National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Pargroup Materials Testing Pty Ltd
Site
Geotechnical Laboratory
Accreditation No.
19400
Site No.
22186
Date of Accreditation
01 Jun 2017
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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Suspended Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate binder adhesion |
Aggregates | Degree of precoating | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q216 |
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Suspended Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants |
Aggregates | Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32; MR (Qld) Method Q217 |
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Suspended Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties |
Aggregates | Water absorption of fine aggregate | Not applicable | AS 1141.5 | |
| Shape | Flakiness |
AS 1141.15; MR (Qld) Method Q201 |
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1; MR (Qld) Method Q214B |
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| Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.5 | |||
| Shape | Average least dimension | AS 1141.20.3, MR (Qld) Method Q202 | |||
| Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.6.1; MR (Qld) Method Q214B |
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| Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm | AS 1141.12 | |||
| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.11.1 |
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| Shape | Crushed faces |
AS 1141.18, MR (Qld) Method Q215 |
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Suspended Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength |
Aggregates | Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable |
AS 1141.22, MR (Qld) Method Q205A, MR (Qld) Method Q205, MR (Qld) Method Q205C |
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Suspended 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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Suspended Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties |
Concrete, grout and mortar | Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions |
AS 1012.12.1 |
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| Compressive strength | Cylinder |
AS 1012.9 |
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Suspended 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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Suspended Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification |
Soils | Liquid limit | Cone one point |
MR (Qld) Method Q104D |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1; MR (Qld) Method Q106 |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1 |
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| Liquid limit | Cone four point |
MR (Qld) Method Q104A |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1; MR (Qld) Method Q103A |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 |
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| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1; MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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| Plasticity index | Cone |
MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point |
AS 1289.3.1.1 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.2 |
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| Particle density | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.5.1 | |||
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Suspended Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics |
Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1; MR (Qld) Method Q142A |
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| Compaction to nominated levels | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q145A |
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| Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.4.2; MR (Qld) Method Q144A |
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| Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.5.1 | |||
| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.2.1; MR (Qld) Method Q142B |
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| Oversize material | Oversize material treatment |
MR (Qld) Method Q143 |
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Suspended Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion |
Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class |
AS 1289.3.8.1 |
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Suspended Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density |
Soils | Degree of saturation | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q146 |
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| Density index | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.6.1 | |||
| Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1; MR (Qld) Method Q141A; MR (Qld) NGTM Method N01; MR (Qld) NGTM Method N03 |
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| Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Relative compaction | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q140A |
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| Characteristic field density values | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q020 |
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| Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 | |||
| Density - In-situ | Sand-cone |
AS 1289.5.3.1; MR (Qld) Method Q141B |
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Suspended Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in-situ penetration |
Soils | Penetration in-situ | Dynamic cone |
AS 1289.6.3.2, MR (Qld) Method Q114B |
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Suspended Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties |
Soils | Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens |
AS 1289.6.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q113A, MR (Qld) Method Q113B, MR (Qld) Method Q113C |
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Suspended Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment |
Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289.1.1; MR (Qld) Method Q101; MR (Qld) Method Q101A; MR (Qld) Method Q101B; MR (Qld) Method Q101C; MR (Qld) Method Q101D |
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Suspended Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation |
Soils | Stabiliser working time | Cementitious stabilisation time | MR (Qld) Method Q136A | |
| Sample preparation | UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Field mix; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Laboratory mix | MR (Qld) Method Q251A; MR (Qld) Method Q251B | |||
| Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | MR (Qld) Method Q115 | |||
| Stabiliser rate of spread rate | In-situ measurement | MR (Qld) Method Q719 | |||
| Cement content | Heat of neutralisation | MR (Qld) Method Q134 | |||
| Sample preparation | Cement stabilisation |
MR (Qld) Method Q135A |
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| Curing of moulded specimens | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q135B | |||
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Suspended Sample collection |
Aggregates | Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
MR (Qld) Method Q050 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection by spot sampling |
MR (Qld) Method Q061 |
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| Not applicable | Aggregate from a bin; Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a truck; Aggregate from a windrow |
AS 1141.3.1; MR (Qld) Method Q060 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling |
MR (Qld) Method Q050 |
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| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete |
AS 1012.1 |
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| Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a face; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling from a windrow; Disturbed soil sampling from an open-drive; Disturbed soil sampling in-situ |
AS 1289.1.2.1; MR (Qld) Method Q060 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.1; MR (Qld) Method Q050 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.2; MR (Qld) Method Q050 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection by spot sampling |
MR (Qld) Method Q061 |
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Accreditation No.
19400
Site No.
22186
Print date
26 Jun 2022