National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Qualcon Laboratories
Site
Malaga Laboratory
Accreditation No.
10731
Site No.
10724
Date of Accreditation
24 May 1995
Address
Unit 2, 2 Lorries Court
Malaga, WA 6090
Australia
Contact
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
| Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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| 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 | ||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Shape | Average least dimension |
AS 1141.20.1; AS 1141.20.2; MRWA Method WA215.1 |
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| Shape | Flakiness |
AS 1141.15; MRWA Method WA216.1 |
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| Shape | Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14 |
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate; Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5; AS 141.6.1 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
MRWA Method WA212.1 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.11.1; MRWA Method WA210.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt adhesion and stripping | Asphalts | Degree of particle coating | Not applicable | AS/NZS 2891.11 |
Including mobile testing service |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt extraction and grading | Asphalts | Bitumen content and aggregate grading | Centrifugation |
MRWA Method WA730.1 |
Including mobile testing service |
| Moisture content | Not applicable | AS/NZS 2891.10 |
Including mobile testing service |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt mechanical properties | Asphalts | Marshall stability and flow | Not applicable | AS/NZS 2891.5; MRWA Method WA731.1 |
Including mobile testing service |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt specimen manufacture | Asphalts | Specimen conditioning | Handling and conditioning | AS/NZS 2891.2.1; MRWA Method WA705.1 |
Including mobile testing service |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt volumetric properties | Asphalts | Maximum density | Water displacement |
MRWA Method WA732.2 |
Including mobile testing service |
| Voids and density relationship | Not applicable |
MRWA Method WA733.1 |
Including mobile testing service |
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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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| Texture depth | Sand patch |
MRWA Method WA311.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil chemical properties | Soils | Organic matter | Loss on ignition (LOI) |
ASTM D2974 |
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| Calcium carbonate content | Not applicable |
MRWA Method WA915.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.1; AS 1289.3.1.2; MRWA Method WA120.1 |
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| 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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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1; MRWA Method WA115.1; MRWA Method WA115.2 |
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| Liquid limit | Cone four point; Cone one point |
AS 1289.3.9.1; AS 1289.3.9.2; MRWA Method WA120.2 |
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| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1; MRWA Method WA121.1 |
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| Plasticity index | Cone |
AS 1289.3.3.2; 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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| Description, identification and classification | Not applicable |
AS 1726 Tables 9 and 10 (Laboratory classification elements only) |
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| Particle density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.5.1 |
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| 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 |
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| Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.5.1 |
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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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| 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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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Pinhole |
AS 1289.3.8.3 |
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| Dispersion | Emerson class |
AS 1289.3.8.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio | Statistical selection of reference values |
AS 1289.5.4.3 |
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| Density - In situ | Sand-cone |
AS 1289.5.3.1; MRWA Method WA324.1 |
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| Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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| Density - In situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1; MRWA Method WA324.2 |
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| Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio | Calculation; Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1; MRWA Method WA134.1; MRWA Method WA136.1 |
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| Density index | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil fine particles | Soils | Fine particle analysis | Hydrometer |
AS 1289.3.6.3 |
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| 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 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial maximum dry |
MRWA Method WA140.1 |
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| 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 permeability | Soils | Permeability | Constant head for a remoulded specimen |
AS 1289.6.7.1 |
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| Permeability | Falling head for a remoulded specimen |
AS 1289.6.7.2 |
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| 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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| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a bin; Aggregate from a stockpile |
AS 1141.3.1; MRWA Method WA200.1 |
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| Asphalts | Not applicable | Extraction of an asphalt core - Dry technique; Extraction of an asphalt core - Wet technique; Uncompacted asphalt |
AS/NZS 2891.1.1; MRWA Method WA701.1 |
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| Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed sampling from earthwork; 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; MRWA Method WA100.1 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.2; MRWA Method WA0.1 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.1; MRWA Method WA0.1 |
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Accreditation No.
10731
Site No.
10724
Print date
26 Aug 2026