
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
FMG Research
Site
FMG Research SA
Accreditation No.
544
Site No.
537
Date of Accreditation
20 Aug 1965
Contact
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
| Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.32 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Shape | Average least dimension; Flat particles | AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.3, AS 1141.20.2, DPTI (SA) MAT-TP 244. | |
| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.11.1 | |||
| Shape | Crushed faces | AS 1141 18 | |||
| Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Not applicable | AS 1141.6.1 | |||
| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm | AS 1141.12 | |||
| Shape | Proportional calliper | AS 1141.14 | |||
| Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.6.1 | |||
| Water absorption of fine aggregate | Not applicable | AS 1141.5 | |||
| Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.5 | |||
| Shape | Flakiness | AS 1141.15 | |||
| Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable | AS 1141.21 | |
| Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable | AS 1141.22 | |||
| 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 | Compressive strength | Cylinder | AS 1012.9 | |
| Compressive strength | Core | AS 1012.14 (except clause 6.5) | |||
| 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 conditioning | Dry conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens; Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens | AS 1012.14 (except clause 6.2) | |
| Specimen manufacture and curing | Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory; In situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens | AS 1012.8.1 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 1289.2.1.1 | |
| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.4.1 | |||
| Particle density | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.5.1 (2006) | |||
| Plastic limit | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.2.1 | |||
| Liquid limit | Casagrande | AS 1289.3.1.1 DPTI (SA) TP143 | |||
| Plasticity index | Casagrande | AS 1289.3.3.1 | |||
| Liquid limit | Casagrande | AS 1289.3.1.2 | |||
| Description, identification and classification; Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1726 Tables 9 and 10 | |||
| Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.6.1 DPTI (SA) TP134 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort | AS 1289.5.1.1 | |
| Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.4.2 | |||
| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort | AS 1289.5.2.1 | |||
| 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 electrical properties | Soils | Electrical resistance | Not applicable | AS 1289.4.4.1 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Field moisture content | Nuclear gauge | AS 1289.5.8.1 | |
| Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 | |||
| Density - In situ | Nuclear gauge; Sand-cone | AS 1289.5.3.1, AS 1289.5.8.1 | |||
| Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio | Calculation; Measured | AS 1289.5.4.1 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ penetration | Soils | Penetration depth | Ball embedment | DPTI (SA) TP349, Austroads Method AG:PT/T251 | |
| Penetration - In situ | Dynamic cone | AS 1289.6.3.2 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens | DPTI (SA) TP133 | |
| Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens | AS 1289.6.1.1 | |||
| 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 reactivity | Soils | Total suction | Dew point psychrometer | In-house method OPWP-784. | |
| Reactivity | Shrink/swell | AS 1289.7.1.1 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil sample preparation | Soils | Preparation of disturbed samples | Not applicable | ||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Lime demand | Not applicable | TfNSW TS 02797.02 | |
| Lime saturation point | Not applicable | RC (Vic) Method 131.01 | |||
| Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | AS 5101 4 | |||
| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a truck | AS 1141.3.1 DPTI (SA) TP226 | |
| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer | AS 1012.1 | ||
| Soils | Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling | AS 1289.1.4.1 DPTI (SA) TP061 | ||
| Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling | AS 1289.1.4.2 DPTI (SA) TP061 | |||
| Not applicable | Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling in situ | AS 1289.1.2.1 DPTI (SA) TP226 |
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Accreditation No.
544
Site No.
537
Print date
15 Oct 2026