National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Construction Sciences Pty Ltd
Site
Brisbane South Laboratory
Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
1979
Date of Accreditation
14 Nov 1985
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 | Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32 |
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| Organic impurities | Colour test |
AS 1141.34 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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| 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 |
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| Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Not applicable |
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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| Water absorption of fine aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.5 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12 |
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| 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 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable |
AS 1141.21 |
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| 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 | Cone |
AS 1012.3.1 |
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| Compactibility index | Not applicable |
AS 1012.3.4 |
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| Slump flow | J-ring; T500 | AS 1012.3.5 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Compressive strength | Core; Cube; Cylinder |
AS 1012.9, AS 1012.14 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions; Water displacement |
AS 1012.12.1, AS 1012.12.2 |
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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; In-situ manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens |
AS 1012.8.1, AS 1012.8.2 |
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| Specimen conditioning | Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens |
AS 1012.14 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement surfacing characteristics | Road pavements | Penetration depth | Ball embedment |
AGPT/T251 |
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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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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 4133.1.1.1 |
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| Compressive strength | Uniaxial load rate controlled; Uniaxial strain rate controlled |
AS 4133.4.2.1, AS 4133.4.2.2 |
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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, MR (Qld) Method Q106 (2016) |
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| Sieve analysis; Weighted plasticity index | Fines ratio; Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q252, MR (Qld) Method Q253 | |||
| 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 Q104A (2017), MR (Qld) Method Q104D, MR (Qld) Method Q104D (2017) |
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| Moisture content | Relative moisture content | MR (Qld) Method Q250 | |||
| 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 |
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| Apparent particle density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.5.1 MR (Qld) Method Q109 (2017), MR (Qld) Method Q109A (2017), MR (Qld) Method Q109B (2017) |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande; Cone |
AS 1289.3.3.1, AS 1289.3.3.2 MR (Qld) Method Q105, MR (Qld) Method Q105 (2016) |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 MR (Qld) Method Q103A, MR (Qld) Method Q103A (2017), MR (Qld) Method Q103B (2014) |
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| Plastic limit | Casagrande one point; Cone four point |
AS 1289.3.2.1 MR (Qld) Method Q105, MR (Qld) Method Q105 (2016) |
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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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| Compaction to nominated levels | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q145A |
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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 Q142A (2017), MR (Qld) Method Q142B, MR (Qld) Method Q142B (2017) |
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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, MR (Qld) Method Q144A (2017) |
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| Oversize material | Oversize material treatment |
MR (Qld) Method Q143, MR (Qld) Method Q143 (2017) |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class; Percentage (%) |
AS 1289.3.8.1, AS 1289.3.8.1 (2006), AS 1289.3.8.2 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 MR (Qld) Method Q140A |
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| Moisture ratio | Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 MR (Qld) Method Q140A |
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| Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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| Characteristic field density values | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q020 |
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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 Q141A (2014), MR (Qld) Method Q141B, MR (Qld) Method Q141B (2017), MR (Qld) Method NGTM N01, MR (Qld) Method NGTM N02, MR (Qld) Method NGTM N03 |
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| Degree of saturation | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q146 |
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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 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 |
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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 RMS (NSW) Method T105;TfNSW T105; |
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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 | Stabiliser rate of spread rate | In-situ measurement |
MR (Qld) Method Q719 |
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| Sample preparation | UCS specimens - Field mix; UCS specimens - Laboratory mix | MR (Qld) Method Q251A, MR (Qld) Method Q251B | |||
| Stabiliser working time | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q136A |
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| Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined |
AS 5101.4 MR (Qld) Method Q115, MR (Qld) Method Q115 (2017) |
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| Lime demand | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q133 RMS (NSW) Method T144 |
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| Cement content | Heat of neutralisation |
MR (Qld) Method Q134 |
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| Absorption, swell and capillary rise of compacted materials | Not applicable |
AS 5101.5 MR (Qld) Method Q125D |
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| Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined |
MR (Qld) Method Q135B |
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| Laboratory stabilisation of soil | Cement; Lime stabilisation |
AS 5101.2.2 MR (Qld) Method Q135A |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
1979
Print date
18 Sep 2021