Qld Testing Services

Site

Hervey Bay Laboratory

Accreditation No.

21711

Site No.

26149

Date of Accreditation

16 Mar 2026

Address

11/11 Drury Lane
Dundowran, QLD 4655
Australia

Contact

Mr Tai Battisson P: +61 0467002954

Availability

Services available to external clients

Supervision

Not Applicable

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Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Hervey Bay Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Infrastructure and Asset Integrity

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate binder adhesion Aggregates Degree of precoating Not applicable MR (Qld) Method Q216
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants Aggregates Weak particles contaminants Sieve analysis AS 1141.32
Clay and fine silt Settling AS 1141.33
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties Aggregates Bulk density Compacted; Uncompacted AS 1141.4
Water absorption of coarse aggregate; Water absorption of fine aggregate Weighing-in-water AS 1141.5, AS 1141.6.1
Shape Proportional calliper AS 1141.14
Particle size distribution Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12
Shape Crushed faces AS 1141.18
Shape Average least dimension AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.3
Shape Flakiness AS 1141.15, MR (Qld) Method Q201
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness Aggregates Soundness Degradation factor on source rock AS 1141.25.1
Soundness Degradation factor on coarse aggregate AS 1141.25.2, MR (Qld) Method Q208B
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength Aggregates Aggregate crushing value Not applicable AS 1141.21
Wet/dry strength variation Not applicable AS 1141.22
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar consistence in situ Concrete, grout and mortar Slump flow Cone; T500 AS 1012.3.1, AS 1012.3.5
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties Concrete, grout and mortar Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete In situ measurement using fixed volume measure AS 1012.5
Compressive strength Core; Cube; Cylinder AS 1012.9, AS 1012.14
Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete Dimensions AS 1012.12.1
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
Specimen manufacture and curing Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory; In situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens AS 1012.8.1
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement surfacing characteristics Road pavements Texture depth Sand patch Austroads Method AGPT/T250
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification Soils Liquid limit Casagrande; Cone AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2, AS 1289.3.9.1, AS 1289.3.9.2, MR (Qld) Method Q104A, MR (Qld) Method Q104D
Sieve analysis Fines ratio AS 1289.3.6.1, MR (Qld) Method Q103A, MR Qld) Method Q253
Particle density Not applicable AS 1289.3.5.1, MR (Qld) Method Q109, MR (Qld) Method Q109A, MR (Qld) Method Q109B
Plasticity index Casagrande; Cone AS 1289.3.3.1, AS 1289.3.3.2, MR (Qld) Method Q105
Plastic limit Not applicable AS 1289.3.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q105
Linear shrinkage Not applicable AS 1289.3.4.1, MR (Qld) Method Q106
Moisture content Drying oven; Relative moisture content AS 1289.2.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q250
Weighted plasticity index Not applicable MR (Qld) Method Q252
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics Soils Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) Not applicable AS 1289.5.4.2, MR (Qld) Method Q144A
Dry density/moisture content relationship Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q142A, MR (Qld) Method Q142B
Compaction to nominated levels Not applicable MR (Qld) Method Q145A
Oversize material Oversize material treatment MR (Qld) Method Q143
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion Soils Dispersion Emerson class AS 1289.3.8.1; MR (Qld) Method Q168
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density Soils Characteristic field density values Not applicable MR (Qld) Method Q020
Compaction control Hilf AS 1289.5.7.1
Density - In situ Sand-cone AS 1289.5.3.1, MR (Qld) Method Q141B
Degree of saturation Not applicable MR (Qld) Method Q146
Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio; Relative compaction Measured AS 1289.5.4.1, MR (Qld) Method Q140A
Density index Not applicable AS 1289.5.6.1
Density - In situ; Moisture - In situ Nuclear gauge AS 1289.5.8.1, MR (Qld) Method Q141A, MR (Qld) NGTM Method N01, MR (Qld) NGTM Method N02, MR (Qld) NGTM Method N03
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ penetration Soils Penetration - In situ Dynamic cone AS 1289.6.3.2, MR (Qld) Method Q114B
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties Soils Bearing ratio Remoulded specimens AS 1289.6.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q113A, MR (Qld) Method Q113B, MR (Qld) Method Q113C
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil sample preparation Soils Preparation of disturbed samples Not applicable AS 1289.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q101, MR (Qld) Method Q101A, MR (Qld) Method Q101B, MR (Qld) Method Q101C, MR (Qld) Method Q101D, MR (Qld) Method Q101G, MR (Qld) Method Q101H, MR (Qld) Method Q101J, MR (Qld) Method Q255
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation Soils Sample preparation Cement stabilisation; Lime stabilisation MR (Qld) Method Q135A
Curing of moulded specimens Not applicable MR (Qld) Method Q135B
Sample preparation UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Field mix; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Laboratory mix MR (Qld) Method Q251A, MR (Qld) Method Q251B
Compressive strength Uniaxial unconfined MR (Qld) Method Q115
Sample collection Aggregates Not applicable Aggregate from a bin; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a truck AS 1141.3.1
Concrete, grout and mortar Not applicable Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete AS 1012.1
Soils Not applicable Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling AS 1289.1.4.1, AS 1289.1.4.2, MR (Qld) Method Q050
Not applicable Site selection by spot sampling MR (Qld) Method Q061
Not applicable Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling by hand auger; 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 in situ AS 1289.1.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q060

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