National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
CQ Soil Labs
Site
CQ Soil Labs
Accreditation No.
21232
Site No.
25552
Date of Accreditation
12 Jun 2024
Address
32 Alexandra Street
Park Avenue, QLD 4701
Australia
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 - 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; Water displacement | AS 1012.12.1, AS1012.12.2, MR (Qld) Method Q473 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen manufacture and curing | Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory; In situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens | AS 1012.8.1 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Particle density | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.5.1 | |
| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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| Weighted plasticity index | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q252 | |||
| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1, MR (Qld) Method Q106 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven; Relative moisture content |
AS 1289.2.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q250 |
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| Sieve analysis | Fines ratio |
AS 1289.3.6.1, MR (Qld) Method Q103A, MR (Qld) Method Q253 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point; Cone four point; Cone one point |
AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2, AS 1289.3.9.1, AS 1289.3.9.2, MR (Qld) Method Q104A, MR (Qld) Method Q104D |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande; Cone |
AS 1289.3.3.1, AS 1289.3.3.2, MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q142A, MR (Qld) Method Q142B |
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| Compaction to nominated levels | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q145A |
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| Oversize material | Oversize material treatment | MR (Qld) Method Q143 | |||
| 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 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 | Characteristic field density values | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q020 |
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| Relative compaction | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q140A |
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| Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio | Measured | AS 1289.5.4.1 | |||
| Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 | |||
| Density index | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.6.1 | |||
| Density - In situ | Sand pouring apparatus |
AS 1289.5.3.1 |
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| Degree of saturation | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q146 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ penetration | Soils | Penetration - In situ | Dynamic cone | AS 1289.6.3.2, MR (Qld) Method Q114B | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens | AS 1289.6.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q113A, MR (Qld) Method Q113B, 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 Q101C, MR (Qld) Method Q101D, MR (Qld) Method Q101E, MR (Qld) Method Q101F |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil reactivity | Soils | Reactivity | Core shrinkage; Loaded shrinkage; Shrink/swell | AS 1289.7.1.1, AS 1289.7.1.2 (1998), AS 1289.7.1.3 (1998) | |
| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a truck; Site selection by spot sampling | AS 1141.3.1, MR (Qld) Method Q060, MR (Qld) Method Q061 | |
| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer | AS 1012.1 | ||
| Soils | Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.1, AS 1289.1.4.2, MR (Qld) Method Q050 |
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| 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.
21232
Site No.
25552
Print date
24 Aug 2026