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National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Geotechnical Testing Services, Southern
Site
Bendigo Soil and Concrete Testing Laboratory
Accreditation No.
19506
Site No.
835
Date of Accreditation
16 Jun 1970
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 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Clay and fine silt | Settling | AS 1141.33 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Shape | Average least dimension | AS 1141.20.1 AS 1141.20.2 AS 1141.20.3 | |
Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.11.1 | |||
Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.6.1 | |||
Shape | Flakiness | AS 1141.15 | |||
Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Not applicable | AS 1141.6.1 | |||
Water absorption of fine aggregate | Not applicable | AS 1141.5 | |||
Bulk density | Compacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
Bulk density | Uncompacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm | AS 1141.12 | |||
Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.5 | |||
Shape | Proportional calliper | AS 1141.14 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable | AS 1141.21 | |
Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable | AS 1141.22 TfNSW T215 TfNSW TS 02799.13 | |||
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 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar permeability | Concrete, grout and mortar | Permeability | Volume change with water absorption - Permeable voids | AS 1012.21 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Compressive strength | Cylinder | AS 1012.9 | |
Compressive strength | Cube | AS 1012.9 | |||
Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions | AS 1012.12.1 | |||
Compressive strength | Core | AS 1012.14 | |||
Maturity | Estimation of concrete strength | ASTM C1074 | |||
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 grout and mortar cubes | AS 1012.8.3 | |
Specimen manufacture and curing | In-situ manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens | AS 1012.8.4 | |||
Specimen manufacture and curing | In-situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens | AS 1012.8.1 | |||
Specimen manufacture and curing | Manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens in the laboratory | AS 1012.8.1 | |||
Specimen conditioning | Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens | AS 1012.14 | |||
Specimen manufacture and curing | Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory | AS 1012.8.1 | |||
Specimen manufacture and curing | Manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes in the laboratory | AS 1012.8.3 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Masonry, concrete and clay unit properties | Masonry, concrete and clay units | Water absorption | Not applicable | AS 4058 Appendix F | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.6.1 TfNSW T106 TfNSW TS 02795.02 | |
Liquid limit | Casagrande one point | AS 1289.3.1.1 AS 1289.3.1.2 | |||
Particle density | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.5.1 | |||
Linear shrinkage | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.4.1 | |||
Description, identification and classification | Not applicable | AS 1726 Tables 9 and 10 (Laboratory classification only) | |||
Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 1289.2.1.1 TfNSW T120 TfNSW TS 02795.14 | |||
Plastic limit | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.2.1 | |||
Plasticity index | Casagrande | AS 1289.3.3.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.4.2 | |
Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort | AS 1289.5.1.1 | |||
Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort | AS 1289.5.2.1 | |||
Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.5.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Sand equivalent | AS 1289.3.7.1 | |
Dispersion | Emerson class | AS 1289.3.8.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Dry density ratio | Calculation | AS 1289.5.4.1 | |
Moisture ratio assessment of dry back | Not applicable | RC (Vic) Method 316.14 | |||
Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge | AS 1289.5.8.1 | |||
Field moisture content | Nuclear gauge | AS 1289.5.8.1 | |||
Moisture ratio | Measured | AS 1289.5.4.1 | |||
Characteristic field density values | Not applicable | RC (Vic) Method 316.00 | |||
Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 | |||
Density index | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.6.1 | |||
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 | 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,TfNSW T117 TfNSW TS 02795.11 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil natural contaminants | Soils | Acidity | pH | AS 4419 Appendix D AS 1289.4.3.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Repeated compaction pre-treatment | RC (Vic) Method 301.05 | |
Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable | AS 1289.1.1 TfNSW T102;TfNSW T105 TfNSW TS 02794.02,TfNSW TS 02795.01 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Sample preparation | Lime stabilisation | RC (VIC) Method 301.03 | |
Sample preparation | Cement stabilisation | RC (Vic) Method 301.06 | |||
Lime saturation point | Not applicable | RC (Vic) Method 131.01 | |||
Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | AS 5101.4 | |||
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a bin; Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a windrow | AS 1141.3.1 | |
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 | |||
Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling from a windrow; Disturbed soil sampling in-situ | AS 1289.1.2.1 | ||
Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling | AS 1289.1.4.2 RC (Vic) Method 316.10 |
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Accreditation No.
19506
Site No.
835
Print date
01 Sep 2024