Geotesta Pty Ltd

Site

Geotesta Pty Ltd, Melbourne Laboratory

Accreditation No.

19167

Site No.

21677

Date of Accreditation

14 Oct 2013

Address

9 Redwood Drive
Notting Hill, VIC 3168
Australia

geotesta.com.au

Contact

Mr Chandana Liyanage P: +61 (03) 95629135

Availability

Services available to external clients

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Geotesta Pty Ltd, Melbourne Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Infrastructure and Asset Integrity

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
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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