GEM Group Holdings Pty Ltd

Site

GEM Testing Laboratory

Accreditation No.

21178

Site No.

25484

Date of Accreditation

20 Mar 2023

Address

29 Avey Rd
Mount Gambier, SA 5290
Australia

Contact

Mr Rod McArthur P: +61 0411604918

Availability

Services conditionally available to external clients

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Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
GEM Testing Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Infrastructure and Asset Integrity

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
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 Clay and fine silt; Coarse aggregate quality; Organic impurities; Weak particles contaminants Colour test; Settling; Sieve analysis; Visual comparison AS 1141.30.1
RC (Vic) Method 372.01
AS 1141.34
AS 1141.33
AS 1141.32
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties Aggregates Bulk density; Particle density of coarse aggregate; Particle density of fine aggregate; Water absorption of coarse aggregate; Water absorption of fine aggregate Compacted; Pycnometer; Uncompacted; Weighing-in-water AS 1141.4
AS 1141.5
AS 1141.6.1
AS 1141.6.2
Particle size distribution Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm AS 1141.11.1
AS 1141.12
RC (Vic) Method 375.11
RC (Vic) Method 375.12
Shape Average least dimension; Crushed faces; Elongation; Flakiness; Flat particles; Proportional calliper AS 1141.18
AS 1141.20.1
AS 1141.20.2
AS 1141.20.3
DPTI (SA) MAT-TP240
AS 1141.15
RC (Vic) Method 302.11
DPIT(SA) MAT-TP241
AS 1141.14
DPIT(SA) MAT-TP244
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt extraction and grading Asphalts Bitumen content and aggregate grading Pressure filter AS/NZS 2891.3.3
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt specimen manufacture Asphalts Specimen compaction; Specimen conditioning Gyratory compaction; Handling and conditioning AS/NZS 2891.2.1
AS/NZS 2891.2.2
DPTI (SA) MAT-TP428
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt volumetric properties Asphalts Bulk density; Maximum density; Voids and density relationship Mensuration; Presaturation; Water displacement AS/NZS 2891.9.2
AS/NZS 2891.9.3
AS/NZS 2891.8
AS/NZS 2891.7.1
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 In situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens; In situ manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens AS 1012.8.1
AS 1012.8.4
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement surfacing characteristics Road pavements Layer thickness Not applicable ASTM D3549
Texture depth Sand patch DIT (SA) TP346
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification Soils Linear shrinkage; Liquid limit; Moisture content; Plastic limit; Plasticity index; Sieve analysis Casagrande; Casagrande one point; Drying oven; Hot plate AS 1289.2.1.1
AS 1289.2.1.6
AS 1289.3.1.2
AS 1289.3.2.1
AS 1289.3.3.1
AS 1289.3.4.1
AS 1289.3.6.1
DPTI (SA) MAT-TP134
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics Soils Dry density/moisture content relationship Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort AS 1289.5.1.1
AS 1289.5.2.1
Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) Not applicable AS 1289.5.4.2
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density Soils Density - In situ; Dry density ratio; Field moisture content; Moisture ratio; Moisture ratio assessment of dry back Calculation; Nuclear gauge AS 1289.5.8.1, AS 1289.5.4.1, DIT (SA) TP320, RC (Vic) Method 316.14
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ penetration Soils Penetration depth; Penetration in situ Ball embedment; Dynamic cone AS 1289.6.3.2, Austroads AGPT/T251
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment Soils Soil pre-treatment Not applicable AS 1289.1.1
Sample collection Aggregates Not applicable Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a windrow AS 1141.3.1
DPTI (SA) MAT-TP226
Asphalts Not applicable Extraction of an asphalt core - Wet technique; Uncompacted asphalt AS/NZS 2891.1.1
DPTI (SA) MAT-TP425
AS 2891.1.2
Concrete, grout and mortar Not applicable Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete AS 1012.1
Soils Not applicable Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling from a windrow AS 1289.1.2.1
Not applicable Site selection - Random stratified sampling AS 1289.1.4.2

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