National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Superior Quarry Testing Pty Ltd
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 | Ball mill; Resistance to wear by attrition |
MR (Qld) Method Q228, MR (Qld) Method Q229A |
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| Abrasion resistance | Los Angeles machine value; Resistance to wear by attrition | AS 1141.23, AS 1141.27 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate binder adhesion | Aggregates | Degree of precoating | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q216 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32 |
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| Sugar | Fehlings solution |
AS 1141.35 |
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| Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33 |
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| Light particles contaminants | Segregation by density | AS 1141.31 | |||
| Organic impurities | Colour test |
AS 1141.34 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Shape | Average least dimension |
AS 1141.20.3 |
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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| Bulk density | Compacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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| Shape | Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.11.1 |
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| Shape | Crushed faces |
AS 1141.18 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.12 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 2 ?m | AS 1141.13 | |||
| Bulk density | Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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| Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5 |
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| Shape | Flakiness |
AS 1141.15, MR (Qld) Method Q201 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Degradation factor on coarse aggregate; Degradation factor on fine aggregate; Exposure to sodium sulfate solution; Methylene blue value |
AS 1141.24, AS 1141.25.2, AS 1141.25.3, AS 1141.66 |
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| Soundness | Degradation factor on coarse aggregate |
MR (Qld) Method Q208B |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable |
AS 1141.22 |
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| Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable |
AS 1141.21 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar chemical tests | Concrete, grout and mortar | Chloride level in hardened concrete; Sulfate level in hardened concrete | Nitric acid |
AS 1012.20.1 |
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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 properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Compressive strength | Cylinder |
AS 1012.9 |
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| Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Increased air pressure | AS 1012.4.1 | |||
| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions | AS 1012.12.1 | |||
| 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 | |
| Specimen manufacture and curing | In situ manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens | AS 1012.8.4 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil chemical properties | Soils | Organic matter | Loss on ignition (LOI) | MR (Qld) Method Q120B | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Plasticity index; Weighted plasticity index | Cone |
AS 1289.3.3.2, MR (Qld) Method Q105, MR (Qld) Method Q252 |
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| Liquid limit | Cone one point |
AS 1289.3.9.2, MR (Qld) Method Q104D |
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| Liquid limit | Cone four point |
AS 1289.3.9.1, MR (Qld) Method Q104A |
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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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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1, MR (Qld) Method Q106 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 |
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| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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| Moisture content | Correlation | AS 1289.2.3.1 | |||
| Moisture content | Microwave oven | AS 1289.2.1.4 | |||
| Moisture content | Infrared light | AS 1289.2.1.5 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Oversize material | Oversize material treatment | MR (Qld) Method Q143 | |
| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q142A |
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| Compaction to nominated levels | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q145A | |||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil natural contaminants | Soils | Acidity | pH | AS 1289.4.3.1 | |
| 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 Q101D TfNSW T105, TfNSW TS 02795.01 |
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| Soil pre-treatment | Repeated compaction pre-treatment |
TfNSW T102 TfNSW TS 02794.02 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Cement content | Heat of neutralisation | MR (Qld) Method Q134 | |
| Sample preparation | Cement stabilisation | MR (Qld) Method Q135A | |||
| Sample preparation | Standard compaction - UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Field mix; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Laboratory mix | MR (Qld) Method Q251A, MR (Qld) Method Q251B | |||
| Curing of moulded specimens | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q135B | |||
| Stabiliser working time | Cementitious stabilisation time |
MR (Qld) Method Q136A |
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| Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined |
MR (Qld) Method Q115 |
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| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Disturbed soil sampling from a windrow |
AS 1141.3.1, MR (Qld) Method Q060 |
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| Not applicable | Aggregate from a stockpile |
AS 1141.3.1, MR (Qld) Method Q060 |
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| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete |
AS 1012.1 |
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| Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling from a windrow |
AS 1289.1.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q060 |
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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, MR (Qld) Method Q050 |
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Accreditation No.
20085
Site No.
23649
Print date
24 Aug 2026