National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Construction Sciences Pty Ltd
Site
Coffs Coast Laboratory
Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
10823
Date of Accreditation
12 Jul 1995
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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Accreditation is held to establish new branch sitesBranch site Dubbo Branch site 25668 | 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 | ||
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 | Clay and fine silt | Settling | AS 1141.33 | |
Organic impurities | Colour test | AS 1141.34 | |||
Weak particles contaminants | AS 1141.32 | ||||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Shape | Average least dimension; Crushed faces; Flakiness; Proportional calliper | AS 1141.14, AS 1141.15, AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.2 RMS (NSW) Method T213, RMS (NSW) Method T235, RMS (NSW) Method T239, RMS (NSW) Method T275 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 RMS (NSW) Method T201, RMS (NSW) Method T203 TfNSW TS 02799.02,TfNSW TS 02799.04 | |||
Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.6.1 | |||
Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.5 | |||
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 RMS (NSW) Method T301, RMS (NSW) Method T302 ASTM C1611, ASTM C1621TfNSW 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 | 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 RMS (NSW) Method T303 TfNSW TS 02800.04 | |||
Compressive strength | Core; Cylinder | AS 1012.9, AS 1012.14 RMS (NSW) Method T305, RMS (NSW) Method T306, RMS (NSW) Method T310 TfNSW TS 02800.06,TfNSW TS 02800.07,TfNSW TS 02800.11 | |||
Flexural strength | Modulus of rupture | AS 1012.11 RMS (NSW) Method T328 TfNSW TS 02800.25 | |||
Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure | AS 1012.4.2 RMS (NSW) Method T320 TfNSW TS 02800.20 | |||
Specimen preparation | Dressing of voids | RMS (NSW) Method T368 TfNSW TS 02800.43 | |||
Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions; Water displacement | AS 1012.12.1, AS 1012.12.2 RMS (NSW) Method T316, RMS (NSW) Method T317 TfNSW TS 02800.16,TfNSW TS 02800.17 | |||
Compacted density - In-situ | Relative compaction of concrete pavements | RMS (NSW) Method T381 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 | Mixing concrete in the laboratory | AS 1012.2 | |
Specimen manufacture and curing | Manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes in the laboratory | AS 1012.8.3 | |||
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 RMS (NSW) Method T304, RMS (NSW) Method T327 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 | RMS (NSW) Method T160, RMS (NSW) Method T199;TfNSW T199; 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 | RMS (NSW) Method T240 TfNSW TS 02799.37 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Point load strength index | Not applicable | RMS (NSW) Method T223 TfNSW TS 02799.21 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Fine particles in road materials | Not applicable | RMS (NSW) Method T107;TfNSW T107; TfNSW TS 02795.03 | |
Moisture content | Correlation; Drying oven; Microwave oven | AS 1289.2.1.1, AS 1289.2.1.4, AS 1289.2.3.1 RMS (NSW) Method T120, RMS (NSW) Method T180 TfNSW TS 02795.14,TfNSW TS 02795.39 | |||
Linear shrinkage | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.4.1 RMS (NSW) Method T113;TfNSW T113; TfNSW TS 02795.08 | |||
Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point | AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2 RMS (NSW) Method T108;TfNSW T108;TfNSW T105; TfNSW TS 02795.01,TfNSW TS 02795.04 | |||
Moisture content | Correlation; Drying oven; Microwave oven | AS 1289.2.1.1, AS 1289.2.1.4 RMS (NSW) Method T120, RMS (NSW) Method T180 TfNSW TS 02795.14,TfNSW TS 02795.39 | Mobile capability for RMS (NSW) Method T120 | ||
Plasticity index | Casagrande | AS 1289.3.3.1 | |||
Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.6.1 RMS (NSW) Method T106;TfNSW T106; MR (Qld) Method Q103A TfNSW TS 02795.02 | |||
Plastic limit | Casagrande one point; Cone four point | AS 1289.3.2.1 RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109;TfNSW T105; TfNSW TS 02795.01,TfNSW TS 02795.05 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort; Three compaction point | AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1 RMS (NSW) Method T111, RMS (NSW) Method T112, RMS (NSW) Method T130, RMS (NSW) Method T162 TfNSW TS 02795.06,TfNSW TS 02795.07,TfNSW TS 02796.01,TfNSW TS 02795.24 | Mobile capability for RMS (NSW) Method T162 |
Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.5.1 RMS (NSW) Method T164 TfNSW TS 02795.26 | |||
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 | 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 | |||
Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge; Sand-cone | AS 1289.5.3.1, AS 1289.5.8.1 RMS (NSW) Method T119, RMS (NSW) Method T173 TfNSW TS 02795.13,TfNSW TS 02795.36 | Sydney Water Supplier of Field Testing Services | ||
Relative compaction | Not applicable | RMS (NSW) Method T166 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 | RMS (NSW) Method T114, RMS (NSW) Method T116, RMS (NSW) Method T131 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 RMS (NSW) Method T123 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 RMS (NSW) Method T102;TfNSW T102;TfNSW T105;, RMS (NSW) Method T103;TfNSW T103;TfNSW T105;, RMS (NSW) Method T105 TfNSW TS 02794.02,TfNSW TS 02794.03,TfNSW TS 02795.01 | Mobile capability for RMS (NSW) Method T105 |
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 RMS (NSW) Method T300 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 RMS (NSW) Method T100 TfNSW TS 02794.01 |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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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 | M12RT Extension Annex, Site No. 26409 is established from 4 September 2023 until 1 January 2026 for the M12RT Extension, Contract No. 022209-CO-16. |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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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 | Parkes Bypass Laboratory Annex Facility, Site 26896 is established from 20 September 2024 until 1 July 2025 for Newell Highway Upgrade - Parkes Bypass, Contractor Georgiou Pty Ltd, Contract No.: 6123/S038. |
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Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
10823
Print date
18 Sep 2024