National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Construction Sciences Pty Ltd
Site
Dubbo Laboratory
Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
25668
Date of Accreditation
28 Nov 2024
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 - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Organic impurities | Colour test | AS 1141.34 | |
Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.32 | |||
Clay and fine silt | Settling | AS 1141.33 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Shape | Crushed faces; Flakiness; Proportional calliper | AS 1141.14, AS 1141.15 RMS (NSW) Method T213, RMS (NSW) Method T239 TfNSW TS 02799.12, TfNSW TS 02799.36 | |
Particle density of coarse aggregate; Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.6.1 | |||
Particle density of fine aggregate; Water absorption of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.5 | |||
Particle size distribution | Fine particles in road materials; Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm | AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12, AS 1141.19 RMS (NSW) Method T201, RMS (NSW) Method T203;TfNSW T107 TfNSW TS 02799.02,TfNSW TS 02799.04, TfNSW TS 02795.03 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar consistence in situ | Concrete, grout and mortar | Slump flow | Cone; J-ring; T500 | AS 1012.3.1, AS 1012.3.5, ASTM C1611 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Uniformity of mixing | Not applicable | AS 1379 Appendix A | |
Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions; Water displacement | AS 1012.12.1, AS 1012.12.2 | |||
Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete | In situ measurement using fixed volume measure | AS 1012.5 | |||
Specimen preparation | Dressing of voids | TfNSW TS 02800.43 | |||
Compressive strength | Cylinder | AS 1012.9 | |||
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 | In situ manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens; Manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens in the laboratory | AS 1012.8.4 | |
Specimen manufacture and curing | In situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens; Manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens in the laboratory | AS 1012.8.1 TfNSW TS 02800.05 | |||
Specimen manufacture and curing | In situ manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens; Manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens in the laboratory | AS 1012.8.2 TfNSW TS 02800.05 | |||
Specimen manufacture and curing | In situ manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes; Manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes in the laboratory | AS 1012.8.3 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement structural performance | Road pavements | Structural performance evaluation | Benkelman beam; Deflection monitoring | RMS (NSW) Method T160, TfNSW T199 TfNSW TS 02795.22,TfNSW TS 02795.55 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement surfacing characteristics | Road pavements | Texture depth | Sand patch | TfNSW TS 02799.37 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Linear shrinkage | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.4.1 TfNSW TS 02795.08 | |
Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 1289.2.1.1 RMS (NSW) Method T120 TfNSW TS 02795.14 | |||
Plastic limit | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.2.1 TfNSW T109 TfNSW TS 02795.05 | |||
Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point | AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2 TfNSW T108 TfNSW TS 02795.04 | |||
Plasticity index | Casagrande | AS 1289.3.3.1 | |||
Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.6.1 TfNSW T106 TfNSW TS 02795.02 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort; Three compaction point | AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1 RMS (NSW) Method T111, RMS (NSW) Method T112, RMS (NSW) Method T162 TfNSW TS 02795.06,TfNSW TS 02795.07,TfNSW TS 02795.24 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio | Calculation; Measured | AS 1289.5.4.1 | |
Density - In situ | Nuclear gauge | AS 1289.5.8.1 RMS (NSW) Method T173 TfNSW TS 02795.36 | |||
Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 | |||
Relative compaction | Not applicable | RMS (NSW) Method T166 TfNSW TS 02795.28 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ penetration | Soils | Penetration in situ | Dynamic cone | AS 1289.6.3.2 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 TfNSW TS 02795.11 | |
Compressive strength | Uniaxial maximum dry | RMS (NSW) Method T114 TfNSW TS 02795.09 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Accelerated weathering pre-treatment; Repeated compaction pre-treatment | TfNSW T103 | |
Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable | AS 1289.1.1 TfNSW T102; RMS (NSW) T105 TfNSW TS 02794.02,TfNSW TS 02795.01 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | RMS (NSW) Method T116 TfNSW TS 02795.10 | |
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile | AS 1141.3.1 | |
Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer | AS 1012.1 | ||
Soils | 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 in situ; Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling | AS 1289.1.2.1 RMS (NSW) Method T100 TfNSW TS 02794.01 |
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Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
25668
Print date
06 Dec 2024