Soil Engineering Services - Cairns Laboratory

Site

Cairns Laboratory

Accreditation No.

19463

Site No.

22360

Date of Accreditation

Address

6/170-182 Mayers Street
Manunda, QLD 4870
Australia

soilengineeringservices.com

Contact

Mr David Hall P: +61 (07) 40536840

Availability

Services available to external clients

Scope of Accreditation

Withdrawn

Cairns Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Infrastructure and Asset Integrity

Withdrawn
Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties Aggregates Shape Average least dimension

AS 1141.20.3;  MR (Qld) Method Q202

Particle size distribution Sieve analysis

AS 1141.11.1

Particle size distribution Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm

AS 1141.12

Wet/dry strength variation Not applicable

AS 1141.22;  MR (Qld) Method Q205A;  MR (Qld) Method Q205B;  MR (Qld) Method Q205C

Shape Flakiness

AS 1141.15;  MR (Qld) Method Q201

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

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 Manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens in the laboratory

AS 1021.8.1

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification Soils Plastic limit Not applicable

AS 1289.3.2.1; MR (Qld) Method Q105

Moisture content Drying oven

AS 1289.2.1.1;  MR (Qld) Method Q102A (2016)

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

Plasticity index; Weighted plasticity index Casagrande; Cone

AS 1289.3.3.1; AS 1289.3.3.2; MR (Qld) Method Q105, MR (Qld) Method Q252

Sieve analysis Fines ratio; Not applicable

AS 1289.3.6.1; MR (Qld) Method Q103A, MR (Qld) Method Q103B (2014), MR (Qld) Method Q253

Linear shrinkage Not applicable

AS 1289.3.4.1; MR (Qld) Method Q106

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics Soils Oversize material Oversize material treatment

MR (Qld) Method Q143

Dry density/moisture content relationship Modified compactive effort

AS 1289.5.2.1;  MR (Qld) Method Q142B

Dry density/moisture content relationship Standard compactive effort

AS 1289.5.1.1;  MR (Qld) Method Q142A

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 engineering properties Soils Penetration in-situ Dynamic cone

AS 1289.6.3.2; MR (Qld) Method Q114B

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 field density Soils Field moisture content Nuclear gauge

AS 1289.5.8.1;  MR (Qld) Method Q141A

Dry density ratio Calculation

AS 1289.5.4.1;  MR (Qld) Method Q140A

Degree of saturation Not applicable

MR (Qld) Method Q146

Compaction control Hilf

AS 1289.5.7.1

Density - In-situ Sand-cone

AS 1289.5.3.1; MR (Qld) Method Q141B

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 stabilisation Soils Compressive strength Uniaxial unconfined

 MR (Qld) Method Q115

Laboratory stabilisation of soil Lime, cement and bitumen

 MR (Qld) Method Q135A;  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
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

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

AS 1012.1

Soils Not applicable Site selection - Random stratified sampling

AS 1289.1.4.2;  MR (Qld) Method Q050

Not applicable Site selection - Random sampling

AS 1289.1.4.1;  MR (Qld) Method Q050

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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