
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
FMG Research
Site
FMG Research – Whyalla
Accreditation No.
544
Site No.
25926
Date of Accreditation
15 Sep 2025
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 - 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 specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | 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 | Liquid limit | Casagrande | AS 1289.3.1.1 DPTI (SA) TP143 | |
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 | |||
Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 1289.2.1.1 | |||
Liquid limit | Casagrande | AS 1289.3.1.2 | |||
Plastic limit | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.2.1 | |||
Plasticity index | Casagrande | AS 1289.3.3.1 | |||
Linear shrinkage | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.4.1 | |||
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 field density | Soils | Density - In situ | Nuclear gauge | AS 1289.5.8.1 | |
Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 | |||
Field moisture content | Nuclear gauge | 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 in situ | Dynamic cone | AS 1289.6.3.2 | |
Penetration depth | Ball embedment | DPTI (SA) TP349, Austroads Method AG:PT/T251 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil sample preparation | Soils | Preparation of disturbed samples | Not applicable | AS 1289.1.1 | |
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | 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 | 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 |
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Accreditation No.
544
Site No.
25926
Print date
18 Sep 2025