National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
HiQA Geotechnical
Site
Darwin Laboratory
Accreditation No.
13121
Site No.
20522
Date of Accreditation
04 Jul 2011
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 abrasion | Aggregates | Abrasion resistance | Los Angeles machine value | AS 1141.23 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33 |
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| Organic impurities | Colour test |
AS 1141.34 |
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| Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.32 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Bulk density | Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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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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| Particle density of coarse aggregate; Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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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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| Bulk density | Compacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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| Particle density of fine aggregate; Water absorption of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5 |
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| Shape | Average least dimension |
AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.2, AS 1141.20.3 |
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| Shape | Crushed faces |
AS 1141.18 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Exposure to sodium sulfate solution |
AS 1141.24 |
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| Soundness | Degradation factor on coarse aggregate | AS 1141.25.2 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable | AS 1141.22 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt extraction and grading | Asphalts | Bitumen content and aggregate grading | Pressure filter |
AS/NZS 2891.3.3 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt field density | Asphalts | Density ratio and air voids | Not applicable |
AS/NZS 2891.14.5 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt mechanical properties | Asphalts | Marshall stability and flow | Not applicable |
AS/NZS 2891.5 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt volumetric properties | Asphalts | Voids and density relationship | Not applicable |
AS/NZS 2891.8 (clause 4 (f) and 5 (a) only) |
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| Bulk density | Mensuration |
AS/NZS 2891.9.2 |
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| Maximum density | Methylated spirits displacement |
AS/NZS 2891.7.1 |
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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; J-ring |
AS 1012.3.1, AS 1012.3.5 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Flexural strength | Modulus of rupture | AS 1012.11 | |
| Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete | In situ measurement using fixed volume measure | AS 1012.5 | |||
| Compressive strength | Cylinder |
AS 1012.9 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions |
AS 1012.12.1 |
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| Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure | AS 1012.4.2 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen manufacture and curing | Curing flexural strength specimens in the laboratory; In situ manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens | AS 1012.8.2 | |
| 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 | Layer thickness | Not applicable |
DOI (NT) Method NTTM 216.1 |
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| Texture depth | Sand patch |
DOI (NT) Method NTTM 305.1 |
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| Penetration depth | Ball embedment |
DOI (NT) Method NTTM 215.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1 |
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| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1 |
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| Description, identification and classification | Not applicable |
AS 1726 Tables 9 and 10 (Laboratory classification elements only) |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289 3.1.2 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.2.1, DOI (NT) Method NTTM 201.3 |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1 |
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| Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) |
AS 1289.5.4.2 |
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| 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 | Field moisture content | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1 |
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| Density - In situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1 |
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| Field compaction for conformance | Calculation |
DOI (NT) Method NTCP 102.1 |
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| Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio | Calculation; Measured; Statistical selection of reference values |
AS 1289.5.4.1, AS 1289.5.4.3 |
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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 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens | AS 1289.6.1.1 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289.1.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined |
AS 5101.4, DOI (NT) Method NTTM 203.01 |
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| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a stockpile |
AS 1141.3.1 |
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| Asphalts | Not applicable | Extraction of an asphalt core - Wet technique |
AS 2891.1.2 |
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| Not applicable | Uncompacted asphalt |
AS 2891.1.1 |
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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 | Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.1, AS 1289.1.4.2, DOI (NT) Method NTCP 103.1 |
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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 |
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 | The Carpentaria Highway Upgrade 2 Annex Facility, Site No 27208 is established from 25 August 2025 until 30 May 2027 for the Carpentaria Highway upgrade CH140 - 175 for Exact Contracting, Contract No. T648/24. |
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 | The SLSCO Project Annex Facility. Site# 27498 is established from 15 June 2026 until 15 December 2026 for SLSCO, Contract No. N62742-25-C-1308. |
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 | The Tanami Expansion #2 Annex Facility, Site No 25871 is established from 1 January 2026 to 30 May 2027 for the Tanami Expansion #2 Soil & Aggregate Scope Variation for Newmont Australia (Tanami Operations); Contract T519/23 |
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 | The Tanami Road 3 Annex Facility. Site No. 27383 is established from 9 February 2026 until 31 July 2026 for the Tanami Road (421 – 455KM) – Upgrade and Sealing project for Exact Contracting, Contract No.T671/25. |
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Accreditation No.
13121
Site No.
20522
Print date
26 Jun 2026