
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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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 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32 |
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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 |
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Shape | Flakiness |
AS 1141.15; MR (Qld) Method Q201 |
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Shape | Average least dimension |
AS 1141.20.3 |
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Shape | Crushed faces |
AS 1141.18 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Degradation factor on coarse aggregate |
MR (Qld) Method Q208B |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable |
AS 1141.22 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 |
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Moisture content | Relative moisture content |
MR (Qld) Method Q250 |
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Plasticity index | Cone |
MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q106 |
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Plastic limit |
MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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Particle density | Gravimetric |
AS 1289.3.5.1 |
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Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point; Cone four point; Cone one point |
AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2, AS 1289.3.9.1, AS 1289.3.9.2 |
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Cone plasticity index; Linear shrinkage; Plastic limit; Plasticity index; Weighted plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.2.1, AS 1289.3.3.1, AS 1289.3.3.2, AS 1289.3.4.1, MR (Qld) Method Q252 |
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Liquid limit | Cone four point; Cone one point |
MR (Qld) Method Q104A; MR (Qld) Method Q104D |
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Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1; MR (Qld) Method Q103A |
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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 |
MR (Qld) Method Q144A |
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Oversize material | Oversize material treatment |
MR (Qld) Method Q143 |
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Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort |
MR (Qld) Method Q142A |
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Compaction to nominated levels | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q145A |
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Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort |
MR (Qld) Method Q142B |
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Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD); Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort | AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.4.2 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Characteristic field density values | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q020 |
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Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 | |||
Density - In-situ | Sand-cone | AS 1289.5.3.1, MR (Qld) Method Q141B | |||
Dry density ratio | Calculation | AS 1289.5.4.1 | |||
Relative compaction | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q140A |
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Degree of saturation | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q146 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in-situ penetration | Soils | Penetration in-situ | Dynamic cone |
MR (Qld) Method Q114B |
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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 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil modulus and deformation | Soils | Resilient modulus | Permanent deformation |
MR (Qld) Method Q139 |
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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 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Curing of moulded specimens; Sample preparation | Bitumen stabilisation; Cement stabilisation; Lime stabilisation |
MR (Qld) Method Q135A; MR (Qld) Method Q135B |
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Sample preparation | Foamed bitumen stabilisation - Field | MR (Qld) Method Q138B | |||
Lime demand | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q133 |
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Compaction | Vacuum saturation |
MR (Qld) Method Q147B |
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Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | MR (Qld) Method Q115 | |||
Stabiliser working time | Cementitious stabilisation time |
MR (Qld) Method Q136A |
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Curing of moulded specimens; Stabiliser working time | Bituminous stabilisation time |
MR (Qld) Method Q136B, MR (Qld) Method Q135C |
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Sample preparation | Standard compaction - UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Field mix; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Laboratory mix | MR (Qld) Method Q251A; MR (Qld) Method Q251B | |||
Absorption, swell and capillary rise of compacted materials |
MR (Qld) Method Q125D |
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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 |
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Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile |
AS 1289.1.2.1; MR (Qld) Method Q060 |
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Not applicable | Site selection by spot sampling |
MR (Qld) Method Q061 |
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Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
MR (Qld) Method Q050 |
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Accreditation No.
2302
Site No.
2627
Print date
02 Dec 2023