National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Butler Partners (Regional) Pty Ltd
Site
Gladstone Laboratory
Accreditation No.
19529
Site No.
23725
Date of Accreditation
06 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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| 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 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate binder adhesion | Aggregates | Degree of precoating | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q216 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32 |
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| Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Shape | Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14 |
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| Shape | Crushed faces |
AS 1141.18 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12 |
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| Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5 |
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| Shape | Average least dimension; Flakiness |
AS 1141.15, AS 1141.20.3, MR (Qld) Method Q201 |
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| Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Degradation factor on coarse aggregate; Degradation factor on source rock |
AS 1141.25.1, AS 1141.25.2, MR (Qld) Method Q208B |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Aggregate crushing value; Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable |
AS 1141.21, AS 1141.22 |
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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 | Cube; Cylinder |
AS 1012.9 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions |
AS 1012.12.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen conditioning; Specimen manufacture and curing | Curing grout and mortar cube specimens in the laboratory; In situ manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes | AS 1012.8.3 | |
| Specimen conditioning; Specimen manufacture; 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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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement surfacing characteristics | Road pavements | Texture depth | Sand patch |
Austroads Method ATM-250 |
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| Penetration depth | Ball embedment | Austroads Method AGPT/T251 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Cone plasticity index; Liquid limit; Plastic limit; Plasticity index | Casagrande; Cone |
AS 1289.3.1.1,AS 1289 3.1.2, AS 1289.3.2.1, AS 1289 3.3.1, AS 1289.3.3.2, AS 1289 3.9.1, AS 1289.3.9.2, MR (Qld) Method Q104A, MR (Qld) Method Q104D, MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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| Sieve analysis | Fines ratio | MR (Qld) Method Q253 | |||
| Particle density | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.5.1 | |||
| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1, MR (Qld) Method Q103A |
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| Weighted plasticity index | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q252 | |||
| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1, MR (Qld) Method Q106 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Minimum and maximum dry density |
AS 1289.5.5.1 |
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| Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD); Compaction to nominated levels; Dry density/moisture content relationship; Oversize material | Modified compactive effort; Oversize material treatment; Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1, AS 1289.5.4.2, MR (Qld) Method Q142A, MR (Qld) Method Q142B, MR (Qld) Method Q143, MR (Qld) Method Q144A, MR (Qld) Method Q145A |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class |
AS 1289.3.8.1, MR (Qld) Method Q168 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Characteristic field density values; Degree of saturation; Density - In situ; Dry density ratio; Field moisture content; Moisture ratio; Relative compaction | Calculation; Nuclear gauge; Sand-cone |
AS 11289.5.3.1, AS 11289.5.4.1, AS 1289.5.7.1, AS 1289.5.8.1, MR (Qld) Method Q020, MR (Qld) Method Q140A, MR (Qld) Method Q141A, MR (Qld) Method Q141B, MR (Qld) Method NGTM N01, MR (Qld) Method NGTM N02, MR (Qld) Method NGTM N03, MR (Qld) Method Q146 |
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| Density index | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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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 in situ penetration | Soils | Penetration - In situ | Dynamic cone |
AS 1289.6.3.2 |
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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 Q113B, MR (Qld) Method Q113C |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil natural contaminants | Soils | Acidity | pH | AS 1289.4.3.1 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil permeability | Soils | Permeability | Constant head for a remoulded specimen; Falling head for a remoulded specimen |
AS 1289.6.7.1, AS 1289.6.7.2 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil sample preparation | Soils | Preparation of disturbed samples | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q101G, MR (Qld) Method Q101H, MR (Qld) Method Q101J, MR (Qld) Method Q255 |
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| Preparation of disturbed samples | 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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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Laboratory stabilisation of soil | Cement; Lime stabilisation |
MR (Qld) Method Q135A, MR (Qld) Method Q135B |
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| Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined |
AS 5101.4, MR (Qld) Method Q115 |
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| Sample preparation | UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Field mix; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Laboratory mix |
MR (Qld) Method Q251A, MR (Qld) Method Q251B |
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| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Disturbed sampling from earthwork |
AS 1141.3.1 |
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| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer |
AS 1012.1 |
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| Soils | Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling | Austroads Method ATM-020 | ||
| Not applicable | Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Site selection by spot sampling |
AS 1289.1.2.1, MR (Qld) Methods Q060, MR (Qld) Method Q061 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.1, AS 1289.1.4.2, MR (Qld) Method Q050 |
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Accreditation No.
19529
Site No.
23725
Print date
28 Jun 2026