National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Boral Resources (Qld) Pty Limited
Site
Boral Cairns Concrete & Quarry Laboratory – Boral Concrete & Quarries
Accreditation No.
489
Site No.
4624
Date of Accreditation
25 Nov 1993
Contact
Availability
Services conditionally 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 abrasion | Aggregates | Abrasion resistance | Los Angeles machine value |
AS 1141.23 |
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| 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 | Clay and fine silt; Weak particles contaminants | Settling; Sieve analysis |
AS 1141 32, AS 1141 33 |
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| Organic impurities | Colour test | AS 1141.34 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Shape | Average least dimension; Crushed faces; Flakiness; Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14, AS 1141.15, MR (Qld) Method Q201 AS 1141.18, AS 1141. 20.3 |
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| Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141 11.1, |
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate; Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5, AS 1141.6.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Degradation factor on coarse aggregate; Degradation factor on fine aggregate |
AS 1141.25.1, |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate stabilisation | Aggregates | Sample preparation; Unconfined compressive strength | Cement stabilisation; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Field mix; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Laboratory mix |
MR (Qld) Method Q115, MR (Qld) Method Q251A, MR (Qld) Method Q251B |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Aggregate crushing value; Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable |
AS 1141.21, AS 1141.22 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar consistence in situ | Concrete, grout and mortar | Slump flow | Cone; T500 |
AS 1012.3.1, AS 1012.3.5 |
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| Water retention of concrete | Filtration | MR (Qld) Method Q479 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete |
AS 1012.12.1 |
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| Compressive strength | Cube; Cylinder |
AS 1012.9 |
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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; 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 1012.8.3, AS 1012.8.4 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Cone plasticity index; Linear shrinkage; Liquid limit; Plastic limit; Plasticity index | Casagrande; Cone |
AS 1289 3.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q104A, MR (Qld) Method Q104D, MR (Qld) Method Q105, MR (Qld) Method Q106 |
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| Moisture content | Relative moisture content | MR (Qld) Method Q250 | |||
| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289 3.6.1, MR (Qld) Method Q103A |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven; Microwave oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1, AS 1289.2.1.4 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Compaction to nominated levels; Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289 5.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q145A |
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| Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.4.2, MR (Qld) Method Q144A |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class |
AS 1289.3.8.1 |
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| 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, MR (Qld) Method Q113B, MR (Qld) Method Q113C |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289 1.1, |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Curing of moulded specimens | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q135B | |
| Cement content | Heat of neutralisation |
MR (Qld) Method Q134 |
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| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a bin; Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile |
AS 1141.3.1, |
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| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer |
AS 1012.1 |
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| Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile |
AS 1289.1.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q050 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling | MR (Qld) Method Q050 |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
| Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate stabilisation | Aggregates | Sample preparation | UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Field mix | MR (Qld) Method Q251B | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 1289.2.1.1 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q101, MR (Qld) Method Q101A | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Cement content; Curing of moulded specimens | Heat of neutralisation | MR (Qld) Method Q134; MR (Qld) Method Q135B | |
| Sample collection | Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile | MR (Qld) Method Q060 |
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Accreditation No.
489
Site No.
4624
Print date
10 Aug 2026