
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Qld Testing Services
Scope of Accreditation
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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Accreditation No.
21711
Site No.
26149
Print date
10 Apr 2026
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