Construction Sciences Pty Ltd

Site

Brisbane South Laboratory

Accreditation No.

1986

Site No.

1979

Date of Accreditation

14 Nov 1985

Address

57 Mudgee Street
Kingston, QLD 4114
Australia

constructionsciences.net

Contact

Mr Christopher Pearce P: +61 (07) 38653212

Availability

Services available to external clients

Construction Sciences Pty Ltd address map

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Brisbane South Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Infrastructure and Asset Integrity

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
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 Organic impurities Colour test

AS 1141.34

Weak particles contaminants Sieve analysis

AS 1141.32


Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties Aggregates Shape Average least dimension; Crushed faces; Flakiness; Proportional calliper

AS 1141.14, AS 1141.15, AS 1141.18, AS 1141.20.3

MR (Qld) Method Q201

Particle size distribution Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm

AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12

Water absorption of fine aggregate Not applicable

AS 1141.5


Particle density of coarse aggregate Weighing-in-water

AS 1141.6.1


Water absorption of coarse aggregate Not applicable

AS 1141.6.1


Bulk density Compacted; Uncompacted

AS 1141.4


Particle density of fine aggregate Weighing-in-water

AS 1141.5


Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness Aggregates Soundness Degradation factor on coarse aggregate; Degradation factor on source rock

AS 1141.25.1, 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


Aggregate crushing value Not applicable

AS 1141.21

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar consistence in situ Concrete, grout and mortar Slump flow Stability of super workable concrete MR (Qld) Method Q478
Slump flow Cone

AS 1012.3.1

Slump flow J-ring; T500 AS 1012.3.5
Compactibility index Not applicable

AS 1012.3.4

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar deformation Concrete, grout and mortar Modulus of elasticity Poisson's ratio; Static chord modulus

AS 1012.17

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar permeability Concrete, grout and mortar Permeability Water retention MR (Qld) Method Q479
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties Concrete, grout and mortar Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete Dimensions; Water displacement

AS 1012.12.1, AS 1012.12.2

Indirect tensile strength Brazil

AS 1012.10

Air content of freshly mixed concrete Increased air pressure

AS 1012.4.1

Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete In situ measurement using fixed volume measure

AS 1012.5

Flexural strength Modulus of rupture

AS 1012.11

Compressive strength Core; Cube; Cylinder

AS 1012.9, AS 1012.14

RMS (NSW) Method T375

TfNSW TS 02800.49

Bleeding In situ analysis - Freshly mixed concrete

AS 1012.6

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar shrinkage Concrete, grout and mortar Drying shrinkage specimen measurement Not applicable AS 1012.13

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing Concrete, grout and mortar Specimen conditioning Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens

AS 1012.14

Specimen manufacture Mixing concrete in the laboratory AS 1012.2
Specimen manufacture and curing In situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens; In situ manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens; In situ manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes

AS 1012.8.1, AS 1012.8.2, AS 1012.8.3, AS 1012.8.4

RMS (NSW) Method T375

TfNSW TS 02800.49

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties Rocks Point load strength index Not applicable

AS 4133.4.1

Moisture content Drying oven

AS 4133.1.1.1

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock strength and deformation Rocks Compressive strength Uniaxial load rate controlled; Uniaxial strain rate controlled AS 4133.4.2.1, AS 4133.4.2.2
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification Soils Plastic limit Not applicable

AS 1289.3.2.1

MR (Qld) Method Q105

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

Linear shrinkage Not applicable

AS 1289.3.4.1

MR (Qld) Method Q106

Sieve analysis; Weighted plasticity index Fines ratio; Not applicable MR (Qld) Method Q252, MR (Qld) Method Q253
Plasticity index Casagrande; Cone

AS 1289.3.3.1, AS 1289.3.3.2

MR (Qld) Method Q105

Moisture content Correlation; Drying oven; Microwave oven

AS 1289.2.1.1, AS 1289.2.1.4, AS 1289.2.3.1

RMS (NSW) Method T120

TfNSW TS 02795.14
Sieve analysis Not applicable

AS 1289.3.6.1

MR (Qld) Method Q103A

Apparent particle density Not applicable

AS 1289.3.5.1

Moisture content Relative moisture content MR (Qld) Method Q250
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics Soils Minimum and maximum dry density Not applicable

AS 1289.5.5.1

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

Compaction to nominated levels Not applicable

MR (Qld) Method Q145A

Oversize material Oversize material treatment

MR (Qld) Method Q143

Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) Not applicable

AS 1289.5.4.2

MR (Qld) Method Q144A

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion Soils Dispersion Emerson class; Percentage (%)

AS 1289.3.8.1, 

AS 1289.3.8.2,

MR (Qld) Method Q168
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density Soils Compaction control Hilf

AS 1289.5.7.1

Dry density ratio Calculation

AS 1289.5.4.1

MR (Qld) Method Q140A

Moisture ratio Measured

AS 1289.5.4.1

MR (Qld) Method Q140A

Degree of saturation Not applicable

MR (Qld) Method Q146

Density index Not applicable

AS 1289.5.6.1

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

Characteristic field density values Not applicable

MR (Qld) Method Q020

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil fine particles Soils Fine particle analysis Hydrometer

AS 1289.3.6.3

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ penetration Soils Penetration depth Ball embedment AGPT/T251
Penetration in situ Dynamic cone

AS 1289.6.3.2
MR (Qld) Method Q114B

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ strength Soils Surface modulus Light weight deflectometer (LWD) ASTM E2835, MR (Qld) Method Q258A.
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

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil modulus and deformation Soils Resilient modulus Permanent deformation MR (Qld) Method Q139, Austroads Method AGPT/T305
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 Q101G, MR (Qld) Method Q101H, MR (Qld) Method Q101J, MR (Qld) Method Q255

RMS (NSW) Method T105;TfNSW T105;

TfNSW TS 02795.01

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 Laboratory stabilisation of soil Cement; Lime stabilisation

AS 5101.2.2

MR (Qld) Method Q135A

Compressive strength Uniaxial unconfined

MR (Qld) Method Q135B

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

RMS (NSW) Method T144

TfNSW TS 02797.02

Stabiliser working time Bituminous stabilisation time MR (Qld) Method Q136B
Laboratory stabilisation of soil Foamed bitumen Austroads Method AGPT/T301, Austroads Method AGPT/T302, Austroads Method AGPT/T303
Compaction Vacuum saturation MR (Qld) Method Q147B
Sample preparation Foamed bitumen stabilisation - Field; Foamed bitumen stabilisation - Laboratory MR (Qld) Method Q138A, MR (Qld) Method Q138B, MR (Qld) Method Q254A
Curing of moulded specimens Not applicable MR (Qld) Method Q254B
Cement content Heat of neutralisation

MR (Qld) Method Q134

Stabiliser working time Not applicable

MR (Qld) Method Q136A

Stabiliser rate of spread rate In situ measurement

MR (Qld) Method Q719

Absorption, swell and capillary rise of compacted materials Not applicable

AS 5101.5

MR (Qld) Method Q125D

Sample collection Aggregates Not applicable Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a truck; Site selection by spot sampling

AS 1141.3.1

MR (Qld) Method Q060, MR (Qld) Method Q061

Concrete, grout and mortar Not applicable Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete; Hardened concrete by coring

AS 1012.1, AS 1012.14

RMS (NSW) Method T375

TfNSW TS 02800.49

Soils Not applicable Disturbed sampling from earthwork; 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

AS 1289.1.2.1, AS 1289.1.4.2

MR (Qld) Method Q050, MR (Qld) Method Q061

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