Continent Geotech Services Pty. Ltd. - Main Laboratory

Site

Main Laboratory

Accreditation No.

19945

Site No.

23370

Date of Accreditation

01 Jun 2017

Address

14/337-339 Settlement Road
Thomastown, VIC 3074
Australia

continentgeotech.com.au

Contact

Mr Sukhpreet Kang P: +61 (03) 94659813

Availability

Services available to external clients

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Main Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Infrastructure and Asset Integrity

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Establishment of annex facilities Materials defined by all or some for which the site is accredited Determinations defined by all or some for which the site is accredited Techniques defined by all or some for which the site is accredited Procedures defined by all or some for which the site is accredited
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties Aggregates Particle size distribution Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm

AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate stabilisation Aggregates Sample preparation Cement stabilisation RC (Vic) Method 301.06
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties Rocks Point load strength index Not applicable AS 4133.4.1
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification Soils Sieve analysis Not applicable

AS 1289.3.6.1
Description, identification and classification Not applicable

AS 1726 Tables 9 and 10 (Laboratory tests only)
Moisture content Drying oven

AS 1289.2.1.1
Apparent particle density Not applicable

AS 1289.3.5.1
Linear shrinkage Not applicable

AS 1289.3.4.1
Cone plasticity index; Liquid limit; Plastic limit; Plasticity index Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point; Cone four point; Cone one point

AS 1289.3.1.1. AS 1289.3.1.2, AS 1289.3.2.1, AS 1289.3.3.1
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics Soils Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD); Dry density/moisture content relationship; Minimum and maximum dry density Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort

AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1, AS 1289.5.4.2, AS 1289.5.5.1
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion Soils Dispersion Emerson class AS 1289.3.8.1
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density Soils Characteristic field density values; Density index; Dry density ratio; Field compaction for conformance; Field moisture content; Moisture ratio; Moisture ratio assessment of dry back; Relative compaction Calculation; Nuclear gauge

AS 1289.5.4.1, AS 1289.5.6.1, AS 1289.5.7.1, AS 1289.5.8.1, RC (Vic) Methods 316.00, 316.14
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil fine particles Soils Fine particle analysis Hydrometer AS 1289.3.6.3
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in-situ penetration Soils Penetration in-situ Dynamic cone; Perth sand penetrometer AS 1289.6.3.2, AS 1289.6.3.3
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties Soils Bearing ratio Remoulded specimens AS 1289.6.1.1
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
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment Soils Soil pre-treatment Repeated compaction pre-treatment

AS 1289.1.1, RC (Vic) Method 301.05
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil reactivity Soils Reactivity Shrink/swell AS 1289.7.1.1
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation Soils Sample preparation Lime stabilisation RC (Vic) Method 301.03
Lime saturation point Not applicable RC (Vic) Method 131.01
Sample collection Aggregates Not applicable Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile

AS 1141.3.1
Soils 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
Not applicable Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling

AS 1289.1.4.1, AS 1289.1.4.2, RC (Vic) Method 316.10

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