
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Department of Transport and Main Roads
Site
Materials Services – Townsville
Accreditation No.
2302
Site No.
2686
Date of Accreditation
02 Aug 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 | |||
Bulk density; Particle density of coarse aggregate; Particle density of fine aggregate; Water absorption of coarse aggregate; Water absorption of fine aggregate | Uncompacted | AS 1141.4, AS 1141.5,AS 1141.6.1 | |||
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 - Asphalt extraction and grading | Asphalts | Moisture content | Not applicable | AS/NZS 2891.10 | |
Bitumen content and aggregate grading | Reflux | MR (Qld) Method Q308A, MR (Qld) Method Q308C | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt field density | Asphalts | Density ratio and air voids | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q314 | |
Field density | Nuclear gauge backscatter mode | MR (Qld) Method NGTM N04, MR (Qld) Method NGTM N05, MR (Qld) Method Q306E | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt specimen manufacture | Asphalts | Specimen conditioning | Handling and conditioning | MR (Qld) Method Q303A, MR (Qld) Method Q303B | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt volumetric properties | Asphalts | Bulk density | Mensuration; Presaturation; Silicone sealing | AS/NZS 2891.9.1, AS/NZS 2891.9.2, AS/NZS 2891.9.3, MR (Qld) Method Q306C | |
Maximum density | Water displacement | AS/NZS 2891.7.1, MR (Qld) Method Q307A | |||
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 | Core; Cylinder | AS 1012.9, AS 1012.14 | |
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 | |
Specimen conditioning | Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens | AS 1012.14 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement profile | Road pavements | Surface evenness | Two laser profilometer | MR (Qld) Method Q708B | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement surfacing characteristics | Road pavements | Penetration depth; Texture depth | Ball embedment; Sand patch | Austroads Method AGPT/T250, Austroads Method AGPT/T251 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Sieve analysis | Fines ratio; Not applicable | AS 1289.3.6.1, MR (Qld) Method Q103A, MR (Qld) Method Q252 | |
Particle density | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.5.1 (2006) | |||
Moisture content | Drying oven; Relative moisture content | AS 1289.2.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q250 | |||
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 1289.3.4.1, AS 1289.3.9.2,MR (Qld) Method Q104A, MR (Qld) Method Q104D, MR (Qld) Method Q105, MR (Qld) Method Q106,MR (Qld) Method Q253 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Compaction to nominated levels | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q145A | |
Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD); Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort | AS 1289.5.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q142A, AS 1289.5.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q142B, AS 1289.5.4.2, MR (Qld) Method Q144A | |||
Oversize material | Oversize material treatment | MR (Qld) Method Q143 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class | AS 1289.3.8.1, MR (Qld) Method Q168 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Degree of saturation | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q146 | |
Characteristic field density values | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q020 | |||
Density index; Relative compaction | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.4.1, AS 1289.5.6.1,MR (Qld) Method Q140A | |||
Density - In situ; Moisture - In situ | Nuclear gauge | AS 1289.5.8.1, MR (Qld) Method Q141A, 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 | AS 1289.6.3.2, 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 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 | Curing of moulded specimens; Sample preparation; Stabiliser working time | Bituminous stabilisation time; Cement stabilisation; Cementitious stabilisation time; Lime stabilisation; Modified compaction - UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens; 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 Q136A MR (Qld) Method Q251A, MR (Qld) Method Q251B | |
Cement content | Heat of neutralisation | MR (Qld) Method Q134 | |||
Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | MR (Qld) Method Q115 | |||
Lime demand | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q133 | |||
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile | AS 1141.3.1, MR (Qld) Method Q060, MR (Qld) Method Q061 | |
Asphalts | Not applicable | Extraction of an asphalt core - Dry technique; Extraction of an asphalt core - Wet technique | AS 2891.1.2 | ||
Not applicable | Loose asphalt | AS/NZS 2891.1.1 | |||
Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete | AS 1012.1 | ||
Not applicable | Hardened concrete by coring | AS 1012.14 | |||
Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Dry coring of bound materials | AS 1289.1.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q060, MR (Qld) Method Q061, MR (Qld) Method Q070 | ||
Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling | AS 1289.1.4.1, AS 1289.1.4.2, MR (Qld) Method Q050 |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Materials
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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Analysis of bituminous materials - Composition | Bituminous materials | Cutter content | Modified Dean and Stark | MR (Qld) Method Q372 | |
Toluene insoluble matter | Not applicable | AS 2341.8 | |||
Analysis of bituminous materials - Properties | Bituminous materials | Penetration of bitumen; Penetration of joint sealants | Not applicable | AS 2341.12 | |
Density | Not applicable | AS 2341.7, MR (Qld) Method Q331, MR (Qld) Method Q374 | |||
Softening point | Ring and ball | AS 2341.18, MR (Qld) Method Q334, Austroads Method AGPT/T131 | |||
Viscosity | Brookfield viscometer; Dynamic - Capillary tube | AS 2341.2, Austroads Method ATM-111 | |||
Torsional recovery | Not applicable | Austroads Method ATM-122 | |||
Sample handling and conditioning | Not applicable | Austroads Method ATM-102 |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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Annex facility | 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 | Annex Facility Z Site No 27002 is established from 29 January 2025 until 30 June 2025 for Rehab Package 2, 24-25 Project for Construction Materials Testing for RoadTek Townsville. Contract No: CN-22950. |
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Accreditation No.
2302
Site No.
2686
Print date
13 Mar 2025