
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Construction Sciences Pty Ltd
Site
Beenleigh Laboratory
Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
1552
Date of Accreditation
01 Jul 1996
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 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate binder adhesion | Aggregates | Degree of precoating | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q216 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32 |
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Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33 |
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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 | Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 2 ?m; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12, AS 1141.13 |
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Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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Water absorption of fine aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.5 |
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Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5 |
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Shape | Average least dimension; Crushed faces; Flakiness; Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14, AS 1141.15, AS 1141.18, AS 1141.20.3, MR (Qld) Method Q201 |
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Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Exposure to sodium sulfate solution |
AS 1141.24 |
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Soundness | Degradation factor on coarse aggregate; Degradation factor on fine aggregate; Degradation factor on source rock |
AS 1141.25.1, AS 114.25.2, AS 1141.25.3 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable |
AS 1141.22 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt filler | Asphalts | Apparent particle density of filler | Not applicable | AS 1141.7 | |
Voids in dry compacted filler | Not applicable | AS 1141.17 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar consistence in-situ | Concrete, grout and mortar | Slump flow | Stability of super workable concrete | MR (Qld) Method Q478 | |
Slump flow | Cone; J-ring; T500 |
AS 1012.3.1, AS 1012.3.5 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar deformation | Concrete, grout and mortar | Modulus of elasticity | Poisson's ratio; Static chord modulus |
AS 1012.17 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar permeability | Concrete, grout and mortar | Sorptivity | Volume change with water absorption - Permeable voids |
RMS (NSW) Method T362 |
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Permeability | Water retention | MR (Qld) Method Q479 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Compressive strength | Core; Cube; Cylinder |
AS 1012.9, AS 1012.14 RMS (NSW) Method T375 |
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Flexural strength | Modulus of rupture |
AS 1012.11 |
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Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Increased air pressure |
AS 1012.4.1 |
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Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions; Water displacement |
AS 1012.12.1, AS 1012.12.2 |
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Bleeding | In-situ analysis - Freshly mixed concrete |
AS 1012.6 |
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Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete | In-situ measurement using fixed volume measure |
AS 1012.5 |
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Indirect tensile strength | Brazil |
AS 1012.10 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar shrinkage | Concrete, grout and mortar | Drying shrinkage specimen measurement | Not applicable |
AS 1012.13 |
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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; 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 1012.8.3, AS 1012.8.4 RMS (NSW) Method T375 |
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Specimen manufacture | Mixing concrete in the laboratory | AS 1012.2 | |||
Specimen conditioning | Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens |
AS 1012.14 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Sieve analysis | Fines ratio |
AS 1289.3.6.1, MR (Qld) Method Q103A, MR (Qld) Method Q253 |
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Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point; Cone four point; Cone one point |
AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2, AS 1289.3.9.1, AS 1289.3.9.2, MR (Qld) Method Q104A, MR (Qld) Method Q104D |
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Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1, MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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Weighted plasticity index | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q252 |
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Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1, MR (Qld) Method Q106 |
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Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 |
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Cone plasticity index | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.3.2 | |||
Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q144A |
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Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q142A |
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Compaction to nominated levels | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q145A |
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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 laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens |
AS 1289.6.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q113A |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289.1.1 MR (Qld) Method Q101 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Laboratory stabilisation of soil | Cement; Lime stabilisation |
MR (Qld) Method Q135A |
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Curing of moulded specimens | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q135B |
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Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | MR (Qld) Method Q115 | |||
Cement content | Heat of neutralisation |
MR (Qld) Method Q134 |
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Sample preparation | UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Field mix; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Laboratory mix | MR (Qld) Method Q251A, MR (Qld) Method Q251B | |||
Stabiliser working time | Cementitious stabilisation time |
MR (Qld) Method Q136A |
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Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile |
AS 1141.3.1 MR (Qld) Method Q060 |
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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 T375 |
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Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a face; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling from a windrow; Disturbed soil sampling in-situ; Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
AS 1289.1.2.1 MR (Qld) Method Q050, MR (Qld) Method Q060 |
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Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
1552
Print date
25 Jun 2022