National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Construction Sciences Pty Ltd
Site
Gosnells Laboratory
Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
25569
Date of Accreditation
26 Feb 2024
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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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate abrasion | Aggregates | Abrasion resistance | Los Angeles machine value |
AS 1141.23 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Light stone contaminants | Visual assessment of stone colour |
MRWA Method WA250.1 |
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| Organic impurities | Colour test |
AS 1141.34 |
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| Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33 |
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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 | Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12 MRWA Method WA210.1 |
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| Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5 |
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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| Water absorption of fine aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.5 |
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| Shape | Angularity; Average least dimension; Flakiness; Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14, AS 1141.15, AS 1141.16, AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.2 MRWA Method WA216.1 |
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| Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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| Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven; Microwave oven |
MRWA Method WA212.1, MRWA Method WA212.2 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Exposure to sodium sulfate solution; Methylene blue value |
AS 1141.24, AS 1141.66 |
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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 specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen manufacture | Mixing concrete in the laboratory |
AS 1012.2 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil chemical properties | Soils | Calcium carbonate content | Not applicable |
MRWA Method WA915.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1 MRWA Method WA121.1 |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 MRWA Method WA115.1, MRWA Method WA115.2 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven; Microwave oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 MRWA Method WA110.1, MRWA Method WA110.2 |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 MRWA Method WA123.1 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point; Cone four point |
AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2, AS 1289.3.9.1 MRWA Method WA120.1, MRWA Method WA120.2 |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande; Cone |
AS 1289.3.3.1 MRWA Method WA122.1 |
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| 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 MRWA Method WA133.1, MRWA Method WA133.2 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 MRWA Method WA134.1, MRWA Method WA136.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial maximum dry |
MRWA Method WA140.1 |
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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 pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289.1.1 MRWA Method WA105.1 |
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| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a stockpile |
AS 1141.3.1 MRWA Method WA200.1 |
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| Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a face; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling from a windrow |
AS 1289.1.2.1 MRWA Method WA100.1 |
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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 MRWA Method WA0.1 |
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Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
25569
Print date
26 Jul 2024
