
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Downer EDI Works
Site
Brendale Laboratory
Accreditation No.
1881
Site No.
1874
Date of Accreditation
05 Nov 1984
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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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Shape | Average least dimension | AS 1141.20.3 | |
Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm | AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12 | |||
Shape | Flakiness | MR (Qld) Method Q201 | |||
Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Methylene blue value | AS 1141.66 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt adhesion and stripping | Asphalts | Binder paste drain-off | Not applicable | Austroads Method AGPT/T235 | |
Degree of particle coating | Not applicable | AS/NZS 2891.11 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt extraction and grading | Asphalts | Bitumen content and aggregate grading | Reflux | AS/NZS 2891 3.1, MR (Qld) Method Q308A | |
Moisture content | Drying oven | AS/NZS 2891.10 | |||
Bitumen content and aggregate grading | Ignition oven | Austroads Method AGPT/T234 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt field density | Asphalts | Characteristic values; Field density | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q020, Australian Airports Association Method MT002 | |
Field density | Nuclear gauge backscatter mode | MR (Qld) Method Q306E, MR (Qld) Method NGTM N04, MR (Qld) Method NGTM N05 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt filler | Asphalts | Apparent particle density of filler | Not applicable | AS/NZS 1141.7 | |
Voids in dry compacted filler | Not applicable | AS/NZS 1141.17 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt mechanical properties | Asphalts | Marshall stability and flow | Not applicable | AS/NZS 2891.5, MR (Qld) Method Q305, Australian Airports Association Method MT001 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt performance | Asphalts | Fatigue life; Permeability | Flexural bending; Ponding | Austroads Method AGPT/T274, MR (Qld) Method Q304A | |
Resilient modulus | Indirect tensile | AS/NZS 2891.13.1 | |||
Stripping potential | Tensile strength ratio | Austroads ATM 232 | |||
Deformation resistance | Wheel tracking machine | Austroads Method AGPT/T231 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt specimen manufacture | Asphalts | Specimen conditioning | Handling and conditioning | MR (Qld) Method Q303A, MR (Qld) Method Q303B | |
Specimen compaction | Gyratory compaction | AS/NZS 2891.2.2 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt volumetric properties | Asphalts | Bulk density | Mensuration; Presaturation; Silicone sealing | AS/NZS 2891.9.2, AS/NZS 2891.9.3, MR (Qld) Method Q306C | |
Voids and density relationship | Not applicable | AS/NZS 2891.8, MR (Qld) Method Q311 | |||
Mix volume ratio density | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q318 | |||
Maximum density | Water displacement | AS/NZS 2891.7.1 | |||
Binder film thickness | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q317 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Pavement shape | Road pavements | Surface deviation | Straight edge | MR (Qld) Method Q712 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement surfacing characteristics | Road pavements | Texture depth | Sand patch | Austroads Method AGPT/T250 | |
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a stockpile | AS 1141.3.1, MR (Qld) Method Q060 | |
Asphalts | Not applicable | Extraction of an asphalt core - Dry technique; Extraction of an asphalt core - Wet technique; Uncompacted asphalt | AS/NZS 2891.1.1, AS/NZS 2891.1.2 | ||
Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling | MR (Qld) Method Q050 | |||
Soils | Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling | AS 1289.1.4.2 |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Materials
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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Analysis of bituminous materials - Properties | Bituminous materials | Sample recovery; Viscosity | Dynamic shear rheometer ; Solvent extraction | Austroads method ATM 191, Austroads method ATM 192 | |
Softening point | Ring and ball | AS 2341.18 |
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Accreditation No.
1881
Site No.
1874
Print date
29 Apr 2025