National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Construction Sciences Pty Ltd
Site
Illawarra Laboratory
Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
22960
Date of Accreditation
Contact
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
Withdrawn
ISO/IEC 17025 (2005)
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 contaminants | Aggregates | Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32 RMS (NSW) Method T202 |
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| Organic impurities | Colour test |
AS 1141.34 RMS (NSW) Method T260 |
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| Foreign material in recycled aggregate |
RMS (NSW) Method T276 |
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| Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33 RMS (NSW) Method T268 |
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| Sugar | Fehlings solution |
AS 1141.35 RMS (NSW) Method T219 |
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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 | Particle size distribution | Fine particles in road materials; Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12, AS 1141.19 RMS (NSW) Method T201, RMS (NSW) Method T203 |
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| Wet/dry strength variation |
AS 1141.22 RMS (NSW) Method T215 |
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| Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5 RMS (NSW) Method T210 |
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| Shape | Average least dimension; Crushed faces; Flakiness; Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14, AS 1141.15, AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.2 RMS (NSW) Method T213, RMS (NSW) Method T235, RMS (NSW) Method T239, RMS (NSW) Method T275 |
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| Abrasion resistance | Los Angeles machine value |
AS 1141.23 |
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| Water absorption of fine aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.5 RMS (NSW) Method T210 |
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| Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable |
AS 1141.21 RMS (NSW) Method T205 |
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| Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 RMS (NSW) Method T211, RMS (NSW) Method T212 |
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1 RMS (NSW) Method T209 |
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| Soundness | Degradation factor on fine aggregate; Exposure to sodium sulfate solution; Methylene blue value |
AS 1141.24, AS 1141.25.3, AS 1141.66 RMS (NSW) Method T659 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
RMS (NSW) Method T262 |
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| Water absorption of coarse aggregate |
AS 1141.6.1 RMS (NSW) Method T209 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar consistence in-situ | Concrete, grout and mortar | Compactibility index |
AS 1012.3.4 |
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| Slump flow |
AS 1012.3.1 RMS (NSW) Method T301 |
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| 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 |
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| Indirect tensile strength | Brazil |
AS 1012.10 |
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| Specimen preparation | Dressing of voids |
RMS (NSW) Method T368 |
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| Flexural strength | Modulus of rupture |
AS 1012.11 |
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| Specimen preparation | Capping of compressive strength specimens |
RMS (NSW) Method 305 |
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| Compressive strength | Core; Cylinder |
AS 1012.9, AS 1012.14 RMS (NSW) Method T306, RMS (NSW) Method T310 |
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| Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure |
AS 1012.4.2 RMS (NSW) Method T320 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions; Water displacement |
AS 1012.12.1, AS 1012.12.2 RMS (NSW) Method T316, RMS (NSW) Method T317 |
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| 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 |
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| Specimen manufacture and curing | Manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens in the laboratory; Manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens in the laboratory; Manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens in the laboratory |
AS 1012.8.1, AS 1012.8.2, AS 1012.8.4 RMS (NSW) Method T304, RMS (NSW) Method T327 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Compressive strength | Uniaxial load rate controlled |
AS 4133.4.2.1 |
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| Point load strength index | Not applicable |
AS 4133.4.1 RMS (NSW) Method T223 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 4133.1.1.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1 |
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| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1 RMS (NSW) Method T109 |
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| Fine particles in road materials | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T107 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289 3.1.2 RMS (NSW) Method T108 |
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| Particle density |
AS 1289.3.5.1 |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 RMS (NSW) Method T113 |
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| Description, identification and classification | Not applicable |
AS 1726 |
Tables 9 and 10 (Laboratory classification elements only) |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 RMS (NSW) Method T106 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classificationMobile capability for RMS (NSW) Method T120 | Soils | Moisture content | Drying oven; Hot plate; Microwave oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1, AS 1289.2.1.6 RMS (NSW) Method T120, RMS (NSW) Method T180 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Maximum dry density | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T164 |
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| Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.5.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristicsMobile capability for RMS (NSW) Method T162 | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort; Three compaction point |
AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1 RMS (NSW) Method T111, RMS (NSW) Method T112, RMS (NSW) Method T130, RMS (NSW) Method T162 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil engineering properties | Soils | Fine particle analysis | Hydrometer |
AS 1289.3.6.3 |
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| Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens |
AS 1289.6.1.1 RMS (NSW) Method T117 |
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| Reactivity | Shrink/swell |
AS 1289.7.1.1 |
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| Dispersion | Emerson class |
AS 1289.3.8.1 |
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| Compressive strength | Uniaxial maximum dry |
RMS (NSW) Method T114, RMS (NSW) Method T116, RMS (NSW) Method T131 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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| Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge; Sand pouring apparatus; Sand-cone |
AS 1289.5.3.1, AS 1289.5.8.1 RMS (NSW) Method T119 |
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| Relative compaction | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T166 |
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| Density index | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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| Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field densityMobile capability for RMS (NSW) Method T173 | Soils | Field moisture content | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1 RMS (NSW) Method T173 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatmentMobile capability for RMS (NSW) Method T105 | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Accelerated weathering pre-treatment; Not applicable; Repeated compaction pre-treatment |
AS 1289.1.1 RMS (NSW) Method T102, RMS (NSW) Method T103, RMS (NSW) Method T105 |
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| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Quarry aggregate from a rock spall |
AS 1141.3.2 |
Clause 6 only |
| 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 RMS (NSW) Method T100 |
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| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from deposited concrete; Hardened concrete by coring |
AS 1012.1, AS 1012.14 RMS (NSW) Method T300 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
22960
Print date
09 Dec 2023
