
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Department of Transport and Main Roads
Site
Materials Services – Rockhampton
Accreditation No.
2302
Site No.
2353
Date of Accreditation
12 Apr 1988
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 | Bulk density; Particle density of coarse aggregate; Particle density of fine aggregate; Water absorption of coarse aggregate; Water absorption of fine aggregate | Compacted; Uncompacted; Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.4, MR (Qld) Method Q221A, MR (Qld) Method Q221B, AS 1141.5, AS 1141.6.1 | |
Shape | Average least dimension; Crushed faces; Flakiness | AS 1141.15, MR (Qld) Method Q201, AS 1141.18,AS 1141.20.3 | |||
Sample preparation | Undisturbed samples | AS 1289.1.1 | |||
Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm | As1141.11, AS 1141.12 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Degradation factor on coarse aggregate; Degradation factor on source rock | MR (Qld) Method Q208A, 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 | Compactibility index; Slump flow | Cone | AS 1012.3.1, AS 1012.3.4 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Compressive strength; Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Core; Cylinder | AS 1012.9, AS 1012.12.1,AS 1012.14 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen conditioning; Specimen manufacture and curing | Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens | AS 1012.14 | |
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 - Road pavement surfacing characteristics | Road pavements | Texture depth | Sand patch | Austroads Method AGPT/T250 | |
Skid resistance | British pendulum portable tester | MR (Qld) Method Q704, MR (Qld) Method Q704 (2018) | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | 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 | |||
Particle density | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.5.1 (2006) | |||
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, | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Oversize material | Oversize material treatment | MR (Qld) Method Q143 | |
Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD); Dry density/moisture content relationship | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q142A AS 1289.5.4.2, MR (Qld) Method Q144A, MR (Qld) Method Q142A,MR (Qld) Method Q142B | |||
Compaction to nominated levels | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q145A | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class; Field dispersion indicator - Clouding; Field dispersion indicator - Slaking | AS 1289.3.8.1, MR (Qld) Method Q161, MR (Qld) Method Q162, MR (Qld) Method Q168 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Compaction control; Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio; Relative compaction | Calculation; Hilf; Measured | AS 1289.5.4.1, AS 1289.5.7.1,MR (Qld) Method Q140A | |
Characteristic field density values | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q020 | |||
Degree of saturation | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q146 | |||
Density - In situ | Sand-cone | AS1289.5.3.1, MR (Qld) Method Q141B | |||
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 Q113B, MR (Qld) Method Q113C | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil natural contaminants | Soils | Acidity | pH | AS 1289.4.3.1 | |
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 Q101C, MR (Qld) Method Q101D, MR (Qld) Method Q101E, MR (Qld) Method Q101F, 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 | Lime demand | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q133 | |
Compressive strength; Laboratory stabilisation of soil; Sample preparation; Stabiliser working time | Cement stabilisation; Lime stabilisation; Standard compaction - UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Field mix; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Laboratory mix; Uniaxial unconfined | MR (Qld) Method Q115, MR (Qld) Method Q135A, MR (Qld) Method Q135B,MR (Qld) Method Q251A, MR (Qld) Method Q251B , MR (Qld) Method Q136A | |||
Stabiliser rate of spread rate | In situ measurement | MR (Qld) Method Q719 | |||
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Site selection by spot sampling | MR (Qld) Method Q061 | |
Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile | AS 1141.3.1, MR (Qld) Method Q060 | |||
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 sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling; Site selection by spot sampling | MR (Qld) Method Q050, MR (Qld) Method Q061 | ||
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, MR (Qld) Method Q060 |
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Accreditation No.
2302
Site No.
2353
Print date
23 Apr 2025