National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Geotesta Pty Ltd
Site
Geotesta Pty Ltd, Melbourne Laboratory
Accreditation No.
19167
Site No.
21677
Date of Accreditation
14 Oct 2013
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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Establishment of annex facilities | Materials defined by all or some for which the site is accredited | Determinations defined by all or some for which the site is accredited | Techniques defined by all or some for which the site is accredited | ||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm | AS 1141.12 | |
Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.11.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Compressive strength | Uniaxial load rate controlled; Uniaxial strain rate controlled | AS 4133.4.2.1, AS 4133.4.2.2, | |
Point load strength index | Laboratory measurement | AS 4133.4.1 | |||
Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 4133.1.1.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Description, identification and classification | Not applicable | AS 1726 Tables 9 and 10 (Laboratory classification only) | |
Moisture content | Correlation; Drying oven; Microwave oven | AS 1289.2.1.1 AS 1289.2.1.4 AS 1289.2.3.1 | |||
Linear shrinkage | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.4.1 | |||
Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.6.1 | |||
Particle density | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.5.1 | |||
Liquid limit; Plastic limit; Plasticity index | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point | AS 1289.3.1.1 AS 1289.3.1.2 AS 1289.3.2.1 AS 1289.3.3.1 | |||
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 dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class | AS 1289.3.8.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 | |
Characteristic field density values | Not applicable | RC (Vic) Method 316.00 | |||
Density ratio - density decay correction factor | Calculation | RC (Vic) Method 330.04 | |||
Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio | Calculation | AS 1289.5.4.1 | |||
Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge | AS 1289.5.8.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil fine particles | Soils | Fine particle analysis | Hydrometer | AS 1289.3.6.3 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in-situ penetration | Soils | Penetration depth | Ball embedment | Austroads Method AGPT/T251 | |
Penetration in-situ | Dynamic cone | AS 1289.6.3.2 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens; Undisturbed samples | AS 1289.6.1.1, AS 1289.6.1.2 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil permeability | Soils | Permeability | Constant head for a remoulded specimen; Falling head for a remoulded specimen; Flexible wall permeameter | AS 1289.6.7.1, AS 1289.6.7.2, AS 1289.6.7.3 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Repeated compaction pre-treatment | RC (Vic) Method 301.05 | |
Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable | AS 1289.1.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil reactivity | Soils | Reactivity | Shrink/swell | AS 1289.7.1.1 | |
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a windrow | AS 1141.3.1 | |
Soils | Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling | RC (Vic) Method 316.10 | ||
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 | Undisturbed soil sampling by open-drive sampler | AS 1289.1.3.1 |
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Accreditation No.
19167
Site No.
21677
Print date
04 Oct 2024