National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Benchmark Geotechnical Pty Ltd
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 properties | Aggregates | Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.11.1, RMS (NSW) Method T201 TfNSW TS 02799.02 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Linear shrinkage; Liquid limit; Moisture content; Plastic limit; Plasticity index; Sieve analysis | Casagrande; Correlation; Drying oven; Hot plate | AS 1289.2.1.1, AS 1289.2.1.6, AS 1289.2.3.1, AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2, AS 1289.3.2.1, AS 1289.3.3.1, AS 1289.3.4.1, AS 1289.3.6.1, RMS (NSW) Method T106;TfNSW T106;, RMS (NSW) Method T108;TfNSW T108;TfNSW T105;, RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109;TfNSW T105;, RMS (NSW) Method T113;TfNSW T113;, RMS (NSW) Method T120 TfNSW TS 02795.01,TfNSW TS 02795.02,TfNSW TS 02795.04,TfNSW TS 02795.05,TfNSW TS 02795.08,TfNSW TS 02795.14 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD); Dry density/moisture content relationship; Minimum and maximum dry density | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort | AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1, AS 1289.5.4.2, AS 1289.5.5.1, RMS (NSW) Method T111, RMS (NSW) Method T112, RMS (NSW) Method T164 TfNSW TS 02795.06,TfNSW TS 02795.07,TfNSW TS 02795.26 | |
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 field density | Soils | Compaction control; Density - In situ; Density index; Dry density ratio; Field moisture content | Hilf; Nuclear gauge | AS 1289.5.4.1, AS 1289.5.6.1, AS 1289.5.7.1, AS 1289.5.8.1, RMS (NSW) Method T162, RMS (NSW) Method T166, RMS (NSW) Method T173 TfNSW TS 02795.24,TfNSW TS 02795.28,TfNSW TS 02795.36 | |
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 | |
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 TfNSW TS 02795.11 | |
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, RMS (NSW) Method T102;TfNSW T102;TfNSW T105;, RMS (NSW) Method T103;TfNSW T103;TfNSW T105;, RMS (NSW) Method T105 TfNSW TS 02794.02,TfNSW TS 02794.03,TfNSW TS 02795.01 | |
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a conveyor belt; Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile | AS 1141.3.1, RMS (NSW) Method T100 TfNSW TS 02794.01 | |
Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed sampling from earthwork; 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 | ||
Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling | AS 1289.1.4.1, AS 1289.1.4.2 |
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Accreditation No.
20634
Site No.
24735
Print date
27 Nov 2024