National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Macquarie Geotechnical Pty Ltd
Site
Bathurst Laboratory
Accreditation No.
14874
Site No.
15016
Date of Accreditation
06 Aug 2002
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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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 | Techniques defined by all or some for which the site is accredited | ||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate abrasion | Aggregates | Abrasion resistance | Los Angeles machine value | AS 1141.23, RMS (NSW) Method T204 TfNSW TS 02799.05 | |
Abrasion resistance | Resistance to wear by attrition | AS 1141.27 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Sulfur - Total | Bromine reaction | AS 1141.36 | |
Sugar | Fehlings solution | AS 1141.35, RMS (NSW) Method T269 TfNSW TS 02799.44 | |||
Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.32, RMS (NSW) Method T202 TfNSW TS 02799.03 | |||
Sulfur - Present as acid-soluble sulfate | Acid extraction | AS 1141.36, RMS (NSW) Method T219 TfNSW TS 02799.17 | |||
Organic impurities | Colour test | AS 1141.34, RMS (NSW) Method T260 TfNSW TS 02799.38 | |||
Residual contaminants - Chlorides | Acid extraction | RMS (NSW) Method T200 TfNSW TS 02799.01 | |||
Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification | RMS (NSW) Method T276 TfNSW TS 02799.51 | |||
Clay and fine silt | Settling | AS 1141.33, RMS (NSW) Method T268 TfNSW TS 02799.43 | |||
Light particles contaminants | Segregation by density | AS 1141.31 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Shape | Ratio greatest to least dimension | RMS (NSW) Method T278 TfNSW TS 02799.53 | |
Water absorption of fine aggregate | Not applicable | AS 1141.5, RMS (NSW) Method T210 TfNSW TS 02799.09 | |||
Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.6.1, RMS (NSW) Method T209 TfNSW TS 02799.08 | |||
Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Not applicable | AS 1141.6.1, RMS (NSW) Method T209 TfNSW TS 02799.08 | |||
Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.5, RMS (NSW) Method T210 TfNSW TS 02799.09 | |||
Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm | AS 1141.12, RMS (NSW) Method T203 TfNSW TS 02799.04 | |||
Shape | Crushed faces | RMS (NSW) Method T239 TfNSW TS 02799.36 | |||
Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 2 ?m | AS 1141.13, RMS (NSW) Method T270 TfNSW TS 02799.45 | |||
Shape | Proportional calliper | AS 1141.14, RMS (NSW) Method T213 TfNSW TS 02799.12 | |||
Moisture content | Drying oven | RMS (NSW) Method T262 TfNSW TS 02799.39 | |||
Shape | Average least dimension | AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.2, RMS (NSW) Method T235, RMS (NSW) Method T275 TfNSW TS 02799.32,TfNSW TS 02799.50 | |||
Particle size distribution | Fine particles in road materials | AS 1141.19, RMS (NSW) Method T107;TfNSW T107; TfNSW TS 02795.03 | |||
Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.11.1, RMS (NSW) Method T201 TfNSW TS 02799.02 | |||
Shape | Flakiness | AS 1141.15 | |||
Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted | AS 1141.4, RMS (NSW) Method T211, RMS (NSW) Method T212 TfNSW TS 02799.10,TfNSW TS 02799.11 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Exposure to sodium sulfate solution | AS 1141.24, RMS (NSW) Method T266 TfNSW TS 02799.42 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable | AS 1141.21, RMS (NSW) Method T205 TfNSW TS 02799.06 | |
Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable | AS 1141.22, RMS (NSW) Method T215 TfNSW TS 02799.13 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar chemical tests | Concrete, grout and mortar | Sulfate level in hardened concrete | Nitric acid | AS 1012.20.1 | |
Chloride level in hardened concrete | Nitric acid | AS 1012.20.1 | |||
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 | |
Grout consistency | Not applicable | RMS (NSW) Method T375 TfNSW TS 02800.49 | |||
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, RMS (NSW) Method T316 TfNSW TS 02800.16 | |
Compressive strength | Core; Cube; Cylinder | AS 1012 9, AS 1012.14, RMS (NSW) Method T306, RMS (NSW) Method T375 TfNSW TS 02800.07,TfNSW TS 02800.49 | |||
Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Water displacement | AS 1012.12.2 | |||
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 | |
Specimen manufacture and curing | Curing cylinder 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 | AS 1012.8.1, AS 1012.8.2, AS 1012.8.4, RMS (NSW) Method T375, ASTM C1550 (clause 7 only) TfNSW TS 02800.49 | |||
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; TfNSW TS 02795.22,TfNSW TS 02795.55 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Point load strength index | Not applicable | AS 4133.4.1, RMS (NSW) Method T223 TfNSW TS 02799.21 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil chemical properties | Soils | Chloride | Titration | APHA 4500 Cl- B | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Plasticity index | Casagrande | AS 1289.3.3.1, RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109 TfNSW TS 02795.05 | |
Moisture content | Sand bath | RMS (NSW) Method T121 TfNSW TS 02795.15 | |||
Liquid limit | Casagrande four point | AS 1289.3.1.1, RMS (NSW) Method T108 TfNSW TS 02795.04 | |||
Particle density | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.5.1 | |||
Fine particles in road materials | Not applicable | RMS (NSW) Method T107;TfNSW T107; TfNSW TS 02795.03 | |||
Plastic limit | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.2.1, RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109 TfNSW TS 02795.05 | |||
Liquid limit | Casagrande one point | AS 1289.3.1.2 | |||
Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.6.1, RMS (NSW) Method T106;TfNSW T106; TfNSW TS 02795.02 | |||
Linear shrinkage | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.4.1, RMS (NSW) Method T113;TfNSW T113; TfNSW TS 02795.08 | |||
Description, identification and classification | Not applicable | AS 1726 Tables 9 and 10 (Laboratory classification elements only) | |||
Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 1289.2.1.1, RMS (NSW) Method T120 TfNSW TS 02795.14 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort | AS 1289.5.1.1, RMS (NSW) Method T111, RMS (NSW) Method T130 TfNSW TS 02795.06,TfNSW TS 02796.01 | |
Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.4.2 | |||
Maximum dry density | Not applicable | RMS (NSW) Method T164 TfNSW TS 02795.26 | |||
Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.5.1 | |||
Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort | AS 1289.5.2.1, RMS (NSW) Method T112 TfNSW TS 02795.07 | |||
Dry density/moisture content relationship | Three compaction point | RMS (NSW) Method T162 TfNSW TS 02795.24 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class | AS 1289.3.8.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil electrical properties | Soils | Electrical resistance | Not applicable | AS 1289.4.4.1, RMS (NSW) Method T185, APHA 2510 TfNSW TS 02795.43 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 | |
Moisture ratio | Measured | AS 1289.5.4.1 | |||
Density index | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.6.1 | |||
Dry density ratio | Calculation | AS 1289.5.4.1 | |||
Density - In situ | Sand pouring apparatus; Sand-cone | AS 1289.5.3.1, RMS (NSW) Method T119 TfNSW TS 02795.13 | |||
Relative compaction | Not applicable | RMS (NSW) Method T166 TfNSW TS 02795.28 | |||
Field moisture content | 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, RMS (NSW) Method T190 TfNSW TS 02795.48 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ penetration | Soils | Penetration in situ | Dynamic cone | AS 1289.6.3.2 | |
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, APHA 4500 H+ B TfNSW TS 02795.16 | |
Soluble salts | Conductivity | APHA 2520 B | |||
Soluble sulfate | Acid extraction | AS 1289.4.2.1, RMS (NSW) Method T1010, RMS (NSW) Method T1011, APHA 4500 SO42- C | |||
Organic matter | Loss on ignition (LOI) | AS 1289.4.1.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil permeability | Soils | Permeability | Falling head for a remoulded specimen | AS 1289.6.7.2 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable | AS 1289.1.1, RMS (NSW) Method T105;TfNSW T105; TfNSW TS 02795.01 | |
Soil pre-treatment | Accelerated weathering pre-treatment | RMS (NSW) Method T103;TfNSW T103 TfNSW TS 02794.03 | |||
Soil pre-treatment | Repeated compaction pre-treatment | RMS (NSW) Method T102;TfNSW T102 TfNSW TS 02794.02, | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil reactivity | Soils | Reactivity | Shrink/swell | AS 1289.7.1.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | RMS (NSW) Method T116, RMS (NSW) Method T131 TfNSW TS 02795.10,TfNSW TS 02796.02 | |
Stabiliser rate of spread rate | In situ measurement | RMS (NSW) Method T136, TfNSW TS 02796.06 | |||
Stabiliser working time | Not applicable | RMS (NSW) Method T147 TfNSW TS 02797.04 | |||
Lime content | Not applicable | RMS (NSW) Method T144 TfNSW TS 02797.02 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil triaxial strength | Soils | Triaxial strength | Modified triaxial confined; Modified triaxial unconfined | RMS (NSW) Method T171 TfNSW TS 02795.33 | |
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a stockpile | AS 1141.3.1, RMS (NSW) Method T100 TfNSW TS 02794.01 | |
Not applicable | Quarry aggregate from a rock spall; Quarry aggregate from boulders | AS 1141.3.2, RMS (NSW) Method T100 TfNSW TS 02794.01 | |||
Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Hardened concrete by coring | AS 1012.14 | ||
Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete | AS 1012.1, RMS (NSW) Method T300 TfNSW TS 02800.01 | |||
Soils | Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling | AS 1289.1.4.1, AS 1289.1.4.2 | ||
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 1289.1.2.1, RMS (NSW) Method T100 TfNSW TS 02794.01 |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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Annex facility | 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 | Cobar CSA Project Annex Facility, site no. 26958, is established from 14 November 2024 until 14 November 2025 for CSA Mine STSF Stage 10 Embankment Raise Project for Metric PCM Pty Ltd, Contract number CSA-PRJ-SOW-003. |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Annex facility | 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 | HumeLink Maragle Switching Yard Annex Facility, site no. 26624 is established from 29 February 2024 until 29 June 2025 for HumeLink Maragle Switching Yard project, for Ocon Services Pty Ltd, Contract number Q23346 |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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Annex facility | 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 | Snowy 2.0 Annex 2 Facility Site No. 26074 is established from 8 September 2022 to 30 November 2027 for Snowy 2.0 Pumped Hydro Project for Future Generation Joint Venture (FGJV). Contract No. 6400037588 |
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Accreditation No.
14874
Site No.
15016
Print date
05 Feb 2025