National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Construction Sciences Pty Ltd
Site
Glendenning Laboratory
Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
12385
Date of Accreditation
18 Mar 1997
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 contaminants | Aggregates | Organic impurities | Colour test |
AS 1141.34 |
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| Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33 |
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| Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification |
RMS (NSW) Method T276 |
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| Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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| Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5 |
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| Particle size distribution | Fine particles in road materials; Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12, AS 1141.19 RMS (NSW) Method T201, RMS (NSW) Method T203 |
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| Water absorption of fine aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.5 |
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| Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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| Shape | Average least dimension; Flakiness; Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14, AS 1141.15, AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.2 RMS (NSW) Method T213, RMS (NSW) Method T235, RMS (NSW) Method T275 |
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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 reactivity | Aggregates | Alkali reactivity potential | Accelerated mortar bar |
AS 1141.60.1 |
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| Alkali reactivity | Length change of concrete |
AS 1141.60.2 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable |
AS 1141.21 |
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| Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable |
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 | Vebe value | Not applicable |
AS 1012.3.3 |
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| Slump flow | Cone; J-ring; T500 |
AS 1012.3.1, AS 1012.3.5 RMS (NSW) Method T301 |
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| Compactibility index | Not applicable |
AS 1012.3.4 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar performance | Concrete, grout and mortar | Flexural toughness of fibre reinforced concrete and shotcrete | Not applicable |
ASTM C1550 |
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| Flexural performance of fibre reinforced concrete | Beam with third-point loading |
ASTM C1609/C1609M |
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| Flexural tensile strength | Limit of proportionality; Residual |
BS EN 14651 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar permeability | Concrete, grout and mortar | Permeability | Flow rate (no fines concrete) | RMS (NSW) Method T377 | |
| Permeability | Voids - No fines concrete | RMS (NSW) Method T378 | |||
| Permeability | Volume change with water absorption - Permeable voids |
DIN 1048 Part 5 (1991) |
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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, AS 1012.14 RMS (NSW) Method T305, RMS (NSW) Method T306, RMS (NSW) Method T310, RMS (NSW) Method T375 |
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| Setting time - In-situ | Not applicable |
AS 1012.18 |
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| Flexural strength | Modulus of rupture |
AS 1012.11 RMS (NSW) Method T328 |
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| Bleeding | In-situ analysis - Freshly mixed concrete |
AS 1012.6 |
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| Specimen preparation | Dressing of voids |
RMS (NSW) Method T368 |
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| Wet sieving analysis | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T329 |
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| Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure |
AS 1012.4.2 RMS (NSW) Method T320 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions; Water displacement |
AS 1012.12.1, AS 1012.12.2 RMS (NSW) Method T316, RMS (NSW) Method T317 |
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| Indirect tensile strength | Brazil |
AS 1012.10 |
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| Uniformity of mixing | Not applicable |
AS 1379 Appendix A |
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| Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete | In-situ measurement using fixed volume measure |
AS 1012.5 RMS (NSW) Method T303 |
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| Compacted density - In-situ | Relative compaction of concrete pavements |
RMS (NSW) Method T381 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar shrinkage | Concrete, grout and mortar | Drying shrinkage specimen measurement | Not applicable |
AS 1012.13 |
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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 | Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens |
AS 1012.14 |
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| Specimen manufacture and curing | In-situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens; In-situ manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens; In-situ manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens; In-situ manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes; Manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens in the laboratory; Manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens in the laboratory; Manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens in the laboratory; Manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes in the laboratory |
AS 1012.8.1, AS 1012.8.2, AS 1012.8.3, AS 1012.8.4 RMS (NSW) Method T304, RMS (NSW) Method T327, RMS (NSW) Method T375, RMS (NSW) Method T376 |
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| Specimen manufacture | Mixing concrete in the laboratory |
AS 1012.2 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement structural performance | Road pavements | Structural performance evaluation | Benkelman beam; Deflection monitoring |
RMS (NSW) Method T160, RMS (NSW) Method T199;TfNSW T199; |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement surfacing characteristics | Road pavements | Texture depth | Sand patch |
RMS (NSW) Method T240 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Point load strength index | Not applicable |
AS 4133.4.1 RMS (Method) T223 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Cone four point |
AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2, AS 1289.3.9.1 RMS (NSW) Method T108;TfNSW T108;TfNSW T105; |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande; Cone |
AS 1289.3.3.1 RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109;TfNSW T105; |
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| Fine particles in road materials; Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 RMS (NSW) Method T106;TfNSW T106;, RMS (NSW) Method T107;TfNSW T107; |
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| Plastic limit |
AS 1289.3.2.1 RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109;TfNSW T105; |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven; Microwave oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 RMS (NSW) Method T120, RMS (NSW) Method T180 |
Mobile capability for AS 1289.2.1.1 and RMS (NSW) Method T120 |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 RMS (NSW) Method T113;TfNSW T113; |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.5.1 RMS (NSW) Method T164 |
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| Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.4.2 |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort; Three compaction point |
AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1 RMS (NSW) Method T111, RMS (NSW) Method T112, RMS (NSW) Method T130, RMS (NSW) Method T162 |
Mobile capability for RMS (NSW) Method T162 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class |
AS 1289.3.8.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil electrical properties | Soils | Electrical resistance | Not applicable |
AS 1289.4.4.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge; Sand-cone |
AS 1289.5.3.1, AS 1289.5.8.1 RMS (NSW) Method T119, RMS (NSW) Method T173 |
Sydney Water Supplier of Field Testing Services. Mobile capability for AS 1289.5.8.1 and RMS (NSW) Method T173 |
| Relative compaction | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T166 |
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| Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
Sydney Water Supplier of Field Testing Services. Mobile capability for AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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| Moisture ratio | Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Density index | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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| Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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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 | Compressive strength | Uniaxial maximum dry |
RMS (NSW) Method T114, RMS (NSW) Method T116, RMS (NSW) Method T131 |
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| Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens |
AS 1289.6.1.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil natural contaminants | Soils | Acidity | pH |
AS 1289.4.3.1 RMS (NSW) Method T123 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Accelerated weathering pre-treatment; Not applicable; Repeated compaction pre-treatment |
AS 1289.1.1 RMS (NSW) Method T102;TfNSW T102;TfNSW T105;, RMS (NSW) Method T103;TfNSW T103;TfNSW T105;, RMS (NSW) Method T105 |
Mobile capability for AS 1289.1.1 and RMS (NSW) Method T105 |
| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a truck; Quarry aggregate from a drill core; Quarry aggregate from a quarry face; Quarry aggregate from a rock spall; Quarry aggregate from boulders |
AS 1141.3.1, AS 1141.3.2 RMS (NSW) Method T100 |
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| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Hardened concrete by coring |
AS 1012.1, AS 1012.14 RMS (NSW) Method T300, RMS (NSW) Method T375 |
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| Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling from a windrow; Disturbed soil sampling in-situ; Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
AS 1289.1.2.1, AS 1289.1.4.1, AS 1289.1.4.2 |
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Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
12385
Print date
01 Jul 2022