National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Qualtest Laboratory Pty Limited
Site
Brisbane Laboratory
Accreditation No.
2316
Site No.
2309
Date of Accreditation
08 Feb 1988
Address
Unit 2, 40 Boyland Avenue
Coopers Plains, QLD 4108
Australia
Contact
Availability
Services available to external clients
Supervision
Not Applicable
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 | Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.12 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.11.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1, MR (Qld) Method Q106 |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1, MR (Qld) Method Q103A |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 |
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| Liquid limit | Cone one point |
MR (Qld) Method Q104D |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.2 |
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| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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| Liquid limit | Cone four point |
AS 1289.3.9.1, MR (Qld) Method Q104A |
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| Plasticity index | Cone |
AS 1289.3.3.2, MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point |
AS 1289.3.1.1 |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1 |
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| Weighted plasticity index | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q252 | |||
| 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, MR (Qld) Method Q144A |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q142B |
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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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| Oversize material | Oversize material treatment |
MR (Qld) Method Q143 |
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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 field density | Soils | Relative compaction | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q140A |
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| Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Degree of saturation | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q146 |
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| Density - In situ; Moisture - In situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1, MR (Qld) Method Q141A, MR (Qld) NGTM Method N01, MR (Qld) NGTM Method N02, MR (Qld) NGTM Method N03 |
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| Moisture ratio | Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Density index | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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| Density - In situ | Sand-cone |
AS 1289.5.3.1, MR (Qld) Method Q141B |
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| Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ penetration | Soils | Penetration - In situ | Dynamic cone |
AS 1289.6.3.2, MR (Qld) Method Q114B |
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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, Method Q113A, MR (Qld) Method Q113B, MR (Qld) Method Q113C |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil sample preparation | Soils | Preparation of disturbed samples | Not applicable | ||
| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a truck |
AS 1141.3.1, MR (Qld) Method Q060 |
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| Soils | Not applicable | Site selection by spot sampling |
MR (Qld) Method Q061 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.2, MR (Qld) Method Q050 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.1, MR (Qld) Method Q050 |
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| 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 from an open-drive; Disturbed soil sampling in situ |
AS 1289.1.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q060 |
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Accreditation No.
2316
Site No.
2309
Print date
27 Aug 2026