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 |
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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 | Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory; 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 | Liquid limit | Casagrande |
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 | |||
| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 DPTI (SA) TP134 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.1.2 |
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| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1 |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1 |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | 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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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.2.1 |
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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 | |||
| Field moisture content | Nuclear gauge |
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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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ penetration | Soils | Penetration - In situ | Dynamic cone |
AS 1289.6.3.2 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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Accreditation No.
544
Site No.
25926
Print date
31 May 2026