National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
ETS Geo Pty Ltd
Site
Cairns Laboratory
Accreditation No.
20026
Site No.
1826
Date of Accreditation
27 Apr 1984
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 | 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 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Organic impurities | Colour test |
AS 1141.34 |
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| Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33 |
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| Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32, |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Shape | Crushed faces |
AS 1141.18, |
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1, |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.11.1 |
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| Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5, |
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| Shape | Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14 |
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| Water absorption of fine aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.5, |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.12 |
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| Bulk density | Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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| Shape | Flakiness |
AS 1141.15, MR (Qld) Method Q201, MR (Qld) Method Q201 (2017) |
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| Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.6.1, |
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| Bulk density | Compacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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| Shape | Average least dimension |
AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.3, |
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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 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable |
AS 1141.22, MR (Qld) Method Q205A, MR (Qld) Method Q205B, MR (Qld) Method Q205C |
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| Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable |
AS 1141.21 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar consistence in-situ | Concrete, grout and mortar | Compactibility index | Not applicable |
AS 1012.3.4 |
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| 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 | Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions |
AS 1012.12.1 |
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| Compressive strength | Core |
AS 1012.14 |
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| Compressive strength | Cylinder |
AS 1012.9 |
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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 | Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory; In-situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens |
AS 1012.8.1 |
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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 |
Austroads Method AG:PT/T251 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Liquid limit | Cone four point |
AS 1289.3.9.1, MR (Qld) Method Q104A, MR (Qld) Method Q104A (2017) |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1, |
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| Plastic limit; Plasticity index; Weighted plasticity index | Casagrande; Cone |
AS 1289.3.2.1, AS 1289.3.3.1, AS 1289.3.3.2 MR (Qld) Method Q105, MR (Qld) Method Q105 (2016), MR (Qld) Method Q252 |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1, |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.2 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point |
AS 1289.3.1.1 |
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| Liquid limit | Cone one point |
AS 1289.3.9.2, MR (Qld) Method Q104D, MR (Qld) Method Q104D (2017) |
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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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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1, |
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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, 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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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q142A, MR (Qld) Method Q142A (2017) |
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| Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.5.1 |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.2.1, |
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| Compaction to nominated levels | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q145A, MR (Qld) Method Q145A (2017) |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Rapid |
MR (Qld) Method Q142C (2017) |
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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 | Density index | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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| Field moisture content | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1, |
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| Relative compaction | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q140A, MR (Qld) Method Q140A (2017) |
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| Density - In-situ | Sand-cone |
AS 1289.5.3.1, |
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| Characteristic field density values | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q020 |
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| Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1, |
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| Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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| Degree of saturation | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q146, MR (Qld) Method Q146 (2017) |
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| Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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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, MR (Qld) Method Q114B, MR (Qld) Method Q114B (2017) |
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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, MR (Qld) Method Q113A, MR (Qld) Method Q113B, MR (Qld) Method Q113C, MR (Qld) Method Q113A (2017), MR (Qld) Method Q113C (2017) |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289.1.1, |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Compressive strength; Sample preparation | UCS specimens - Field mix; UCS specimens - Laboratory mix; Uniaxial unconfined |
MR (Qld) Method Q115, MR (Qld) Method Q115 (2017), MR (Qld) Method Q251A, MR (Qld) Method Q251B |
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| Stabiliser rate of spread rate | In-situ measurement |
MR (Qld) Method Q719 |
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| Laboratory stabilisation of soil | Cement; Lime stabilisation |
MR (Qld) Method Q135A |
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| Cement content | Heat of neutralisation |
MR (Qld) Method Q134, MR (Qld) Method Q134 (2017) |
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| Curing of moulded specimens | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q135B |
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| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a bin; Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a truck |
AS 1141.3.1, |
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| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete |
AS 1012.1 |
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| Soils | Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.2, |
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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 in-situ |
AS 1289.1.2.1, |
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| Not applicable | Site selection by spot sampling |
MR (Qld) Method Q061 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.1, |
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Accreditation No.
20026
Site No.
1826
Print date
23 Sep 2021