Pacific Geotech

Site

Gold Coast Laboratory

Accreditation No.

21130

Site No.

25487

Date of Accreditation

24 Aug 2023

Address

3 Jowett St
Coomera, QLD 4209
Australia

pacgeo.com.au

Contact

Availability

Services available to external clients

Supervision

Not Applicable

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Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Gold Coast Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Environment

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
Analysis for elements Ground waters; Surface waters Aluminium; Barium; Boron; Cadmium; Calcium; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; Iron; Lead; Lithium; Magnesium; Manganese; Nickel; Potassium; Silica; Sodium; Strontium; Sulfur; Vanadium; Zinc ICP-AES in-house method ENV03, USEPA 200.7 
Analysis for physical and chemical characteristics Ground waters; Surface waters Electrical conductivity; pH Direct reading instrument; Membrane electrode in-house method ENV04, In-house method ENV05
Chloride Titration in-house method  ENV09
Turbidity Turbidometry in-house method ENV12
Hardness; Sulfate Calculation in-house method ENV08
Sediments; Soils - Acid sulfate Acid neutralising capacity (ANC); Acidity - Titratable actual (TAA); Calcium potassium chloride extractable (CaKCl); Chromium reducible sulfur suite (CRS); Field pH (pHF); Field pH peroxide (pHFOX); Hydrochloric acid extractable calcium (CaHCl, CaHCl); Hydrochloric acid extractable magnesium (MgHCl, MgHCl); Hydrochloric acid extractable sulfur (SHCl, SHCl); Liming rate; Magnesium potassium chloride extractable (MgKCl); Net acid soluble calcium (CaNAS); Net acid soluble magnesium (MgNAS); Net acid soluble sulfur (SNAS, SNAS); Net acidity; Sulfidic - Titratable actual acidity (s-TAA); Sulfur potassium chloride extractable (SKCl); pH; pH - Potassium chloride (pHKCl) Calculation; ICP-AES; Iodometric titration; Membrane electrode; Titration in-house method ENV01
in-house method ENV02
Soils Chloride; Solids - Total dissolved (TDS); Sulfate; pH Calculation in-house method ENV07

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Infrastructure and Asset Integrity

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties Rocks Moisture content Drying oven AS 4133.1.1.1
Compressive strength; Point load strength index Uniaxial load rate controlled; Uniaxial strain rate controlled AS 4133.4.1, AS 4133.4.2.2
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification Soils Liquid limit; Plastic limit; Plasticity index Casagrande; Casagrande one point AS 1289.3.1.2, AS 1289.3.2.1, AS 1289.3.3.1
Linear shrinkage Not applicable AS 1289.3.4.1
Sieve analysis Not applicable AS 1289.3.6.1
Moisture content Correlation; Drying oven; Microwave oven AS 1289.2.1.1, AS 1289.2.1.4,  AS 1289.2.3.1
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
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; Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio Hilf; Measured AS 1289.5.4.1, AS 1289.5.7.1
Density - In situ; Moisture - In situ Nuclear gauge AS 1289.5.8.1
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ penetration Soils 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 AS 1289.6.1.1
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment Soils 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 Soils Not applicable Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement AS 1289.1.2.1

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