National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Construction Sciences Pty Ltd
Site
Brisbane North Laboratory
Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
2624
Date of Accreditation
02 May 1989
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 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification |
RMS (NSW) Method T276 MR (Qld) Method Q477 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Shape | Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14 |
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| Shape | Crushed faces; Flakiness |
AS 1141.15, AS 1141.18 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.11.1 |
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| Water absorption of fine aggregate |
AS 1141.5 |
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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| Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5 |
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| Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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| Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Degradation factor on coarse aggregate |
AS 1141.25.2 MR (Qld) Method Q208B |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable |
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 | J-ring; T500 | AS 1012.3.5 | |
| Slump flow | Cone |
AS 1012.3.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions |
AS 1012.12.1 |
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| Compressive strength | 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 and curing | In-situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens |
AS 1012.8.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Point load strength index | Not applicable |
AS 4133.4.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Plasticity index | Casagrande; Cone |
AS 1289.3.3.1, AS 1289.3.3.2 MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point; Cone four point; Cone one point |
AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2, AS 1289.3.9.1, AS 1289.3.9.2 MR (Qld) Method Q104A, MR (Qld) Method Q104D |
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| Sieve analysis; Weighted plasticity index | Fines ratio; Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q252, MR (Qld) Method Q253 | |||
| Apparent particle density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.5.1 |
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| Description, identification and classification | Not applicable |
AS 1726 Tables 9 and 10 |
Laboratory tests only |
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| Plastic limit | Casagrande one point; Cone four point |
AS 1289.3.2.1 MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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| Moisture content | Relative moisture content | MR (Qld) Method Q250 | |||
| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 MR (Qld) Method Q106 |
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| Moisture content | Correlation; Drying oven; Microwave oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1, AS 1289.2.1.4, AS 1289.2.3.1 |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 MR (Qld) Method Q103A |
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| 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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| Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.5.1 |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort; Rapid; Standard compactive effort; Three compaction point |
AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1 MR (Qld) Method Q142A, MR (Qld) Method Q142B |
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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 |
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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 | Nuclear gauge; Sand-cone |
AS 1289.5.3.1, AS 1289.5.8.1 MR (Qld) Method Q141A, MR (Qld) Method Q141B, MR (Qld) Method NGTM N01, MR (Qld) Method NGTM N02, MR (Qld) Method NGTM N03 |
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| Moisture ratio | Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 MR (Qld) Method Q140A |
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| Degree of saturation | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q146 |
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| Characteristic field density values | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q020 |
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| Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 MR (Qld) Method Q140A |
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| Density index | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) Method 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 | Sample preparation | UCS specimens - Field mix; UCS specimens - Laboratory mix | MR (Qld) Method Q251A, MR (Qld) Method Q251B | |
| Cement content | Heat of neutralisation |
MR (Qld) Method Q134 |
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| Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined |
MR (Qld) Method Q135B |
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| Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined |
AS 5101.4 MR (Qld) Method Q115 |
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| Lime demand | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q133 |
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| Sample preparation | Cement stabilisation; Lime stabilisation | MR (Qld) Method Q135A | |||
| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Site selection by spot sampling |
AS 1141.3.1 MR (Qld) Method Q061 |
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| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete |
AS 1012.1 |
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| Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling by hand auger; Disturbed soil sampling from a face; 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; Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling; Site selection by spot sampling; Undisturbed soil sampling by open-drive sampler; Undisturbed soil sampling by piston sampler; Undisturbed soil sampling by rotary core sampler |
AS 1289.1.2.1, AS 1289.1.3.1, AS 1289.1.4.1, AS 1289.1.4.2 MR (Qld) Method Q050, MR (Qld) Method Q060 |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
| Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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| Annex facility | 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 |
C2C Site Laboratory Annex Facility, Site No. 25377 is established from 30 October 2020 until 30 October 2023 for the CN-8801 Bruce Highway Cooroy to Curra Section D1 Project, Contract No. H112-00020 for Beilby BMD Joint Venture. |
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Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
2624
Print date
17 Sep 2021