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 |
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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 | Shape | Crushed faces |
AS 1141.18 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.11.1 | |||
| Particle density of coarse aggregate; Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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| Bulk density | Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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| Particle density of fine aggregate; Water absorption of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5 |
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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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| 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 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt extraction and grading | Asphalts | Bitumen content and aggregate grading | Reflux |
MR (Qld) Method Q308A; MR (Qld) Method Q308C |
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| Moisture content | Not applicable |
AS2891.10 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt field density | Asphalts | Density ratio and air voids | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q314 |
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| Field density | Nuclear gauge backscatter mode |
MR (Qld) Method NGTM N04; MR (Qld) Method NGTM N05; MR (Qld) Method Q306E |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt specimen manufacture | Asphalts | Specimen conditioning | Handling and conditioning |
MR (Qld) Method Q303A; MR (Qld) Method Q303B |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt volumetric properties | Asphalts | Maximum density | Water displacement |
AS/NZS 2891.7.1; MR (Qld) Method Q307A |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Compressive strength | Cylinder |
AS 1012.9 |
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| Compressive strength | Core |
AS 1012.14 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions |
AS 1012.12.1 |
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| 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 |
AS 1012.8.1 |
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| Specimen conditioning | Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens |
AS 1012.14 |
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| 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 | Ball embedment | Austroads Method AGPT/T251 | |
| Texture depth | Sand patch |
Austroads Method AGPT/T250 |
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| 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 |
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| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1; MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1; MR (Qld) Method Q106 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven; Relative moisture content |
AS 1289.2.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q250 |
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| Plasticity index; Weighted plasticity index | Casagrande; Cone |
AS 1289.3.3.1; MR (Qld) Method Q105, MR (Qld) Method Q253 |
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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 1289.3.9.2; MR (Qld) Method Q104A; MR (Qld) Method Q104D |
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| Particle density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.5.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort | AS 1289.5.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q142B | |
| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1; MR (Qld) Method Q142A |
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| Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.4.2; MR (Qld) Method Q144A |
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| Compaction to nominated levels | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q145A |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Rapid |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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| Oversize material | Oversize material treatment |
MR (Qld) Method Q143 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class |
AS 1289.3.8.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Degree of saturation | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q146 |
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| Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge; Sand-cone |
AS 1289.5.3.1, AS 1289.5.8.1, MR (Qld) Method NGTM N01, MR (Qld) Method NGTMN 02, MR (Qld) Method NGTM N03, MR (Qld) Method Q141A, MR (Qld) Method Q141B |
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| Characteristic field density values | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q020 |
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| Density index | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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| Field moisture content | Nuclear gauge |
MR (Qld) Method Q141A, MR (Qld) Method NGTM N01; MR (Qld) Method NGTM N02 |
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| Relative compaction | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.4.1; MR (Qld) Method Q140A |
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| 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 |
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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 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 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Stabiliser working time | Bituminous stabilisation time; Cementitious stabilisation time |
MR (Qld) Method Q136A |
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| Lime demand | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q133 |
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| Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | MR (Qld) Method Q115 | |||
| Sample preparation | Cement stabilisation |
MR (Qld) Method Q135A |
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| Sample preparation | Lime stabilisation |
MR (Qld) Method Q135A |
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| Curing of moulded specimens | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q135B |
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| Cement content | Heat of neutralisation |
MR (Qld) Method Q134 |
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| Sample preparation | Modified compaction - UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens; Standard compaction - UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens | MR (Qld) Method Q251A, MR (Qld) Method Q251B | |||
| 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 |
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| Asphalts | Not applicable | Extraction of an asphalt core - Dry technique; Extraction of an asphalt core - Wet technique |
AS 2891.1.2 |
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| Not applicable | Loose asphalt |
AS/NZS 2891.1.1 |
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| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete |
AS 1012.1 |
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| Not applicable | Hardened concrete by coring |
AS 1012.14 |
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| Soils | Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.1, AS 1289.1.4.2, MR (Qld) Method Q050 |
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| 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 |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Materials
| Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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| Analysis of bituminous materials - Composition | Bituminous materials | Toluene insoluble matter | Not applicable |
AS 2341.8 |
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| Cutter content | Modified Dean and Stark |
MR (Qld) Method Q372 |
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| Analysis of bituminous materials - Properties | Bituminous materials | Density | Not applicable |
AS 2341.7; MR (Qld) Method Q331; MR (Qld) Method Q374 |
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| Penetration of bitumen | Not applicable |
AS 2341.12 |
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| Softening point | Ring and ball |
AS 2341.18; MR (Qld) Method Q334; Austroads Method AGPT/T131 |
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| Viscosity | Brookfield viscometer; Dynamic - Capillary tube |
AS 2341.2; Austroads Method AGPT/T111 |
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| Penetration of joint sealants | Not applicable |
AS 2341.12 |
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| Torsional recovery | Not applicable |
Austroads Method AGPT/T122 |
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| Sample handling and conditioning | Not applicable |
Austroads Method AGPT/T102 |
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Accreditation No.
2302
Site No.
2686
Print date
20 Apr 2024
