National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Department of Transport and Main Roads
Site
Bulwer Island Laboratory – Materials Services – Brisbane
Accreditation No.
2302
Site No.
2295
Date of Accreditation
19 Jan 1988
Contact
Availability
Services conditionally 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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Suspended Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar chemical tests | Concrete, grout and mortar | Carbonation | Depth of carbonation | MR (Qld) Method Q485 | |
Corrosion depth in reinforcing bars contained in concrete cores | Titration | QTMR in-house procedure STM002 | |||
Suspended Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar permeability | Concrete, grout and mortar | Permeability | Volume change with water absorption - Permeable voids | AS 1012.21 | |
Suspended Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Compressive strength | Core | AS 1012.14 | |
Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions | AS 1012.12.1 | |||
Compressive strength | Cube; Cylinder | AS 1012.9 | |||
Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Water displacement | AS 1012.12.2, MR (Qld) Method Q473 | |||
Suspended Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen conditioning | Dry conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens | AS 1012.14 | |
Specimen conditioning | Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens | AS 1012.14 | |||
Specimen manufacture and curing | Manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes in the laboratory | AS 1012.8.3 | |||
Specimen manufacture and curing | Manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens in the laboratory | AS 1012.8.1 | |||
Suspended Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Masonry, concrete and clay unit properties | Masonry, concrete and clay units | Water absorption | Not applicable | AS/NZS 4058 Appendix F | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate abrasion | Aggregates | Abrasion resistance | Los Angeles machine value | AS 1141.23 | |
Abrasion resistance | Ball mill; Resistance to wear by attrition | MR (Qld) Method Q228, MR (Qld) Method Q229A, MR (Qld) Method Q229B | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate binder adhesion | Aggregates | Degree of precoating | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q216 | |
Resistance to stripping | Modified plate | MR (Qld) Method Q212B | |||
Resistance to stripping | Immersion tray | MR (Qld) Method Q212C | |||
Resistance to stripping | Plate test | AS 1141.50 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.32 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate polishing | Aggregates | Polished aggregate friction value | Pendulum friction test; Vertical wheel | AS 1141.40, AS 1141.42, MR (Qld) Method Q203 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm | AS 1141.12 | |
Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.11.1 | |||
Shape | Proportional calliper | AS 1141.14 | |||
Shape | Average least dimension | AS 1141.20.3 | |||
Shape | Flakiness | AS 1141.15, MR (Qld) Method Q201 | |||
Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.5 | |||
Shape | Crushed faces | AS 1141.18 | |||
Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Not applicable | 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 | |
Soundness | Methylene blue value | AS 1141.66 | |||
Soundness | Exposure to sodium sulfate solution | AS 1141.24 | |||
Soundness | Accelerated soundness index | AS 1141.29 | |||
Soundness | Degradation factor on source rock | AS 1141.25.1 | |||
Soundness | Degradation factor on fine aggregate | AS 1141.25.3 | |||
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 - Asphalt adhesion and stripping | Asphalts | Binder paste drain-off | Not applicable | Austroads Method AGPT/T235 | |
Degree of particle coating | Not applicable | AS/NZS 2891.11 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt extraction and grading | Asphalts | Bitumen content and aggregate grading | Reflux | AS/NZS 2891.3.1, MR (Qld) Method Q308A, MR (Qld) Method Q308C | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt field density | Asphalts | Characteristic values | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q020 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt filler | Asphalts | Voids in dry compacted filler | Not applicable | AS 1141.17 | |
Apparent particle density of filler | Not applicable | AS/NZS 1141.7 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt mechanical properties | Asphalts | Marshall stability and flow | Not applicable | AS/NZS 2891.5, MR (Qld) Method Q305 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt mix design | Asphalts | Mix composition | Marshall method | MR (Qld) Method Q309 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt performance | Asphalts | Permeability | Ponding | MR (Qld) Method Q304A, MR (Qld) Method Q304B | |
Deformation resistance | Wheel tracking machine | Austroads Method AGPT/T231 | |||
Abrasion loss | Abrasion | Austroads Method AGPT/T236 | |||
Stripping potential | Tensile strength ratio | Austroads Method AGPT/T232 | |||
Fatigue life | Flexural bending | Austroads Method AGPT/T274 | |||
Resilient modulus | Indirect tensile | AS/NZS 2891.13.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt specimen manufacture | Asphalts | Specimen compaction | Gyratory compaction | AS/NZS 2891.2.2 | |
Specimen conditioning | Handling and conditioning | AS/NZS 2891.1.1, AS/NZS 2891.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q303A, MR (Qld) Method Q303B | |||
Specimen compaction | Compaction of asphalt slabs | Austroads Method AGPT/T220 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt volumetric properties | Asphalts | Bulk density | Mensuration; Presaturation; Silicone sealing; Waxing | AS/NZS 2891.9.1, AS/NZS 2891.9.2, AS/NZS 2891.9.3, MR (Qld) Method Q306C | |
Maximum density | Water displacement | AS/NZS 2891.7.1 | |||
Binder film thickness | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q317 | |||
Fixed and free binder | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q321 | |||
Voids and density relationship | Not applicable | AS/NZS 2891.8, MR (Qld) Method Q311 | |||
Mix volume ratio density | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q318 | |||
Sample preparation | Vacuum drying | MR (Qld) Method Q324 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Point load strength index | In-situ measurement; Laboratory measurement | 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 strain rate controlled | AS 4133.4.2.2 | |
Compressive strength | Uniaxial load rate controlled | AS 4133.4.2.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Plastic limit | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q105 | |
Weighted plasticity index | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q252 | |||
Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.6.1, MR (Qld) Method Q103A | |||
Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 1289.2.1.1 | |||
Plasticity index | Casagrande; Cone | AS 1289.3.3.1, AS 1289.3.3.2, MR (Qld) Method Q105 | |||
Sieve analysis | Fines ratio | 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 Q104D | |||
Linear shrinkage | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.4.1, MR (Qld) Method Q106 | |||
Particle density | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.5.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort | 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 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class | AS 1289.3.8.1 | |
Dispersion | Emerson class; Field dispersion indicator - Clouding; Field dispersion indicator - Slaking | MR (Qld) Method Q168 MR (Qld) Method Q161, MR (Qld) Method Q162 | |||
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 | Deformation of granular materials; Resilient modulus | Permanent deformation | MR (Qld) Method Q137, MR (Qld) Method Q139 | |
Deformation of granular materials | Wheel tracking machine | MR (Qld) Method Q149 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil natural contaminants | Soils | Soluble sulfate | Acid extraction | AS 1289.4.2.1 | |
Organic matter | Loss on ignition (LOI) | MR (Qld) Method Q120B | |||
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, MR (Qld) Method Q101G, MR (Qld) Method Q101H, MR (Qld) Method Q101J, MR (Qld) Method Q255 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil sample preparation | Soils | Preparation of wheel tracker specimens | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q148 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Compaction | Vacuum saturation | MR (Qld) Method Q147B | |
Bitumen content | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q118 | |||
Absorption, swell and capillary rise of compacted materials | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q125D | |||
Lime content; Stabiliser calcium oxide content | Classical | AS 4489.6.1 | |||
Sample preparation | Foamed bitumen stabilisation - Field; Foamed bitumen stabilisation - Laboratory | MR (Qld) Method Q138A, MR (Qld) Method Q138B, MR (Qld) Method 254A | |||
Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | MR (Qld) Method Q115 | |||
Sample preparation | Preparation and compaction of soil; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Field mix; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Laboratory mix | MR (Qld) Method Q251A, MR (Qld) Method Q251B, MR (Qld) Method Q251C | |||
Stabiliser working time | Bituminous stabilisation time; Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q136A, MR (Qld) Method Q136B | |||
Lime demand | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q133 | |||
Curing of moulded specimens; Sample preparation | Cement stabilisation; Foamed bitumen stabilisation; Lime stabilisation | MR (Qld) Method Q135A, MR (Qld) Method Q135B, MR (Qld) Method Q254B | |||
Sample collection | Soils | Not applicable | Site selection by spot sampling | MR (Qld) Method Q061 |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Materials
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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Analysis of bituminous materials - Composition | Bituminous materials | Non-aqueous volatiles | Calculation by difference | AS/NZS 2341.24 | |
Toluene insoluble matter | Not applicable | AS/NZS 2341.8 | |||
Water content | Dean and Stark | AS 2341.9 | |||
Cutter content | Modified Dean and Stark | MR (Qld) Method Q372 | |||
Residue on evaporation | Not applicable | AS/NZS 2341.23 | |||
Rubber content | Not applicable | Austroads Method AGPT/T142 | |||
Analysis of bituminous materials - Properties | Bituminous materials | Consistency; Stiffness | Not applicable | Austroads Method AGPT/T121 | |
Viscosity | Brookfield viscometer; Dynamic - Capillary tube | AS/NZS 2341.2, AS/NZS 2341.4, Austroads Method ATM-111 | |||
Segregation of bituminous materials | Not applicable | Austroads Method AGPT/T108 | |||
Sedimentation | Not applicable | AS/NZS 2341.27 | |||
Penetration of bitumen | Not applicable | AS 2341.12 | |||
Particle charge | Not applicable | AS/NZS 2341.22 | |||
Consistency of bitumen emulsion | Derived Engler calculation | AS 2341.25 | |||
Torsional recovery | Not applicable | Austroads Method ATM-122 | |||
Softening point | Ring and ball | AS 2341.18, Austroads Method AGPT/T131 | |||
Rolling thin film oven (RTFO) | Effect of heat and air on a moving film of bitumen | AS/NZS 2341.10, Austroads Method ATM-103 | |||
pH of bituminous emulsions | Classical | AS 2341.32 | |||
Sample handling and conditioning | Not applicable | Austroads Method ATM-102 | |||
Sieve residue | Sieve analysis | AS/NZS 2341.26 | |||
Density | Density bottle | AS 2341.7, MR (Qld) Method Q374 | |||
Stress ratio | Dynamic shear rheometer | Austroads Method AGPT/T125 | |||
Breaking behaviour | Setting time | AS 2341.29 |
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 - Rock properties | Rocks | Point load strength index | In-situ measurement; Laboratory measurement | AS 4133.4.1 |
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Accreditation No.
2302
Site No.
2295
Print date
10 Sep 2024