ETS Geo Pty Ltd

Site

Cairns Laboratory

Accreditation No.

20026

Site No.

1826

Date of Accreditation

27 Apr 1984

Address

23 Knight Street
Cairns, QLD 4870
Australia

engineeringtesting.com.au

Contact

Mr Michael Ganza P: +61 (07) 40478600

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 Organic impurities Colour test

AS 1141.34
Clay and fine silt Settling

AS 1141.33
Weak particles contaminants Sieve analysis

AS 1141.32,
MR (Qld) Method Q217
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties Aggregates Shape Crushed faces

AS 1141.18,
MR (Qld) Method Q215
Particle density of coarse aggregate Weighing-in-water

AS 1141.6.1,
MR (Qld) Method Q214B
Particle size distribution Sieve analysis

AS 1141.11.1
Particle density of fine aggregate Weighing-in-water

AS 1141.5,
MR (Qld) Method Q214A
Shape Proportional calliper

AS 1141.14
Water absorption of fine aggregate Not applicable

AS 1141.5,
MR (Qld) Method Q214A
Particle size distribution Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm

AS 1141.12
Bulk density Uncompacted

AS 1141.4
Shape Flakiness

AS 1141.15, 

MR (Qld) Method Q201, MR (Qld) Method Q201 (2017)
Water absorption of coarse aggregate Not applicable

AS 1141.6.1,
MR (Qld) Method Q214B
Bulk density Compacted

AS 1141.4
Shape Average least dimension

AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.3,
MR (Qld) Method Q202
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, MR (Qld) Method Q205A, MR (Qld) Method Q205B, MR (Qld) Method Q205C
Aggregate crushing value Not applicable AS 1141.21
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
Slump flow Cone

AS 1012.3.1
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties Concrete, grout and mortar Compressive strength Cylinder

AS 1012.9
Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete Dimensions

AS 1012.12.1
Compressive strength Core

AS 1012.14
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 conditioning Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens

AS 1012.14
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement surfacing characteristics Road pavements Penetration depth Ball embedment

Austroads Method AG:PT/T251
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification Soils 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
Moisture content Relative moisture content MR (Qld) Method Q250
Liquid limit Cone one point

AS 1289.3.9.2, 

MR (Qld) Method Q104D, MR (Qld) Method Q104D (2017) 
Liquid limit Casagrande four point

AS 1289.3.1.1
Linear shrinkage Not applicable

AS 1289.3.4.1,
MR (Qld) Method Q106
Sieve analysis Not applicable

AS 1289.3.6.1,
MR (Qld) Method Q103A, MR (Qld) Method Q103B (2014)
Liquid limit Casagrande one point

AS 1289.3.1.2
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)
Moisture content Drying oven

AS 1289.2.1.1,
MR (Qld) Method Q102A (2016)
Liquid limit Cone four point

AS 1289.3.9.1, 

MR (Qld) Method Q104A, MR (Qld) Method Q104A (2017)
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)
Dry density/moisture content relationship Standard compactive effort

AS 1289.5.1.1, 

MR (Qld) Method Q142A, MR (Qld) Method Q142A (2017) 
Minimum and maximum dry density Not applicable

AS 1289.5.5.1
Dry density/moisture content relationship Rapid

MR (Qld) Method Q142C (2017)
Dry density/moisture content relationship Modified compactive effort

AS 1289.5.2.1,
MR (Qld) Method Q142B
Compaction to nominated levels Not applicable

MR (Qld) Method Q145A, MR (Qld) Method Q145A (2017)
Oversize material Oversize material treatment

MR (Qld) Method Q143, MR (Qld) Method Q143 (2017)
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 Sand-cone

AS 1289.5.3.1,
 MR (Qld) Method Q141B, MR (Qld) Method Q141B (2017)
Field moisture content Nuclear gauge

AS 1289.5.8.1,
MR (Qld) Method Q141A, MR (Qld) NGTM Method N02
Density index Not applicable

AS 1289.5.6.1
Characteristic field density values Not applicable

MR (Qld) Method Q020
Relative compaction Not applicable

MR (Qld) Method Q140A, MR (Qld) Method Q140A (2017)
Degree of saturation Not applicable

MR (Qld) Method Q146, MR (Qld) Method Q146 (2017)
Dry density ratio Calculation

AS 1289.5.4.1
Density - In-situ Nuclear gauge

AS 1289.5.8.1,
MR (Qld) Method Q141A, MR (Qld) NGTM Method N01, MR (Qld) NGTM Method N03
Compaction control Hilf

AS 1289.5.7.1
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, MR (Qld) Method Q114B (2017)
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)
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 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
Curing of moulded specimens Not applicable

MR (Qld) Method Q135B
Stabiliser rate of spread rate In-situ measurement

MR (Qld) Method Q719
Laboratory stabilisation of soil Cement; Lime stabilisation

MR (Qld) Method Q135A
Cement content Heat of neutralisation

MR (Qld) Method Q134, MR (Qld) Method Q134 (2017)
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,
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 sampling

AS 1289.1.4.1,
MR (Qld) Method Q050
Not applicable Site selection by spot sampling

MR (Qld) Method Q061
Not applicable Site selection - Random stratified sampling

AS 1289.1.4.2,
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 in-situ

AS 1289.1.2.1,
MR (Qld) Method Q060
Julia Creek Annex Facility

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Infrastructure and Asset Integrity

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Annex facility 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 Julia Creek Annex Facility, Site No 25947 is established from 16 May 2022 until 21 November 2023 for Flinders Hwy Rehabilitation CH 63.20 to 72.50, contract number CN 16501.
Mount Surprise Annex Facility

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Infrastructure and Asset Integrity

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Annex facility 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 The Mount Surprise Annex Facility, Site No. 25899, is established from 20 April 2022 until 6 May 2022 for the Pavement Rehabilitation Package 1, Kennedy Developmental Road 99A Gulf Developmental Road 92C project for Koppens Constructions (Contract No. CN17332)

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