National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
NSW Public Works - Advisory
Site
Geotechnical Centre – Manly Hydraulics Laboratory
Accreditation No.
13380
Site No.
13373
Date of Accreditation
09 Jun 1961
Contact
Availability
Services conditionally 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 - Masonry, concrete and clay unit properties | Masonry, concrete and clay units | Resistance to salt attack | Not applicable |
AS 4456.10 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Point load strength index | Not applicable |
AS 4133.4.1 |
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| Absorption; Density | Buoyancy; Callipers; Saturation |
AS 4133.2.1.1, AS 4133.2.1.2, ASTM C97 |
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| Compressive strength | Uniaxial load rate controlled |
AS 4133.4.2.1, ASTM C170 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 4133.1.1.1 |
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| Modulus of rupture for dimension stone | Not applicable | ASTM C99 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1 |
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| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1 |
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| Description, identification and classification | Not applicable |
AS 1726 Tables 9 and 10 (Laboratory tests only) |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2 |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable | in-house method GM9 | |||
| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 |
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| Particle density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.5.1, in-house method GM8 |
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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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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil consolidation | Soils | Consolidation | One-dimensional |
AS 1289.6.6.1 |
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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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| Dispersion | Percentage (%) |
AS 1289.3.8.2 |
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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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| Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio | Calculation; Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Density - In-situ | Sand-cone; Water replacement |
AS 1289.5.3.1, AS 1289.5.3.5, in-house method GM16 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil fine particles | Soils | Fine particle analysis | Hydrometer |
in-house method GM9 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in-situ penetration | Soils | Penetration in-situ | Dynamic cone; Perth sand penetrometer |
AS 1289.6.3.2, AS 1289.6.3.3 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens |
AS 1289.6.1.1 |
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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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| 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 triaxial strength | Soils | Triaxial strength | Triaxial undrained with pore water pressure measured |
AS 1289.6.4.2, in-house method GM20, in-house method GM21 |
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| Triaxial strength | Triaxial undrained without pore water pressure measurement |
AS 1289.6.4.1 |
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| Sample collection | Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling from a windrow; Disturbed soil sampling in-situ |
AS 1289.1.2.1 |
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Accreditation No.
13380
Site No.
13373
Print date
27 Jan 2022