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
Mr Aleks Wysocki
P: +61 0418827379
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
FMG Research SA
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 | Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Shape | Average least dimension |
AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.3 |
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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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| Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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| Shape | Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14 |
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| Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5 |
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| Water absorption of fine aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.5 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.11.1 |
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| Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
| Shape | Flakiness |
AS 1141.15 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable |
AS 1141.21 |
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| Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable |
AS 1141.22 |
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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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| Compressive strength | Core |
AS 1012.14 (except clause 6.5) |
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| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions |
AS 1012.12.1 |
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| 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) |
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| Specimen manufacture and curing | Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory; In-situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens; Manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens in the laboratory |
AS 1012.8.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Weighted plasticity index | Not applicable |
RC (Vic) Method 326.01 |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 DPTI (SA) TP134 |
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| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point |
AS 1289.3.1.1 DPTI (SA) TP143 |
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| Description, identification and classification; Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1726 Tables 9 and 10 |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1 |
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| Particle density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.5.1 (2006) |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande one point |
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 |
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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) | Not applicable |
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 electrical properties | Soils | Electrical resistance | Not applicable |
AS 1289.4.4.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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| Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge; Sand-cone |
AS 1289.5.3.1, AS 1289.5.8.1 |
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| Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio | Calculation; Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Field moisture content | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1 |
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| Characteristic field density values | Not applicable |
RC (Vic) Method 316.00 |
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| Moisture ratio assessment of dry back | Not applicable |
RC (Vic) Method 316.14 |
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| 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 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in-situ strength | Soils | Impact strength - In-situ | Clegg impact |
AS 1289.6.9.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens |
DPTI (SA) TP133 |
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| Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens |
AS 1289.6.1.1 |
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| Bearing ratio | Assignment of CBR and percent swell |
RC (Vic) Method 324.01 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil natural contaminants | Soils | Acidity | pH |
AS 1289.4.3.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289.1.1 |
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| Soil pre-treatment | Repeated compaction pre-treatment |
RC (Vic) Method 301.05 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil reactivity | Soils | Reactivity | Shrink/swell |
AS 1289.7.1.1 |
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| Total suction | Dew point psychrometer | In-house method OPWP-784. | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Sample preparation | Lime stabilisation |
RC (Vic) Method 301.03 |
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| Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined |
AS 5101 4 |
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| Density decay correction factor for granular materials | Not applicable |
RC (Vic) Method 330.03 |
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| Sample preparation | Cement stabilisation |
RC (Vic) Method 301.06 |
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| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a truck |
AS 1141.3.1 DPTI (SA) TP226 |
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| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer |
AS 1012.1 |
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| Soils | Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.1 DPTI (SA) TP061 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.2 DPTI (SA) TP061 |
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| 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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| Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
RC (Vic) Method 316.10 |
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Accreditation No.
544
Site No.
537
Print date
27 Jul 2024
END OF SCOPE
