National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Douglas Partners Pty Ltd
Site
Coffs Harbour Laboratory
Accreditation No.
828
Site No.
18892
Date of Accreditation
12 Feb 2010
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 abrasion | Aggregates | Abrasion resistance | Resistance to wear by attrition |
AS 1141.27 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Organic impurities | Colour test |
AS 1141.34; RMS (NSW) Method T260 TfNSW TS 02799.38 |
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| Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33; RMS (NSW) Method T268 TfNSW TS 02799.43 |
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| Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.12; RMS (NSW) Method T203 TfNSW TS 02799.04 |
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| Shape | Flakiness |
AS 1141.15 |
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| Particle size distribution | Fine particles in road materials |
AS 1141.19; RMS (NSW) Method T107 (2012);TfNSW T107; TfNSW TS 02795.03 |
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| Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5; RMS (NSW) Method T210 TfNSW TS 02799.09 |
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| Shape | Ratio greatest to least dimension |
RMS (NSW) Method T278 TfNSW TS 02799.53 |
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| Shape | Crushed faces |
RMS (NSW) Method T239 TfNSW TS 02799.36 |
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| Shape | Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14; RMS (NSW) Method T213 TfNSW TS 02799.12 |
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| Particle size distribution | Particle size distribution of rock |
RMS (NSW) Method T280 TfNSW TS 02799.55 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.11.1; RMS (NSW) Method T201 TfNSW TS 02799.02 |
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| Bulk density | Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4; RMS (NSW) Method T211 TfNSW TS 02799.10 |
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1; RMS (NSW) Method T209 TfNSW TS 02799.08 |
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| Shape | Average least dimension |
AS 1141.20.1; AS 1141.20.2; AS 1141.20.3;RMS (NSW) Method T235; RMS (NSW) Method T275 TfNSW TS 02799.32,TfNSW TS 02799.50 |
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| Bulk density | Compacted |
AS 1141.4; RMS (NSW) Method T212 TfNSW TS 02799.11 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Exposure to sodium sulfate solution |
AS 1141.24 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable |
AS 1141.21; RMS (NSW) Method T205 TfNSW TS 02799.06 |
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| Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable |
AS 1141.22; RMS (NSW) Method T215 TfNSW TS 02799.13 |
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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; RMS (NSW) Method T301; ASTM C1611 TfNSW TS 02800.02 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions |
AS 1012.12.1; RMS (NSW) Method T316 TfNSW TS 02800.16 |
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| Specimen preparation | Dressing of voids |
RMS (NSW) Methods T368 |
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| Specimen preparation | Capping of compressive strength specimens |
RMS (NSW) Method T305 TfNSW TS 02800.06 |
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| Compressive strength | Cylinder |
AS 1012.9; RMS (NSW) Method T306 TfNSW TS 02800.07 |
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| Flexural strength | Modulus of rupture |
AS 1012.11 |
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| Wet sieving analysis | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T329 TfNSW TS 02800.26 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Water displacement |
AS 1012.12.2; RMS (NSW) Method T317 TfNSW TS 02800.17 |
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| Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure |
AS 1012.4.2; RMS (NSW) Method T320 TfNSW TS 02800.20 |
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| Compressive strength | Cube |
AS 1012.9; RMS (NSW) Method T375 TfNSW TS 02800.49 |
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| Compressive strength | Core |
AS 1012.14; RMS (NSW) Method T310 TfNSW TS 02800.11 |
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| Setting time - In-situ; Setting time - Laboratory | Not applicable | AS 1012.18 | |||
| Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete | In-situ measurement using fixed volume measure |
AS 1012.5; RMS (NSW) Method T303 TfNSW TS 02800.04 |
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| Indirect tensile strength | Brazil |
AS 1012.10 |
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| Bleeding | In-situ analysis - Freshly mixed concrete |
AS 1012.6 |
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| 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 grout and mortar cubes |
RMS (NSW) Method T375 TfNSW TS 02800.49 |
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| Specimen manufacture and curing | In-situ manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens |
AS 1012.8.4 |
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| Specimen manufacture and curing | In-situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens |
AS 1012.8.1; RMS (NSW) Method T304 TfNSW TS 02800.05 |
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| Specimen conditioning | Dry conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens |
AS 1012.14 |
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| Specimen manufacture and curing | In-situ manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens |
AS 1012.8.2; RMS (NSW) Method T327 TfNSW TS 02800.24 |
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| Specimen manufacture and curing | Mixing concrete in the laboratory |
AS 1012.2 |
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| Specimen conditioning | Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens |
AS 1012.14 |
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| 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, AS 1012.8.4 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement structural performance | Road pavements | Structural performance evaluation | Benkelman beam |
RMS (NSW) Method T160 TfNSW TS 02795.22 |
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| Structural performance evaluation | Deflection monitoring |
TfNSW T199; TfNSW TS 02795.55 |
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| 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 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Point load strength index | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T223 TfNSW TS 02799.21 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.1; AS 1289.3.1.2; TfNSW T108; TfNSW TS 02795.04 |
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| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1; TfNSW T109; TfNSW TS 02795.05 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1; RMS (NSW) Method T120 TfNSW TS 02795.14 |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1; RMS (NSW) Method T106 (2012);TfNSW T106; TfNSW TS 02795.02 |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1; TfNSW T109; TfNSW TS 02795.05 |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1; TfNSW T113; TfNSW TS 02795.08 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Three compaction point |
RMS (NSW) Method T162 TfNSW TS 02795.24 |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.2.1;RMS (NSW) Method T112 TfNSW TS 02795.07 |
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| Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.5.1 |
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| Maximum dry density | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T164 TfNSW TS 02795.26 |
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| Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.4.2 |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1; RMS (NSW) Method T111; RMS (NSW) Method T130 TfNSW TS 02795.06,TfNSW TS 02796.01 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class |
AS 1289.3.8.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge; Sand pouring apparatus; Sand-cone |
AS 1289.5.3.1; AS 1289.5.3.2; AS 1289.5.8.1; RMS (NSW) Method T119; RMS (NSW) Method T173 TfNSW TS 02795.13,TfNSW TS 02795.36 |
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| Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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| Relative compaction | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T166 TfNSW TS 02795.28 |
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| Field moisture content | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1 |
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| Moisture ratio | Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Density index | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.6.1 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in-situ penetration | Soils | Penetration in-situ | Dynamic cone |
AS 1289.6.3.2 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial maximum dry |
RMS (NSW) Method T114 TfNSW TS 02795.09 |
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| Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens |
AS 1289.6.1.1; RMS (NSW) Method T117 TfNSW TS 02795.11 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil permeability | Soils | Permeability | Constant head for a remoulded specimen; Falling head for a remoulded specimen |
AS 1289.6.7.1; AS 1289.6.7.2 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Accelerated weathering pre-treatment; Repeated compaction pre-treatment |
TfNSW T102; TfNSW T103; TfNSW TS 02794.02,TfNSW TS 02794.03 |
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| Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289.1.1; TfNSW T105; TfNSW TS 02795.01 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil reactivity | Soils | Reactivity | Shrink/swell |
AS 1289.7.1.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined |
RMS (NSW) Method T116; RMS (NSW) Method T131 TfNSW TS 02795.10,TfNSW TS 02796.02 |
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| Stabiliser rate of spread rate | In-situ measurement |
RMS (NSW) Method T136 TfNSW TS 02796.06 |
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| Stabiliser working time | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T147 TfNSW TS 02797.04 |
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| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a bin; Aggregate from a conveyor belt; Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a truck; Aggregate from a windrow |
AS 1141.3.1 |
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| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete |
AS 1012.1; RMS (NSW) Method T300 TfNSW TS 02800.01 |
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| Not applicable | Hardened concrete by coring |
AS 1012.14 |
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| 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 |
AS 1289.1.2.1 |
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Accreditation No.
828
Site No.
18892
Print date
19 Apr 2024
