National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Construction Sciences Pty Ltd
Site
Perth Laboratory
Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
398
Date of Accreditation
10 Aug 2015
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 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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| Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32 |
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| Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33 |
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| Organic impurities |
AS 1141.34 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Water absorption of fine aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.5 |
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| 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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| Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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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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| Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven; Microwave oven |
MRWA Method WA212.1, MRWA Method WA212.2 |
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| Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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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 consistence in-situ | Concrete, grout and mortar | Slump flow | Cone |
AS 1012.3.1 |
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| Flow of grout | Not applicable |
AS 1478.2 Appendix D |
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| Slump flow | J-ring; T500 | AS 1012.3.5 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Flexural strength | Modulus of rupture |
AS 1012.11 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete | In-situ measurement using fixed volume measure |
AS 1012.5 |
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| Compressive strength | Core; Cube; Cylinder |
AS 1012.9, AS 1012.14 AS 1478.2 Appendix A |
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| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions |
AS 1012.12.1 |
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| Bleeding | In-situ analysis - Freshly mixed concrete |
AS 1012.6 |
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| Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure |
AS 1012.4.2 |
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| Setting time - In-situ | Not applicable |
AS 1012.18 |
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| Indirect tensile strength | Brazil |
AS 1012.10 |
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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 and curing | In-situ manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens; Manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens in the laboratory |
AS 1012.8.2 |
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| Specimen manufacture and curing | In-situ manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens; Manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens in the laboratory |
AS 1012.8.4 |
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| Specimen manufacture and curing | Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory; In-situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens; Manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens in the laboratory |
AS 1012.8.1 |
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| Specimen conditioning | Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens |
AS 1012.14 (except clause 6.2) |
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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 - 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 | Moisture content | Drying oven; Microwave oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 MRWA Method WA110.1, MRWA Method WA110.2 |
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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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| 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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| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1 MRWA Method WA121.1 |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 MRWA Method WA123.1 |
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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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| Density - In-situ; Field moisture content | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1 MRWA Method WA324.2 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in-situ penetration | Soils | Penetration in-situ | Dynamic cone; Perth sand penetrometer |
AS 1289.6.3.2, AS 1289.6.3.3 |
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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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| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer |
AS 1012.1 |
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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.
398
Print date
25 Apr 2024
