National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Douglas Partners Pty Ltd
Site
Brisbane Laboratory
Accreditation No.
828
Site No.
1282
Date of Accreditation
13 Jan 1978
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 properties | Aggregates | Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.11.1 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.12 |
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| Water absorption of fine aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.5 |
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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| Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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| Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Particle density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.5.1 (2006) |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.2 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 |
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| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1; MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1; MR (Qld) Method Q106 |
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| Liquid limit | Cone one point |
MR (Qld) Method Q104D |
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| Plasticity index | Cone |
AS 1289.3.3.2; MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1; MR (Qld) Method Q103A |
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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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| Liquid limit | Cone four point |
AS 1289.3.9.1; MR (Qld) Method Q104A |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.5.1 |
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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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| 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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| 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 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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| Density - In-situ | Sand-cone |
AS 1289.5.3.1; MR (Qld) Method Q141B |
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| Relative compaction | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q140A |
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| Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1; MR (Qld) Method Q141A |
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| Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Density index | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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| Moisture ratio | Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Degree of saturation | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q146 |
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| Field moisture content | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1; MR (Qld) Method Q141A |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil fine particles | Soils | Fine particle analysis | Hydrometer |
AS 1289.3.6.3 |
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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; MR (Qld) Method Q113A; MR (Qld) Method Q113B; MR (Qld) Method Q113C |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil natural contaminants | Soils | Acidity | pH |
AS 1289.4.3.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289.1.1; MR (Qld) Methods Q101; MR (Qld) Method Q101A; MR (Qld) Method Q101B; MR (Qld) Method Q101C; MR (Qld) Method Q101D; MR (Qld) Method Q101E; MR (Qld) Method Q101F |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil reactivity | Soils | Reactivity | Shrink/swell |
AS 1289.7.1.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined |
MR (Qld) Method Q115 |
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| Sample preparation | UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Field mix; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Laboratory mix | MR (Qld) Method Q251A, MR (Qld) Method Q251B | |||
| Sample preparation | Cement stabilisation; Lime stabilisation |
MR (Qld) Method Q135A, MR (Qld) Method Q135B |
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| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile |
AS 1141.3.1 |
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| Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling in-situ |
AS 1289.1.2.1; MR (Qld) Method Q060 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
MR (Qld) Method Q050 |
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Accreditation No.
828
Site No.
1282
Print date
26 Jul 2024
