National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Brisbane City Council
Site
Geotechnical Services Laboratory
Accreditation No.
1488
Site No.
1481
Date of Accreditation
10 Nov 1980
Address
20 Tradecoast Drive
Eagle Farm, QLD 4009
Australia
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 - 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 properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Compressive strength | Core; Cube; Cylinder |
AS 1012.9 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions |
AS 1012.12.1 |
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| Compressive strength | Core | AS 1012.14 | |||
| 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 |
AS 1012.8.1 |
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| Specimen conditioning | Dry conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens; Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens | AS 1012.14 | |||
| Specimen manufacture and curing | Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory |
AS 1012.8.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Masonry, concrete and clay unit properties | Masonry, concrete and clay units | Slip resistance | Not applicable |
AS 4586 Appendix A |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement surfacing characteristics | Road pavements | Skid resistance | British pendulum portable tester |
MR (Qld) Method Q704 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Liquid limit | Cone |
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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| Liquid limit | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.1.1 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.1.2 |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1; MR (Qld) Method Q103A |
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| Particle density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.5.1 |
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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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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 |
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| Liquid limit | Cone |
MR (Qld) Method Q104A |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Compaction to nominated levels | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q145A |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1; MR (Qld) Method Q142A |
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| Oversize material | Oversize material treatment |
MR (Qld) Method Q143 |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.2.1; MR (Qld) Method Q142B |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Percentage (%) |
AS 1289.3.8.2 |
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| Dispersion | Emerson class |
AS 1289.3.8.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Field moisture content | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1; MR (Qld) Method Q141A; MR (Qld) NGTM Method N02 |
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| Density - In situ | Sand-cone |
AS 1289.5.3.1; MR (Qld) Method Q141B |
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| Density - In situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1; MR (Qld) Method Q141A; MR (Qld) NGTM Methods N01, N03 |
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| Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Degree of saturation | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q146 |
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| Relative compaction | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q140A |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil fine particles | Soils | Fine particle analysis | Hydrometer |
AS 1289.3.6.3 |
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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; MR (Qld) Method Q113A; MR (Qld) Method Q113C |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289.1.1; MR (Qld) Method Q101 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil reactivity | Soils | Reactivity | Shrink/swell | AS 1289.7.1.1 | |
| Evaluation of mechanical performance of pedestrian and impact attenuation surfaces | Pedestrian surfaces | Slip resistance | Wet pendulum |
AS 4663 Appendix A |
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| Sample collection | Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete |
AS 1012.1 |
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Accreditation No.
1488
Site No.
1481
Print date
15 Aug 2026