National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Ground Science South West Pty Ltd
Site
Ground Science South West
Accreditation No.
20109
Site No.
22402
Date of Accreditation
21 Aug 2014
Contact
Mr Chris Mamalis
P: +61 0410420084
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
Ground Science South West
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; Resistance to wear by attrition |
AS 1141.23, AS 1141.27 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33 |
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| Coarse aggregate quality | Visual comparison |
AS 1141.30.1 RC (Vic) Method 372.01 |
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| Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification |
RC (Vic) Method 372.04 |
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| Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32 |
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| Light particles contaminants | Segregation by density |
AS 1141.31 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Bulk density | Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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| Bulk density | Compacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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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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| Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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| Shape | Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14 |
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| Shape | Average least dimension |
AS 1141.20.2 AS 1141.20.3 |
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| Shape | Flakiness |
AS 1141.15, RC (Vic) Method 302.11 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Degradation factor on coarse aggregate |
AS 1141.25.2 |
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| Soundness | Degradation factor on fine aggregate |
AS 1141.25.3, RC (Vic) Method 370.05 |
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| Soundness | Degradation factor on source rock |
AS 1141.25.1 |
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| Soundness | Exposure to sodium sulfate solution |
AS 1141.24 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate stabilisation | Aggregates | Cement content | Heat of neutralisation | AS 5101.3.3 | |
| Unconfined compressive strength | Not applicable |
AS 5101.4 |
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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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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions |
AS 1012.12.1 |
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| Compressive strength | Cylinder |
AS 1012.9 |
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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 cylindrical specimens |
AS 1012.8.1 |
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| Specimen manufacture and curing | Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory |
AS 1012.8.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement surfacing characteristics | Road pavements | Penetration depth | Ball embedment |
Austroads Method AGPT/T251 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Liquid limit | Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.1 AS 1289.3.1.2 |
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| Description, identification and classification | Not applicable |
AS 1726 Tables 9 and 10 (Laboratory classification only) |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1 RC (Vic) Method 326.01 |
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| Moisture content | Hot plate |
AS 1289.2.1.6 |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 |
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| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1 |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.2.1 |
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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 | Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1 |
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| Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.5.1 | |||
| 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 field density | Soils | Moisture ratio assessment of dry back | Not applicable |
RC (Vic) Method 316.14 |
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| Characteristic field density values | Not applicable |
RC (Vic) Method 316.00 |
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| Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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| Density index | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.6.1 | |||
| Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Density ratio - density decay correction factor | Calculation | RC (Vic) Method 330.04 | |||
| Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1 |
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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 | Bearing ratio | Assignment of CBR and percent swell; Remoulded specimens |
AS 1289.6.1.1, RC (Vic) Method 324.01 |
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| 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 pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Repeated compaction pre-treatment |
RC (Vic) Method 301.05 |
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| Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289.1.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Density decay correction factor for granular materials | Not applicable |
RC (Vic) Method 330.03 |
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| Laboratory stabilisation of soil | Lime stabilisation |
RC (Vic) Method 301.03 RC (Vic) Method 301.06 |
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| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a bin; Aggregate from a conveyor belt; Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a truck; Aggregate from a windrow |
AS 1141.3.1 |
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| Asphalts | Not applicable | Extraction of an asphalt core - Wet technique |
AS 2891.1.2 |
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| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete |
AS 1012.1 |
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| Soils | Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
RC (Vic) Method 316.10 |
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| Not applicable | Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a face; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling from a windrow; Disturbed soil sampling from an open-drive; Disturbed soil sampling in-situ |
AS 1289.1.2.1 |
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Accreditation No.
20109
Site No.
22402
Print date
25 Apr 2024
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