
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Department of Transport and Main Roads
Site
Materials Services – Warwick
Accreditation No.
2302
Site No.
2682
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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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | 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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Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q106 |
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Moisture content | Drying oven; Relative moisture content | AS 1289.2.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q250 | |||
Liquid limit | Cone four point; Cone one point |
MR (Qld) Method Q104A; MR (Qld) Method Q104D |
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Plasticity index | Cone |
MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1; MR (Qld) Method Q103A |
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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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Plastic limit | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | 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) | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q144A |
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Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort |
MR (Qld) Method Q142A |
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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 | |||
Oversize material | Oversize material treatment |
MR (Qld) Method Q143 |
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Compaction to nominated levels | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q145A |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Density - In-situ; Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio | Calculation; Measured; Sand-cone | AS 1289.5.3.1, AS 1289.5.4.1 | |
Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 | |||
Degree of saturation |
MR (Qld) Method Q146 |
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Density - In-situ | Sand-cone |
MR (Qld) Method Q141B |
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Characteristic field density values; Relative compaction | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q020; 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 |
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 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Absorption, swell and capillary rise of compacted materials | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q125D | |
Curing of moulded specimens; Sample preparation | Cement stabilisation; Lime stabilisation |
MR (Qld) Method Q135A; MR (Qld) Method Q135B |
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Stabiliser working time | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q136A |
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Compressive strength; Sample preparation | 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 Q251A; MR (Qld) Method Q251B | |||
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a windrow |
AS 1141.3.1, MR (Qld) Method Q060 |
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Soils | 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 |
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Not applicable | Site selection by spot sampling |
MR (Qld) Method Q061 |
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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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Accreditation No.
2302
Site No.
2682
Print date
06 Dec 2023