National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
HiQA Geotechnical
Site
HiQA Geotechnical – Perth Laboratory
Accreditation No.
13121
Site No.
24970
Date of Accreditation
Contact
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
Withdrawn 22 Mar 2022
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
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| 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, MRWA Method WA220.1, MRWA Method WA220.2 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.12 |
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| Shape | Average least dimension |
AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.2, AS 1141.20.3, MRWA Method WA216.1 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.11.1, MRWA Method WA210.1 |
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| Shape | Proportional calliper | AS 1141.14 | |||
| Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
| Shape | Flakiness |
AS 1141.15, MRWA Method WA216.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement surfacing characteristics | Road pavements | Layer thickness | Not applicable |
MRWA Method WA330.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1, MRWA Method WA123.1 |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1, MRWA Method WA122.1 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1, MRWA Method WA110.1 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289 3.1.2, MRWA Method WA120.1,MRWA Method WA120.2 |
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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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| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1, MRWA Method WA121.1 |
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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, MRWA Method WA133.1, MRWA Method WA133.2 |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1, MRWA Method WA132.1,MRWA Method WA132.2 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio | Calculation; Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1, AS 1289.5.4.2,AS 1289.5.4.3, MRWA Method WA134.1, MRWA Method WA136.1 |
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| Field moisture content | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1 |
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| Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 | |||
| Density - In-situ | 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 | Perth sand penetrometer | AS 1289.6.3.3 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial maximum dry | MRWA Method WA140.1 | |
| Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens |
AS 1289.6.1.1, MRWA Method WA141.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil natural contaminants | Soils | Calcium carbonate content | Not applicable | MRWA Method WA915.1 | |
| 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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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined |
AS 5101.4, MRWA Method WA143.1 |
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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 | 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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| Not applicable | Disturbed sampling from earthwork; 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, MRWA Method WA100.1 |
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Accreditation No.
13121
Site No.
24970
Print date
17 May 2022