National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
QCTS Cannonvale
Site
Cannonvale Laboratory
Accreditation No.
20781
Site No.
24937
Date of Accreditation
09 Jun 2021
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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| 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 | Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12 |
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate; Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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| Particle density of fine aggregate; Water absorption of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5 |
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| Shape | Crushed faces |
AS 1141.18 |
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| Shape | Average least dimension; Flakiness |
AS 1141.15, AS 1141.20.1, MR (Qld) Method Q201 |
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| Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
| Shape | Flakiness; Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Degradation factor on coarse aggregate; Degradation factor on fine aggregate; Degradation factor on source rock |
AS 1141.25.1, 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 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Sieve analysis | Fines ratio |
AS 1289.3.6.1, MR (Qld) Method Q103A, MR (Qld) Method Q253 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven; Relative moisture content |
AS 1289.2.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q250 |
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| Cone plasticity index; Liquid limit; Plastic limit; Plasticity index; Weighted plasticity index | Casagrande; Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point; Cone; Cone four point; Cone one point |
AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2, AS 1289.3.2.1, AS 1289.3.3.1, AS 1289.3.3.2, AS 1289 3.9.1, AS 1289.3.9.2, MR (Qld) Method Q104A, MR (Qld) Method Q104D, MR (Qld) Method Q105, MR (Qld) Method Q252 |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1, MR (Qld) Method Q106 |
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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); Dry density/moisture content relationship; Oversize material | Modified compactive effort; Oversize material treatment; Rapid; Standard compactive effort; Three compaction point |
AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1, AS 1289.5.4.2, MR (Qld) Method Q142A, MR (Qld) Method Q142B, MR (Qld) Method Q143, MR (Qld) Method Q144A |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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| 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 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined |
MR (Qld) Method Q115 |
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| Stabiliser working time | Cementitious stabilisation time | MR (Qld) Method Q136A | |||
| Cement content | Heat of neutralisation |
MR (Qld) Method Q134 |
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| Sample preparation | Cement stabilisation; Lime stabilisation; Modified compaction - UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens; Standard compaction - UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Field mix; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Laboratory mix | MR (Qld) Method Q135A, MR (Qld) Method Q135B, MR (Qld) Method Q251A, MR (Qld) Method Q251B | |||
| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a bin; Aggregate from a conveyor belt; Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a truck; Aggregate from a windrow; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement |
AS 1141.3.1 |
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| Soils | 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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| Not applicable | Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Site selection by spot sampling |
AS 1289.1.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q060, MR (Qld) Method Q061 |
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Accreditation No.
20781
Site No.
24937
Print date
17 May 2022