City of Gold Coast

Site

Materials Testing Laboratory

Accreditation No.

2912

Site No.

2905

Date of Accreditation

30 May 1990

Address

Ashmore Depot, Unit 10A, Building 7, 2 Middleton Street
Ashmore, QLD 4214
Australia

goldcoast.qld.gov.au

Contact

Mr Alex Munro P: +61 (07) 55817935

Availability

Services conditionally available to external clients

City of Gold Coast address map

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Materials Testing Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Infrastructure and Asset Integrity

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties Aggregates Shape Crushed faces

MR (Qld) Method Q215 (to be withdrawn)

AS 1141.18
Shape Crushed faces; Flakiness

MR (Qld) Method Q201, MR (Qld) Method Q215

Particle size distribution Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm

AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness Aggregates Soundness Degradation factor on coarse aggregate MR (Qld) Method Q208B
Soundness Acid solubility ANSI/AWWA B100 Section 5.3.1
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 - Concrete, grout and mortar chemical tests Concrete, grout and mortar Carbonation Carbonation of concrete MRWA Method WA620.1
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 Cube; Cylinder

AS 1012.9

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

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Masonry, concrete and clay unit properties Masonry, concrete and clay units Slip resistance Not applicable

AS 4586 Appendix A

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement surfacing characteristics Road pavements Texture depth Sand patch

Austroads Method AGPT/T250

Permeability Evenflow penetrometer

MR (Qld) Method Q707A

Skid resistance British pendulum portable tester

MR (Qld) Method Q704

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties Rocks Point load strength index Not applicable

AS 4133.4.1

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification Soils Sieve analysis Not applicable

AS 1289.3.6.1, MR (Qld) Method Q103A

Linear shrinkage; Liquid limit; Plastic limit; 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 1289.3.3.2,
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
Moisture content Drying oven

AS 1289.2.1.1

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) Not applicable

AS 1289.5.4.2, MR (Qld) Method Q144A

Minimum and maximum dry density Not applicable

AS 1289.5.5.1

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
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
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density Soils Characteristic field density values; Compaction control; Dry density ratio Calculation; Hilf

AS 1289.5.4.1, AS 1289.5.7.1, MR (Qld) Method Q020

Density - In situ; Field moisture content Nuclear gauge

AS 1289.5.8.1, 

MR (Qld) Method Q141A,

MR (QLD) NGTM N01, MR (QLD) NGTM N02, MR (QLD) NGTM N03
Relative compaction Not applicable

MR (Qld) Method Q140A

Density index Not applicable

AS 1289.5.6.1

Degree of saturation Not applicable

MR (Qld) Method Q146

Moisture ratio Measured

AS 1289.5.4.1

Density - In situ Sand-cone

AS 1289.5.3.1, MR (Qld) Method Q141B

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ penetration Soils Penetration in situ Dynamic cone; Perth sand penetrometer AS 1289.6.3.2,
AS 1289.6.3.3,
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 Q113B, 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

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation Soils Curing of moulded specimens; Laboratory stabilisation of soil Cement; Lime stabilisation

MR (Qld) Method Q135A, MR (QLD) Method Q135B

Compressive strength Uniaxial unconfined

MR (Qld) Method Q115

Evaluation of mechanical performance of pedestrian and impact attenuation surfaces Pedestrian surfaces Slip resistance Wet pendulum

AS 4663 Appendix A

Sample collection Aggregates Not applicable Aggregate from a bin; Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile

AS 1141.3.1

Concrete, grout and mortar Not applicable Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete

AS 1012.1

Soils Not applicable Site selection by spot sampling

MR (Qld) Method Q061

Not applicable Disturbed sampling from earthwork; 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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