
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
ADE Consulting Group Pty Ltd
Site
Construction and Material Testing
Accreditation No.
21005
Site No.
21274
Date of Accreditation
19 Oct 2021
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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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 | Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification |
RMS (NSW) Test Method T276 |
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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 |
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Particle size distribution | Fine particles in road materials |
AS 1141.19 RMS (NSW) Method T107;TfNSW T107; |
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Shape | Flakiness; Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14; AS 1141.15 RMS (NSW) Method T213 |
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Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.11.1; RMS (NSW) Method T201 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Aggregate crushing value; Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable |
AS 1141.21, AS 1141.22, RMS (NSW) Method T205, RMS (NSW) Method T215 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Compressive strength; Specimen preparation | Capping of compressive strength specimens; Core; Cylinder |
AS 1012.9; AS 1012.14 RMS (NSW) Method T305, RMS (NSW) MethodT306, RMS (NSW) MethodT310 |
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Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure |
AS 1012.4.2 RMS (NSW) Method T320 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen conditioning; Specimen manufacture and curing | Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory; Curing flexural strength specimens in the laboratory; In-situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens; In-situ manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens; Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens |
AS 1012.8.1; AS 1012.8.2; AS 1012.14 RMS (NSW) Method T304 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement structural performance | Road pavements | Structural performance evaluation | Benkelman beam; Deflection monitoring | RMS (NSW) Methods T160, T199;TfNSW T199; | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement surfacing characteristics | Road pavements | Texture depth | Sand patch | RMS (NSW) Method T240 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 4133.1.1.1 | |
Point load strength index | Not applicable | AS 4133.4.1, RMS (NSW) Method T223 | |||
Compressive strength | Uniaxial load rate controlled |
AS 4133.4.2.1 RMS (NSW) Method T229 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 RMS (NSW) Method T113;TfNSW T113; |
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Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 RMS (NSW) Method T106;TfNSW T106; |
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Liquid limit | Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.2 |
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Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 RMS (NSW) Method T120 |
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Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1 RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109;TfNSW T105; |
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Liquid limit | Casagrande four point |
AS 1289.3.1.1 RMS (NSW) Method T108;TfNSW T108;TfNSW T105; |
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Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289 3.3.1 RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109;TfNSW T105; |
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Description, identification and classification | Not applicable | AS 1726 Tables 9 and 10 | Laboratory Tests Only | ||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | 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; Maximum dry density; Minimum and maximum dry density | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort; Three compaction point |
AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1, AS 1289.5.5.1 RMS (NSW) Method T111, RMS (NSW) Method T112, RMS (NSW) Method T162, RMS (NSW) Method T164 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class | ||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Density - In-situ | Sand pouring apparatus; Sand-cone |
AS 1289 5.3.1 RMS (NSW) Method T119 |
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Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1, RMS (NSW) Method T173 |
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Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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Density index | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.6.1 | |||
Moisture ratio | Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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Relative compaction | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T166 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil fine particles | Soils | Fine particle analysis | Hydrometer |
AS 1289 3.6.3 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in-situ penetration | Soils | Penetration in-situ | Dynamic cone; Perth sand penetrometer |
AS 1289.6.3.2 AS 1289.6.3.3 RMS (NSW) Method T161 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens |
AS 1289.6.1.1 RMS (NSW) Method T117 RMS (NSW) Method T132 RMS (NSW) Method T167 |
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Compressive strength | Uniaxial maximum dry |
RMS (NSW) Method T114 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil natural contaminants | Soils | Acidity | pH |
AS 1289 4.3.1 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289.1.1 RMS (NSW) Method T105;TfNSW T105; |
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Soil pre-treatment | Repeated compaction pre-treatment |
RMS (NSW) Method T102;TfNSW T102;TfNSW T105; |
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Soil pre-treatment | Accelerated weathering pre-treatment |
RMS (NSW) Method T103;TfNSW T103;TfNSW T105; |
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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 | AS 5101.4; RMS (NSW) Method T116, T131 | |
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; 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 |
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Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling from a windrow; Disturbed soil sampling in-situ |
AS 1289.1.2.1; RMS (NSW) Method T100 |
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Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling | AS 1289.1.4.1; AS 1289.1.4.2 |
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Accreditation No.
21005
Site No.
21274
Print date
27 May 2022