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Toowoomba Regional Council

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Charlton Soil Laboratory

Accreditation No.

9725

Site No.

9718

Date of Accreditation

23 Jan 1996

Address

24 Nass Road
Charlton, QLD 4350
Australia

tr.qld.gov.au

Contact

Mr Dewayne Gibbs P: +61 0407047656

Availability

Services conditionally available to external clients

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes

Charlton Soil Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Infrastructure and Asset Integrity

Service	Product	Determinant	Technique	Procedure
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties	Aggregates	Shape	Average least dimension	AS 1141.20.3
		Shape	Flakiness	MR (Qld) Method Q201
		Bulk density	Compacted; Uncompacted	AS 1141.4
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 properties	Concrete, grout and mortar	Compressive strength	Cylinder	AS 1012.9
		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	In-situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens	AS 1012.8.1
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification	Soils	Liquid limit	Cone four point; Cone one point	MR (Qld) Method Q104A, MR (Qld) Method Q104D
		Linear shrinkage	Not applicable	MR (Qld) Method Q106
		Sieve analysis	Not applicable	AS 1141.11.1, MR (Qld) Method Q103A
		Moisture content	Relative moisture content	MR (Qld) Method Q250
		Moisture content	Drying oven	AS 1289.2.1.1
		Plasticity index	Cone	MR (Qld) Method Q105
		Plastic limit	Not applicable	MR (Qld) Method Q105
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics	Soils	Oversize material	Oversize material treatment	MR (Qld) Method Q143
		Dry density/moisture content relationship	Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort	AS 1289.5.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q142A, MR (Qld) Method Q142B
		Compaction to nominated levels	Not applicable	MR (Qld) Method Q145A
		Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD)	Not applicable	AS 1289.5.4.2, MR (Qld) Method Q144A
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density	Soils	Characteristic field density values	Not applicable	MR (Qld) Method Q020
		Density - In-situ	Sand-cone	MR (Qld) Method Q141B
		Degree of saturation	Not applicable	MR (Qld) Method Q146
		Relative compaction	Not applicable	MR (Qld) Method Q140A
		Compaction control	Hilf	AS 1289.5.7.1
		Dry density ratio	Calculation; Measured	AS 1289.5.4.1
		Density - In-situ; Field moisture content	Nuclear gauge	AS 1289.5.8.1
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in-situ penetration	Soils	Penetration in-situ	Dynamic cone	MR (Qld) Method Q114B
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties	Soils	Bearing ratio	Remoulded specimens	MR (Qld) Method Q113A, MR (Qld) Method Q113C
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 Q101D
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation	Soils	Compressive strength	Uniaxial unconfined	MR (Qld) Method Q115
		Curing of moulded specimens; Laboratory stabilisation of soil; Sample preparation	Cement stabilisation; Lime stabilisation	MR (Qld) Method Q135A, MR (Qld) Method Q135B
		Sample preparation	Modified compaction - UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens; Preparation and compaction of soil; Standard compaction - UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Field mix; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Laboratory mix	MR (Qld) Method Q251A, MR (Qld) Method Q251B, MR (Qld) Method Q251C
Sample collection	Aggregates	Not applicable	Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a truck; Aggregate from a windrow	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	Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling from a windrow	AS 1289.1.2.1
		Not applicable	Site selection - Random stratified sampling	MR (Qld) Method Q050 except clauses 7 and 9

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