
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Department of Transport and Main Roads
Site
Materials Services – Toowoomba
Accreditation No.
2302
Site No.
2627
Date of Accreditation
20 Jun 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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Suspended Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil modulus and deformation | Soils | Resilient modulus | Permanent deformation | MR (Qld) Method Q139 | |
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 | |
Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water | 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 | |||
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 - 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 | |
Particle density | Gravimetric | AS 1289.3.5.1 (2006) | |||
Moisture content; Sieve analysis | Drying oven; Relative moisture content | AS 1289.2.1.1, AS 1289.3.6.1, MR (Qld) Method Q103A, 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; Oversize material | Modified compactive effort; Oversize material treatment; Standard compactive effort | AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.4.2, MR (Qld) Method Q142A, MR (Qld) Method Q142B, MR (Qld) Method Q143,MR (Qld) Method Q144A, MR (Qld) Method Q145A | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Degree of saturation | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q146 | |
Density - In situ | Sand-cone | AS 1289.5.3.1, MR (Qld) Method Q141B | |||
Characteristic field density values; Compaction control; Dry density ratio; Relative compaction | Calculation; Hilf | AS 1289.5.4.1, AS 1289.5.7.1, MR (Qld) Method Q020, MR (Qld) Method Q140A | |||
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 Q101C, MR (Qld) Method Q101D, MR (Qld) Method Q101G, MR (Qld) Method Q101H, MR (Qld) Method Q101J, MR (Qld) Method Q255 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Curing of moulded specimens; Sample preparation; Stabiliser working time | Bitumen stabilisation; Bituminous stabilisation time; Cement stabilisation; Foamed bitumen stabilisation - Field; Lime stabilisation; Modified compaction - UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens; Preparation and compaction of soil; Standard compaction - UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens | MR (Qld) Method Q135A, MR (Qld) Method Q135B, MR (Qld) Method Q135C, MR (Qld) Method Q254B MR (Qld) Method Q136A, MR (Qld) Method Q136B, MR (Qld) Method Q138B, MR (Qld) Method Q251A, MR (Qld) Method Q251B, MR (Qld) Method Q251C | |
Lime demand | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q133 | |||
Absorption, swell and capillary rise of compacted materials; Compaction | Vacuum saturation | MR (Qld) Method Q147B, MR (Qld) Method Q125D | |||
Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | MR (Qld) Method Q115 | |||
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile | AS 1141.3.1, MR (Qld) Method Q060 | |
Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile | AS 1289.1.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q060 | ||
Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling; Site selection by spot sampling | MR (Qld) Method Q050, MR (Qld) Method Q061 |
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Accreditation No.
2302
Site No.
2627
Print date
29 Apr 2025