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National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Construction Sciences Pty Ltd
Site
Chadstone Laboratory
Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
24033
Date of Accreditation
09 Feb 2018
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 properties | Aggregates | Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.11.1 | |
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 | Core; Cube; Cylinder | AS 1012.9, AS 1012.14 | |
Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete | In-situ measurement using fixed volume measure | AS 1012.5 | |||
Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure | AS 1012.4.2 | |||
Flexural strength | Modulus of rupture | AS 1012.11 | |||
Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions; Water displacement | AS 1012.12.1, AS 1012.12.2 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen conditioning; Specimen manufacture; Specimen manufacture and curing | 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; Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens | AS 1012.8.1, AS 1012.8.2, AS 1012.8.3, AS 1012.8.4, AS 1012.14 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 1289.2.1.1 | |
Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.6.1 | |||
Linear shrinkage; Liquid limit; Plastic limit; Plasticity index; Weighted plasticity index | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point; Not applicable | 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, RC (Vic) Method 326.01 | |||
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 | |
Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.4.2 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Density ratio - density decay correction factor | Calculation | RC (Vic) Method 330.04 | |
Characteristic field density values | Not applicable | RC (Vic) Method 316.00 | |||
Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio | Calculation; Measured | AS 1289.5.4.1 | |||
Density index | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.6.1 | |||
Moisture ratio assessment of dry back | Not applicable | RC (Vic) Method 316.14 | |||
Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 | |||
Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge | AS 1289.5.8.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in-situ penetration | Soils | Penetration depth; Penetration in-situ | Ball embedment; Dynamic cone | AS 1289.6.3.2, Austroads Method AG:PT/T251 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Assignment of CBR and percent swell; Remoulded specimens | AS 1289.6.1.1, RC (Vic) Method 324.01 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable | AS 1289.1.1 RC (Vic) Method 301.01, RC (Vic) Method 301.05 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | AS 5101.4 | |
Sample preparation | Cement stabilisation; Lime stabilisation | RC (Vic) Method 301.03, RC (Vic) Method 301.06 | |||
Sample collection | Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete; Fresh grout; Hardened concrete by coring | AS 1012.1, AS 1012.14 | |
Soils | Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling | AS 1289.1.4.1, AS 1289.1.4.2 RC (Vic) Method 316.10 | ||
Not applicable | Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile | AS 1289.1.2.1 |
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Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
24033
Print date
01 Sep 2024