS 02800.07 | |||
Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions | AS 1012.12.1 | |||
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 TfNSW TS 02800.05 | |
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 (2020); TfNSW T199; TfNSW TS 02795.22,TfNSW TS 02795.55 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Absorption | Saturation | AS 4133.2.1.1, AS 4133.2.1.2 | |
Moisture content; Swelling strain index | Drying oven; Unconfined | AS 4133.1.1.1; AS 4133.3.3 | |||
Point load strength index | Not applicable | AS 4133.4.1 RMS (NSW) Method T223 TfNSW TS 02799.21 | |||
Slake durability index | Not applicable | AS 4133.3.4 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock strength and deformation | Rocks | Compressive strength; Deformation | Uniaxial load rate controlled; Uniaxial strain rate controlled | AS 4133.4.2.1 (2007); AS 4133.4.3.1; AS 4133.4.3.2; ASTM D7012 | |
Direct shear strength | Not applicable | ASTM D5607 | |||
Indirect tensile strength | Brazil | RMS (NSW) Method T222; ASTM D3967 TfNSW TS 02799.20 | |||
Compressive strength | Uniaxial load rate controlled; Uniaxial strain rate controlled | AS 4133.4.2.2, RMS (NSW) Method T229 TfNSW TS 02799.26 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil chemical properties | Soils | Chloride; Soluble sulfate | Acid extraction; Titration | TfNSW T1010, RMS (NSW) Method T1011 | |
Soluble salts | Refractometry | ASTM D4542 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Fine particles in road materials | Not applicable | AS 1141.19 RMS (NSW) Method T107 (2012);TfNSW T107; TfNSW TS 02795.03 | |
Linear shrinkage | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.4.1 RMS (NSW) Method T113 (2012); TfNSW T113 TfNSW TS 02795.08 | |||
Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 1289.2.1.1 RMS (NSW) Method T120 TfNSW TS 02795.14 | |||
Particle density | Gravimetric | AS 1289.3.5.1 | Clause 5.1 only | ||
Plasticity index | Casagrande | AS 1289.3.3.1 RMS (NSW) Method T109 (2012); TfNSW T109 TfNSW TS 02795.05 | |||
Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point | AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2 RMS (NSW) Method T108 (2012);TfNSW T108 TfNSW TS 02795.04 | |||
Plastic limit | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.2.1 RMS (NSW) Method T109 (2012); TfNSW T109 TfNSW TS 02795.05 | |||
Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.6.1 RMS (NSW) Method T106 (2012); TfNSW T106; TfNSW TS 02795.02 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Maximum dry density | Not applicable | RMS (NSW) Method T164 TfNSW TS 02795.26 | |
Minimum and maximum dry density | AS 1289.5.5.1 | ||||
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 TfNSW TS 02795.06,TfNSW TS 02795.07,TfNSW TS 02796.01,TfNSW TS 02795.24 | |||
Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.4.2 | |||
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 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil electrical properties | Soils | Electrical resistance | Direct reading | AS 1289.4.4.1; RMS (NSW) Method T185 TfNSW TS 02795.43 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Relative compaction | Not applicable | RMS (NSW) Method T166 TfNSW TS 02795.28 | |
Density index | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.6.1 | |||
Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 | |||
Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio | Calculation; Measured | AS 1289.5.4.1 | |||
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 TfNSW TS 02795.36 | |
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 | |
Penetration in situ | Dynamic cone | RMS (NSW) Method T161 TfNSW TS 02795.23 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens | AS 1289.6.1.1 RMS (NSW) Method T117, RMS (NSW) Method T132 TfNSW TS 02795.11,TfNSW TS 02796.03 | |
Compressive strength | Uniaxial maximum dry | RMS (NSW) Method T114 TfNSW TS 02795.09 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil natural contaminants | Soils | Acidity | pH | AS 1289.4.3.1; RMS (NSW) Method T123 TfNSW TS 02795.16 | |
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 TfNSW T105;, RMS (NSW) Method T105 (2012) TfNSW TS 02795.01 | |
Soil pre-treatment | Accelerated weathering pre-treatment; Repeated compaction pre-treatment | RMS (NSW) Method T102 (2012); TfNSW T102; RMS ( NSW) Method T103 (2012); TfNSW T103 TfNSW TS 02794.02, TfNSW TS 02794.03 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil reactivity | Soils | Swell/collapse | One-dimensional | ASTM D4546 | |
Reactivity | Shrink/swell | AS 1289.7.1.1 | |||
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 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil triaxial strength | Soils | Triaxial strength | Triaxial consolidate drained; Triaxial undrained with pore water pressure measured; Triaxial undrained without pore water pressure measurement | AS 1289.6.4.1, AS 1289.6.4.2 ASTM D7181 | |
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a stockpile | AS 1141.3.1 | |
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 | ||
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
04 Nov 2024