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 TfNSW TS 02799.51 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Shape | Proportional calliper | AS 1141.14 | |
Shape | Crushed faces; Flakiness | AS 1141.15, AS 1141.18, MR (Qld) Method Q201 | |||
Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm | AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12 | |||
Particle density of coarse aggregate; Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.5, AS 1141.6.1 | |||
Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
Water absorption of coarse aggregate; Water absorption of fine aggregate | Not applicable | AS 1141.5, AS 1141.6.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Degradation factor on coarse aggregate | AS 1141.25.2 MR (Qld) Method Q208B | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable | AS 1141.22 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar consistence in situ | Concrete, grout and mortar | Slump flow | Cone; J-ring; Stability of super workable concrete; T500 | AS 1012.3.1, AS 1012.3.5,MR (Qld) Method Q478 | |
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 | |
Compressive strength | Cube; Cylinder | AS 1012.9 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen manufacture and curing | Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory; Curing grout and mortar cube specimens in the laboratory; In situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens; In situ manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes | AS 1012.8.1, AS 1012.8.3 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement surfacing characteristics | Road pavements | Texture depth | Sand patch | Austroads Method AGPT/T250 | |
Penetration depth | Ball embedment | Austroads Method AGPT/T251 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Point load strength index | Not applicable | AS 4133.4.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | 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 | |
Sieve analysis; Weighted plasticity index | Fines ratio; Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q252, MR (Qld) Method Q253 | |||
Description, identification and classification | Not applicable | AS 1726 Tables 9 and 10 | Laboratory tests only | ||
Apparent particle density | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.5.1 | |||
Moisture content | Relative moisture content | MR (Qld) Method Q250 | |||
Plastic limit | Casagrande one point; Cone four point | AS 1289.3.2.1 MR (Qld) Method Q105 | |||
Linear shrinkage | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.4.1 MR (Qld) Method Q106 | |||
Moisture content | Correlation; Drying oven; Microwave oven | AS 1289.2.1.1, AS 1289.2.1.4, AS 1289.2.3.1 | |||
Plasticity index | Casagrande; Cone | AS 1289.3.3.1, AS 1289.3.3.2 MR (Qld) Method Q105 | |||
Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.6.1 MR (Qld) Method Q103A | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | 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 | |
Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.5.1 | |||
Compaction to nominated levels | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q145A | |||
Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.4.2 MR (Qld) Method Q144A | |||
Oversize material | Oversize material treatment | MR (Qld) Method Q143 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class | AS 1289.3.8.1, MR (Qld) Method Q168 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Density index | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.6.1 | |
Characteristic field density values | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q020 | |||
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 | |||
Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 | |||
Moisture ratio | Measured | AS 1289.5.4.1 MR (Qld) Method Q140A | |||
Degree of saturation | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q146 | |||
Dry density ratio | Calculation | AS 1289.5.4.1 MR (Qld) Method Q140A | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ penetration | Soils | Penetration in situ | Dynamic cone | AS 1289.6.3.2 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens | AS 1289.6.1.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil natural contaminants | Soils | Acidity | pH | AS 1289 4.3.1 | |
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 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil reactivity | Soils | Reactivity | Shrink/swell | AS 1289.7.1.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Sample preparation | Cement stabilisation; Lime stabilisation | MR (Qld) Method Q135A | |
Sample preparation | UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Field mix; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Laboratory mix | MR (Qld) Method Q251A, MR (Qld) Method Q251B | |||
Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | AS 5101.4 MR (Qld) Method Q115 | |||
Lime demand | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q133 | |||
Sample preparation | Preparation and compaction of soil | MR (Qld) Method Q251C | |||
Cement content | Heat of neutralisation | MR (Qld) Method Q134 | |||
Stabiliser working time | Cementitious stabilisation time | MR (Qld) Method Q136A | |||
Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | MR (Qld) Method Q135B | |||
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 | |
Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete | AS 1012.1 | ||
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 |
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Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
2624
Print date
07 Dec 2024