
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Department of Transport and Main Roads
Site
Materials Services – Cairns
Accreditation No.
2302
Site No.
2594
Date of Accreditation
24 Apr 1989
Contact
Availability
Services conditionally 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 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 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.11.1 | |
Shape | Average least dimension; Crushed faces; Flakiness | AS 1141.15, MR (Qld) Method Q201, AS 1141.18,AS 1141.20.3 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Degradation factor on coarse aggregate | MR (Qld) Method Q208B | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | 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 | AS 1012.3.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Compressive strength | Cube; Cylinder | AS 1012.9 | |
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 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 - Soil classification | Soils | Cone plasticity index; Linear shrinkage; Liquid limit; Plastic limit; Plasticity index; Weighted plasticity index | Casagrande; Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point; Cone; 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, AS 1289.3.3.2,AS 1289.3.4.1, AS 1289.3.9.1, AS 1289.3.9.2, MR (Qld) Method Q104A, MR (Qld) Method Q104D, MR (Qld) Method Q105,MR (Qld) Method Q106, MR (Qld) Method Q252 | |
Sieve analysis | Fines ratio | AS 1289.3.6.1, MR (Qld) Method Q103A, MR (Qld) Method Q253 | |||
Moisture content | Drying oven; Relative moisture content | AS 1289.2.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q250 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD); Compaction to nominated levels; Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort | AS 1289.5.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q142A, MR (Qld) Method Q142B,MR (Qld) Method Q144A, MR (Qld) Method Q145A | |
Oversize material | Oversize material treatment | MR (Qld) Method Q143 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Degree of saturation | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q146 | |
Characteristic field density values; Compaction control; Relative compaction | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1, MR (Qld) Method Q020, MR (Qld) Method Q140A | |||
Density - In situ | Nuclear gauge; Sand-cone | AS 1289.5.3.1, AS 1289.5.8.1, MR (Qld) Method Q141A,MR (Qld) Method Q141B, MR (Qld) Method NGTM N01, MR (Qld) Method NGTM N02, MR (Qld) Method NGTM N03 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ penetration | Soils | Penetration in situ | Dynamic cone | 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 Q113C | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable | AS 1289.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q101, MR (Qld) Method Q101A, MR (Qld) Method Q101B, MR (Qld) Method Q101D, MR (Qld) Method Q101E, MR (Qld) Method Q101G, MR (Qld) Method Q101H, MR (Qld) Method Q101J | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil sample preparation | Soils | Preparation of disturbed samples | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q255 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | MR (Qld) Method Q115 | |
Curing of moulded specimens; Laboratory stabilisation of soil; Sample preparation | Cement stabilisation; Lime stabilisation; Preparation and compaction of soil; Standard compaction - UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Field mix; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Laboratory mix | MR (Qld) Method Q135A, MR (Qld) Method Q135B,MR (Qld) Method Q251A, MR (Qld) Method Q251B | |||
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | 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 stratified sampling; Site selection by spot sampling | AS 1289.1.4.2, MR (Qld) Method Q050, MR (Qld) Method Q061 | ||
Not applicable | Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling from a windrow | AS 1289.1.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q060 |
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Accreditation No.
2302
Site No.
2594
Print date
02 Jul 2025