
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Mawsons
Site
Central Laboratory Echuca
Accreditation No.
19813
Site No.
23119
Date of Accreditation
03 May 2016
Contact
Availability
Services conditionally 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 abrasion | Aggregates | Abrasion resistance | Los Angeles machine value; Resistance to wear by attrition | AS 1141.23, AS 1141.27, RMS (NSW) Method T204 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Coarse aggregate quality | Visual comparison |
AS 1141.30.1 RC (Vic) Method 372.01 |
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Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32 |
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Foreign material in recycled aggregate; Organic impurities; Sugar | Colour test; Fehlings solution; Manual classification | AS 1141.34, AS 1141.35, RC (Vic) Method 372.04 | |||
Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle size distribution | Fine particles in road materials; Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12 RMS (NSW) Method T107;TfNSW T107;, RMS (NSW) Method T201, RMS (NSW) Method T203 RC (Vic) Method 375.11, RC (Vic) Method 375.12 |
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Sample preparation | Untreated bulk samples |
RC (Vic) Method 301.01 |
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Particle density of coarse aggregate; Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.5, AS 1141.6.1, RMS (NSW) Method T210 | |||
Shape | Average least dimension; Flakiness; Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14, AS 1141.15, AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.2, AS 1141.20.3 RMS (NSW) Method T213, (NSW) Method T235, RMS (NSW) Method T275 RC (Vic) Method 302.11 |
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Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted | AS 1141.4, RMS (NSW) Method T211, RMS (NSW) Method T212 | |||
Shape | Crushed faces | AS 1141.18, RMS (NSW) Method T239 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Degradation factor on fine aggregate; Exposure to sodium sulfate solution; Methylene blue value | AS 1141.24, AS 1141.25.3, AS 1141.66, RC (Vic) Method 370.05, RMS (NSW) Method T266, RMS (NSW) Method T659 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate stabilisation | Aggregates | Cement content; Cohesion of compacted material; Sample preparation; Unconfined compressive strength | Heat of neutralisation; Stabilised pavement materials; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Field mix | AS 1141.52, AS 5101.2.2, AS 5101.3.3, AS 5101.4, RMS (NSW) Method T116, RMS (NSW) Method T131, RMS (NSW) Method T137 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Aggregate crushing value; Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable | AS 1141.21, AS 1141.22, RMS (NSW) Method T205, RMS (NSW) Method T215 | |
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 | Compressive strength | Cube; Cylinder | AS 1012.9 | |
Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure | AS 1012.4.2 | |||
Maturity | Estimation of concrete strength | ASTM C1074 | |||
Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions | AS 1012.12.1 | |||
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; Curing flexural strength specimens in the laboratory; In-situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens; In-situ manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens; In-situ manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens; In-situ manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes; Manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens in the laboratory; Manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens in the laboratory; Manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens in the laboratory; Manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes in the laboratory; Mixing concrete in the laboratory | AS 1012.2; AS 1012.8.1; AS 1012.8.2; AS 1012.8.3; AS 1012.8.4 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Point load strength index | Laboratory measurement | AS 4133.4.1, RMS (NSW) Method T223 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Moisture content | Correlation; Drying oven; Hot plate |
AS 1289.2.1.1, AS 1289.2.1.6, AS 1289.2.3.1 RMS (NSW) Method T120 |
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Linear shrinkage; Liquid limit; Plastic limit; Plasticity index | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point | AS 1289.3.1.1; AS 1289.3.1.2; AS 1289.3.2.1; AS 1289.3.3.1; AS 1289.3.4.1, RMS (NSW) Method T108;TfNSW T108;TfNSW T105;, RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109;TfNSW T105;, RMS (NSW) Method T113;TfNSW T113;, RC (Vic) Method 326.01 | |||
Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 RMS (NSW) Method T106;TfNSW T106; |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort | AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1, RMS (NSW) Method T111, RMS (NSW) Method T112, RMS (NSW) Method T130 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class; Sand equivalent | AS 1289.3.7.1, AS 1289.3.8.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio; Compressive strength | Remoulded specimens; Uniaxial maximum dry | AS 1289.6.1.1, RMS (NSW) Method T114, RMS (NSW) Method T117 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Repeated compaction pre-treatment |
AS 1289.1.1, RC (Vic) Method 301.05, RMS (NSW) Method T102;TfNSW T102;TfNSW T105;, RMS (NSW) Method T103;TfNSW T103;TfNSW T105;, (NSW) Method T105 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Cementitious binder and granular additive content; Curing of moulded specimens; Stabiliser working time | Not applicable | RC (Vic) Method 330.02, RMS (NSW) Method T147 | |
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a stockpile |
AS 1141.3.1, RMS (NSW) Method T100 |
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Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer | AS 1012.1 | ||
Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile |
AS 1289.1.2.1, RMS (NSW) Method T100 |
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 - 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 specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen manufacture and curing | Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory; Curing flexural strength specimens in the laboratory; Curing grout and mortar cube specimens in the laboratory | AS 1012.8.1; AS 1012.8.2; AS 1012.8.3; AS 1012.8.4 | |
Sample collection | Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer | AS 1012.1 |
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Accreditation No.
19813
Site No.
23119
Print date
15 Aug 2022