National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
FMG Research
Site
FMG Research – Victoria
Accreditation No.
544
Site No.
25143
Date of Accreditation
03 Jun 2022
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 properties | Aggregates | Shape | Average least dimension |
AS 1141.20.3 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.12 |
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| Shape | Flakiness |
AS 1141.15 |
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| Shape | Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.11.1 |
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| Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
| 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 specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | 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 - Soil classification | Soils | 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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| 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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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 |
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| Particle density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.5.1 (2006) |
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| Plasticity index; Weighted plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1, RC (VIC) Method RC 326.01 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point |
AS 1289.3.1.1 |
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| Description, identification and classification; Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1726 Tables 9 and 10 |
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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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| Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.4.2 |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1 |
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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 | Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1 |
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| Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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| Characteristic field density values; Density - In-situ; Field moisture content; Moisture ratio assessment of dry back | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1, RC (VIC) Method RC 316.00, RC (VIC) Method RC 316.14 |
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| Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio | Calculation; Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in-situ penetration | Soils | Penetration in-situ | Standard penetration | 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 laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Assignment of CBR and percent swell; Remoulded specimens | AS 1289.6.1.1, RC (VIC) Method RC 324.01 | |
| 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 | Repeated compaction pre-treatment |
AS 1289.1.1, RC (VIC) Method RC 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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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Density decay correction factor for granular materials; Sample preparation; Stabiliser working time | Cement stabilisation; Cementitious stabilisation time; Lime stabilisation | RC (VIC) Method RC 301.03, RC (VIC) Method RC 301.06, RC (Vic) Method 330.02, RC (VIC) Method RC 330.03 | |
| Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | AS 5101.4 | |||
| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a stockpile |
AS 1141.3.1 |
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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 | Aggregate from a pavement; Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling in-situ |
AS 1289.1.2.1 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.2, RC (VIC) Method RC 316.10 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.1 |
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Accreditation No.
544
Site No.
25143
Print date
25 Apr 2024
