National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Bryce Geotechnical Services Pty Ltd
Scope of Accreditation
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
| Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate binder adhesion | Aggregates | Degree of precoating | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q216 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Clay and fine silt; Organic impurities; Weak particles contaminants | Colour test; Settling; Sieve analysis | AS 1141.32, AS 1141.33, AS 1141.34 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Bulk density; Particle density of fine aggregate; Water absorption of fine aggregate | Compacted; Uncompacted; Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.4, AS 1141.5 |
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| Shape | Average least dimension |
AS 1141.20.3 |
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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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| Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.6.1 | |||
| Shape | Proportional calliper | AS 1141.14 | |||
| Shape | Crushed faces; Flakiness |
AS 1141.15, AS 1141.18, MR (Qld) Method Q201 |
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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 | |
| 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 | 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 | Compressive strength | Cylinder |
AS 1012.9 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions |
AS 1012.12.1 |
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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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| Specimen manufacture and curing | Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory |
AS 1012.8.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.6.1, MR (Qld) Method Q103A | |
| 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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| Sieve analysis; Weighted plasticity index | Fines ratio | MR (Qld) Method Q252, MR (Qld) Method Q253 | |||
| Liquid limit | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2 |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande; Cone |
AS 1289.3.3.1, AS 1289.3.3.2, MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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| Moisture content | Correlation; Drying oven; Microwave oven; Relative moisture content |
AS 1289.2.1.1, AS 1289.2.1.4, AS 1289.2.3.1 MR (Qld) Method Q250 |
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| Liquid limit | Cone |
AS 1289.3.9.1, AS 1289.3.9.2, MR (Qld) Method Q104A, MR (Qld) Method Q104D |
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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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| Oversize material | Oversize material treatment |
MR (Qld) Method Q143 |
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| Compaction to nominated levels | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q145A | |||
| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q142A |
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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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| 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 | Characteristic field density values | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q020 |
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| Relative compaction | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q140A |
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| Density - In situ | Sand-cone |
AS 1289.5.3.1, MR (Qld) Method Q141B |
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| Density index | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.6.1 | |||
| Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio | Calculation | AS 1289.5.4.1 | |||
| Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 | |||
| Density - In situ; Moisture - In situ | Nuclear gauge | AS 1289.5.8.1 | |||
| 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 Q113C | |
| 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 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | MR (Qld) Method Q115 | |
| Curing of moulded specimens; Sample preparation | Cement stabilisation; Lime stabilisation; Modified compaction - UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens; Standard compaction - UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Field mix; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Laboratory mix |
MR (Qld) Method Q135A, MR (Qld) Method Q135B, MR (Qld) Method Q251A, MR (Qld) Method Q251B |
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| Cement content | Heat of neutralisation | MR (Qld) Method Q134 | |||
| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a stockpile |
AS 1141.3.1 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection by spot sampling |
MR (Qld) Method Q061 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.2, MR (Qld) Method Q050 |
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| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from deposited concrete |
AS 1012.1 |
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| Soils | Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.1, AS 1289.1.4.2, MR (Qld) Method Q050 |
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| 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 |
AS 1289.1.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q060 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection by spot sampling |
MR (Qld) Method Q061 |
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Accreditation No.
21013
Site No.
25262
Print date
25 Aug 2026