National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Protest Geotechnical Pty Ltd t/a Protest CMT
Site
Darra Laboratory
Accreditation No.
2851
Site No.
2844
Date of Accreditation
23 Jun 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 | Clay and fine silt | Settling | AS 1141.33 TfNSW TS 02799.38 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm | AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12 TfNSW TS 02799.02,TfNSW TS 02799.04 | |
Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.6.1 | |||
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 | Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions | AS 1012.12.1 | |
Compressive strength | Core; Cube; Cylinder | AS 1012.9, AS 1012.14 | |||
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 conditioning | Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens | AS 1012.14 | Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens only | ||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Moisture content | Drying oven; Relative moisture content | AS 1289.2.1.1 RMS (NSW) Method T120 TfNSW TS 02795.14 | |
Cone plasticity index; Linear shrinkage; Liquid limit; Plastic limit; Plasticity index | Casagrande; Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point; Cone four point; Cone one point | AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2, AS 1289.3.2.1, AS 1289.3.3.1, AS 1289.3.3.2, AS 1289.3.4.1, AS 1289.3.9.1 TfNSW TS 02795.04,TfNSW TS 02795.05,TfNSW TS 02795.08 | |||
Fine particles in road materials; Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.6.1 TfNSW TS 02795.02,TfNSW TS 02795.03 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD); Compaction to nominated levels; Dry density/moisture content relationship; Maximum dry density; Minimum and maximum dry density; Oversize material | Modified compactive effort; Oversize material treatment; Rapid; Standard compactive effort; Three compaction point | AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 12889.5.2.1, AS 1289.5.4.2, AS 1289.5.5.1 TfNSW TS 02795.06,TfNSW TS 02795.07,TfNSW TS 02795.24,TfNSW TS 02795.26 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class | AS 1289.3.8.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Characteristic field density values; Compaction control; Degree of saturation; Density - In situ; Density index; Dry density ratio; Field moisture content; Moisture ratio; Relative compaction | Calculation; Hilf; Nuclear gauge; Sand pouring apparatus; Sand-cone | AS 1289.5.3.1, AS 1289.5.4.1, AS 1289.5.6.1, AS 1289.5.7.1, AS 1289.5.8.1 TfNSW TS 02795.13,TfNSW TS 02795.28,TfNSW TS 02795.36 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ penetration | Soils | Penetration in situ | Dynamic cone | AS 1289.6.3.2 RMS (NSW) Method T161 TfNSW TS 02795.23 | |
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 RMS (NSW) Method T117 TfNSW TS 02795.11 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil natural contaminants | Soils | Acidity | pH | AS 1289.4.3.1 TfNSW TS 02795.16 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Accelerated weathering pre-treatment; Repeated compaction pre-treatment | AS 1289.1.1 TfNSW TS 02794.02,TfNSW TS 02795.01 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil reactivity | Soils | Reactivity | Shrink/swell | AS 1289.7.1.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Stabiliser working time | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q136A | |
Curing of moulded specimens | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q135B | |||
Compressive strength; Sample preparation | Standard compaction - UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Field mix; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Laboratory mix; Uniaxial unconfined | AS 5101.4 TfNSW TS 02795.10,TfNSW TS 02796.02 | |||
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 | |
Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete; Hardened concrete by coring | AS 1012.1, AS 1012.14 | ||
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 | ||
Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling | AS 1289.1.4.1, AS 1289.1.4.2 |
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 - Soil classification | Soils | Moisture content | Drying oven; Relative moisture content | AS 1289.2.1.1 MR (Qld) Method Q250, RMS (NSW) Method T120 TfNSW TS 02795.14 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD); Compaction to nominated levels; Dry density/moisture content relationship; Maximum dry density; Minimum and maximum dry density; Oversize material | Modified compactive effort; Oversize material treatment; Rapid; Standard compactive effort; Three compaction point | AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 12889.5.2.1, AS 1289.5.4.2, AS 1289.5.5.1 MR (Qld) Method Q142A, MR (Qld) Method Q142B, MR (Qld) Method Q143, MR (Qld) Method Q144A, MR (Qld) Method Q145A RMS (NSW) T111, RMS (NSW) Method T112, RMS (NSW) Method T162, RMS (NSW) Method T164 TfNSW TS 02795.06,TfNSW TS 02795.07,TfNSW TS 02795.24,TfNSW TS 02795.26 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Curing of moulded specimens | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q135B |
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Accreditation No.
2851
Site No.
2844
Print date
27 Nov 2024