Construction Sciences Pty Ltd

Site

Coffs Coast Laboratory

Accreditation No.

1986

Site No.

10823

Date of Accreditation

12 Jul 1995

Address

1/21 Industrial Drive
Coffs Harbour, NSW 2450
Australia

constructionsciences.net

Contact

Mr Jarrad Agst P: +61 0421147421

Availability

Services available to external clients

Construction Sciences Pty Ltd address map

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Coffs Coast 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 contaminants Aggregates Weak particles contaminants

AS 1141.32

Organic impurities Colour test

AS 1141.34

Clay and fine silt Settling

AS 1141.33

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties Aggregates Particle density of fine aggregate Weighing-in-water

AS 1141.5

Shape Average least dimension; Crushed faces; Flakiness; Proportional calliper

AS 1141.14, AS 1141.15, AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.2

TfNSW TS 02799.12,TfNSW TS 02799.32,TfNSW TS 02799.36,TfNSW TS 02799.50

Water absorption of coarse aggregate Not applicable

AS 1141.6.1

Water absorption of fine aggregate Not applicable

AS 1141.5

Bulk density Compacted; Uncompacted

AS 1141.4

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, AS 1141.19

TfNSW TS 02799.02,TfNSW TS 02799.04

Particle density of coarse aggregate Weighing-in-water

AS 1141.6.1

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength Aggregates Wet/dry strength variation Not applicable

AS 1141.22

TfNSW TS 02799.13

Aggregate crushing value Not applicable

AS 1141.21

TfNSW TS 02799.06

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

ASTM C1611, ASTM C1621

TfNSW TS 02800.02,TfNSW TS 02800.03

Compactibility index Not applicable

AS 1012.3.4

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties Concrete, grout and mortar Flexural strength Modulus of rupture

AS 1012.11

Uniformity of mixing Not applicable AS 1379 Appendix A
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

Compressive strength Core; Cube; Cylinder

AS 1012.9, AS 1012.14

TfNSW TS 02800.07,TfNSW TS 02800.11

Specimen preparation Dressing of voids

TfNSW TS 02800.43

Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete Dimensions; Water displacement

AS 1012.12.1, AS 1012.12.2


Compacted density - In situ Relative compaction of concrete pavements

TfNSW TS 02800.55

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing Concrete, grout and mortar Specimen manufacture and curing Manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes in the laboratory AS 1012.8.3
Specimen manufacture Mixing concrete in the laboratory

AS 1012.2

Specimen conditioning Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens

AS 1012.14

Specimen manufacture and curing Manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens in the laboratory AS 1012.8.4
Specimen manufacture and curing 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

AS 1012.8.1, AS 1012.8.2

TfNSW TS 02800.05,TfNSW TS 02800.24

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement structural performance Road pavements Structural performance evaluation Benkelman beam; Deflection monitoring

TfNSW TS 02795.22,TfNSW TS 02795.55

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement surfacing characteristics Road pavements Texture depth Sand patch TfNSW TS 02799.37
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties Rocks Point load strength index Not applicable

TfNSW TS 02799.21

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification Soils Fine particles in road materials Not applicable TfNSW TS 02795.03
Plastic limit Casagrande one point; Cone four point

AS 1289.3.2.1

TfNSW TS 02795.05

Liquid limit Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point

AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2

TfNSW TS 02795.04

Moisture content Correlation; Drying oven; Microwave oven

AS 1289.2.1.1, AS 1289.2.1.4, AS 1289.2.3.1

TfNSW TS 02795.14,TfNSW TS 02795.39

Linear shrinkage Not applicable

AS 1289.3.4.1

TfNSW TS 02795.08

Sieve analysis Not applicable

AS 1289.3.6.1

MR (Qld) Method Q103A

TfNSW TS 02795.02

Plasticity index Casagrande

AS 1289.3.3.1

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics Soils Minimum and maximum dry density Not applicable

AS 1289.5.5.1

TfNSW TS 02795.26

Dry density/moisture content relationship Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort; Three compaction point

AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1

TfNSW TS 02795.06,TfNSW TS 02795.07,TfNSW TS 02796.01,TfNSW TS 02795.24

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 electrical properties Soils Electrical resistance Not applicable

AS 1289.4.4.1

TfNSW TS 02795.43

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density Soils Density - In situ Nuclear gauge; Sand-cone

AS 1289.5.3.1, AS 1289.5.8.1

TfNSW TS 02795.13,TfNSW TS 02795.36

 Sydney Water Supplier of Field Testing Services
Moisture ratio Measured

AS 1289.5.4.1

Compaction control Hilf

AS 1289.5.7.1

 Sydney Water Supplier of Field Testing Services
Dry density ratio Calculation

AS 1289.5.4.1

Density index Not applicable

AS 1289.5.6.1

Relative compaction Not applicable

TfNSW TS 02795.28

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ penetration Soils Penetration - In situ Dynamic cone

AS 1289.6.3.2

TfNSW TS 02795.23

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties Soils Bearing ratio Remoulded specimens

AS 1289.6.1.1
TfNSW TS 02795.11,TfNSW TS 02796.03

Compressive strength Uniaxial maximum dry

TfNSW TS 02795.09,TfNSW TS 02795.10,TfNSW TS 02796.02

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil natural contaminants Soils Acidity pH

AS 1289.4.3.1

TfNSW TS 02795.16

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment Soils Soil pre-treatment Accelerated weathering pre-treatment; Not applicable; Repeated compaction pre-treatment

AS 1289.1.1

MR (Qld) Method Q101, MR (Qld) Method Q101G, MR (Qld) Method Q101H, MR (Qld) Method Q101J

TfNSW TS 02794.02,TfNSW TS 02794.03,TfNSW TS 02795.01

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil shear strength Soils Shear strength Effective angle of internal friction

MR (Qld) Method Q181C

Sample collection Aggregates Not applicable Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile

AS 1141.3.1

Concrete, grout and mortar Not applicable Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete; Hardened concrete by coring

AS 1012.1, AS 1012.14

TfNSW TS 02800.01

Soils 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 from a windrow; Disturbed soil sampling from an open-drive; Disturbed soil sampling in situ; Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling

AS 1289.1.2.1, AS 1289.1.4.1, AS 1289.1.4.2

TfNSW TS 02794.01
CWO 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 CWO Annex Facility, site no. 27302, is established from 10 November 2025 until 10 November 2027, for Central West Orana TXL project for Holcim & Construction Sciences, Contract number HOL-CWO-TST-001
Mobile Capacity

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Infrastructure and Asset Integrity

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification Soils Moisture content Drying oven

TfNSW TS 02795.14

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics Soils Dry density/moisture content relationship Three compaction point

TfNSW TS 02795.24

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment Soils Soil pre-treatment Accelerated weathering pre-treatment; Not applicable; Repeated compaction pre-treatment

TfNSW TS 02795.01

Singleton Bypass Laboratory 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 Singleton Bypass Laboratory Annex Facility, Site 26965 is established from 20 November 2024 until 20 November 2027 for New England Highway - Singleton Bypass, Contractor: Acciona Constructions, Contract No.: C3072-CWS135.

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