National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Chadwick Geotechnics Pty Ltd
Site
Dandenong South Laboratory
Accreditation No.
12719
Site No.
12712
Date of Accreditation
18 Mar 1997
Contact
Mr Jay Lamont
P: +61 (03) 87967900
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
Dandenong South Laboratory
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 |
RC (Vic) Method 372.04 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Shape | Average least dimension |
AS 1141.20.1 |
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| Shape | Flakiness |
AS 1141.15 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.11.1 |
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| Shape | Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.12 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Degradation factor on coarse aggregate |
RC (Vic) Method 370.05 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate stabilisation | Aggregates | Unconfined compressive strength | Not applicable |
AS 5101.4 |
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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 |
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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 | Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory |
AS 1012.8.1 |
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| Specimen manufacture and curing | In-situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens |
AS 1012.8.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement surfacing characteristics | Road pavements | Penetration depth | Ball embedment |
Austroads Method AGPT/T251 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Point load strength index | Not applicable |
AS 4133.4.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Liquid limit | Casagrande four point |
AS 1289.3.1.1 |
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| Cone plasticity index | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.3.2 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.2 |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 |
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| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1 |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 |
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| Moisture content | Hot plate |
AS 1289.2.1.6 |
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| Moisture content | Microwave oven |
AS 1289.2.1.4 |
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| Particle density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.5.1 |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1 RC (Vic) Method 326.01 |
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| Description, identification and classification | Not applicable |
AS 1726 Tables 9 and 10 (Laboratory classification only) |
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| Liquid limit | Cone one point |
AS 1289.3.9.2 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 |
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| Liquid limit | Cone four point |
AS 1289.3.9.1 |
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| 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 | Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1 |
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| Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.5.1 |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.2.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil consolidation | Soils | Consolidation | One-dimensional | AS 1289.6.6.1 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Sand equivalent |
AS 1289.3.7.1 |
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| Dispersion | Pinhole |
AS 1289.3.8.3 |
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| Dispersion | Emerson class |
AS 1289.3.8.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Density - In-situ | Sand-cone |
AS 1289.5.3.1 |
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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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| Moisture ratio assessment of dry back | Not applicable |
RC (Vic) Method 316.14 |
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| Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1 |
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| Density index | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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| Field moisture content | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1 |
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| Characteristic field density values | Not applicable |
RC (Vic) Method 316.00 |
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| Moisture ratio | Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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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 | Perth sand penetrometer |
AS 1289.6.3.3 |
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| 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 | Bearing ratio | Assignment of CBR and percent swell; Remoulded specimens |
AS 1289.6.1.1, RC (Vic) Method 324.01 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil permeability | Soils | Permeability | Constant head for a remoulded specimen |
AS 1289.6.7.1 |
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| Permeability | Falling head for a remoulded specimen |
AS 1289.6.7.2 |
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| Permeability | Flexible wall permeameter |
AS 1289.6.7.3 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Repeated compaction pre-treatment |
RC (Vic) Method 301.05 |
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| Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289.1.1 |
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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 | Laboratory stabilisation of soil | Lime stabilisation |
RC (Vic) Method 301.03 |
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| Laboratory stabilisation of soil | Cement |
RC (Vic) Method 301.06 |
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| Lime saturation point | Not applicable |
RC (Vic) Method 131.01 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil thermal properties | Soils | Thermal conductivity | In-situ measurement; Laboratory measurement |
In-house Test Method TR LAB.2013, In-house Test Method TR FIELD.2013 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil triaxial strength | Soils | Triaxial strength | Triaxial undrained with pore water pressure measured |
AS 1289.6.4.2 |
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| Triaxial strength | Triaxial undrained without pore water pressure measurement |
AS 1289.6.4.1 |
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| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile |
AS 1141.3.1 |
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| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from deposited concrete |
AS 1012.1 |
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| Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer |
AS 1012.1 |
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| Soils | Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.2 RC (Vic) Method 316.10 |
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| 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 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.1 |
Cubitt Way Fixed Remote Site
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 | AS 1289.2.1.1 | |
| 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, |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 |
East Melbourne Project 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 | East Melbourne Project Annex Facility, Site No.24397 is established from 19 March 2018 until 31 December 2021 for the Lilydale In-Filling Project for Tonkin and Taylor Pty Ltd. (Contract No. 1000511) |
Maddingley Brown Coal 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 | Maddingley Brown Coal Annex Facility, Site No. 24999 is established from 31 July 2019 until 30 June 2022 for Maddingley Brown Coal Landfill (Contract No. 1003832) for Maddingley Brown Coal Calleja Group. |
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Accreditation No.
12719
Site No.
12712
Print date
25 Jan 2022
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