Construction Sciences Pty Ltd

Site

Cairns Laboratory

Accreditation No.

1986

Site No.

11512

Date of Accreditation

15 Jan 1996

Address

3/5 Commercial Place
Earlville, QLD 4870
Australia

constructionsciences.net

Contact

Mr Peter Gode P: +61 (07) 40338715

Availability

Services available to external clients

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Cairns 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 Techniques defined by all or some for which the site is accredited
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 Weak particles contaminants Sieve analysis

AS 1141.32
Clay and fine silt Settling

AS 1141.33
Organic impurities Colour test

AS 1141.34
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties Aggregates Bulk density Compacted; Uncompacted

AS 1141.4
Particle density of coarse aggregate; Particle density of fine aggregate Weighing-in-water

AS 1141.5, AS 1141.6.1
Shape Flakiness

AS 1141.15

MR (Qld) Method Q201
Water absorption of coarse aggregate; Water absorption of fine aggregate Not applicable

AS 1141.5, AS 1141.6.1
Shape Crushed faces

AS 1141.18
Shape Proportional calliper

AS 1141.14
Shape Average least dimension

AS 1141.20.3
Particle size distribution Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm

AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12
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
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar consistence in-situ Concrete, grout and mortar Slump flow Cone; J-ring; T500

AS 1012.3.1, AS 1012.3.5
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
Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete In-situ measurement using fixed volume measure

AS 1012.5
Compressive strength Core; Cylinder

AS 1012.9, AS 1012.14
Air content of freshly mixed concrete Increased air pressure

AS 1012.4.1
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing Concrete, grout and mortar Specimen manufacture and curing Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory; In-situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens

AS 1012.8.1
Specimen manufacture and curing Curing flexural strength specimens in the laboratory; In-situ manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens

AS 1012.8.2
Specimen manufacture and curing In-situ manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens

AS 1012.8.4
Specimen manufacture and curing Curing grout and mortar cube specimens in the laboratory; In-situ manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes

AS 1012.8.3
Specimen conditioning Dry conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens; Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens

AS 1012.14
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement surfacing characteristics Road pavements Texture depth Sand patch Austroads Method AGPT/T250
Penetration depth Ball embedment

Austroads Method AGPT/T251
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification Soils Moisture content Drying oven

AS 1289.2.1.1
Plasticity index Casagrande; Cone

AS 1289.3.3.1, AS 1289.3.3.2
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 Q104D
Moisture content Relative moisture content MR (Qld) Method Q250
Linear shrinkage Not applicable

AS 1289.3.4.1

MR (Qld) Method Q106
Plastic limit Not applicable

AS 1289.3.2.1

MR (Qld) Method Q105
Sieve analysis Not applicable

AS 1289.3.6.1

MR (Qld) Method Q103A
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; 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
Minimum and maximum dry density Not applicable

AS 1289.5.5.1
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

AS 1289.3.8.1
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density Soils Density - In-situ; Moisture - In-situ Nuclear gauge

AS 1289.5.8.1, MR (Qld) Method Q141A, MR (Qld) NGTM Method N01, MR (Qld) NGTM Method N02, MR (Qld) NGTM Method N03
Degree of saturation Not applicable

MR (Qld) Method Q146
Density - In-situ Sand-cone

AS 1289.5.3.1

MR (Qld) Method Q141B
Compaction control Hilf

AS 1289.5.7.1
Characteristic field density values Not applicable

MR (Qld) Method Q020
Density index Not applicable

AS 1289.5.6.1
Relative compaction Not applicable

 MR (Qld) Method Q140A
Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio Measured

AS 1289.5.4.1
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in-situ penetration Soils Penetration in-situ Dynamic cone

AS 1289.6.3.2
MR (Qld) Method Q114B
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
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation Soils Sample preparation UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Field mix; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Laboratory mix MR (Qld) Method Q251A, MR (Qld) Method Q251B
Cement content Heat of neutralisation

 MR (Qld) Method Q134
Curing of moulded specimens Not applicable

MR (Qld) Method Q135B
Compressive strength Uniaxial unconfined

 MR (Qld) Method Q115
Laboratory stabilisation of soil Cement; Lime stabilisation

MR (Qld) Method Q135A
Sample collection Aggregates Not applicable Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile

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 Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling in-situ

AS 1289.1.2.1
Not applicable Site selection by spot sampling

 MR (Qld) Method Q061
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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