National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
City of Gold Coast
Site
Materials Testing Laboratory – Soils Lab
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
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 - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.12 |
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| Shape | Crushed faces |
MR (Qld) Method Q215 |
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| Shape | Flakiness |
MR (Qld) Method Q201 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.11.1 |
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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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| Soundness | Acid solubility |
ANSI/AWWA B100 Section 5.3.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate stabilisation | Aggregates | Absorption of compacted material | Not applicable |
AS 5101.5 |
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| Swell and capillary rise of compacted material | Not applicable |
AS 5101.5, MR (Qld) Method Q125D |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q205A, MR (Qld) Method Q205B, MR (Qld) Method Q205C |
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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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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt specimen manufacture | Asphalts | Specimen conditioning | Handling and conditioning |
MR (Qld) Method Q303A |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt volumetric properties | Asphalts | Bulk density | Waxing |
AS/NZS 2891.9.1 |
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| Bulk density | Presaturation |
AS/NZS 2891.9.2, MR (Qld) Method Q306B |
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| Voids and density relationship | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q311 |
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| 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 |
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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 | Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions |
AS 1012.12.1 |
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| Compressive strength | Cube |
AS 1012.9 |
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| Compressive strength | Cylinder |
AS 1012.9 |
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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; In-situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens |
AS 1012.8.1 |
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| 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 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement surfacing characteristics | Road pavements | Texture depth | Sand patch |
Austroads Method AGPT/T250 |
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| Permeability | Evenflow penetrometer |
MR (Qld) Method Q707A |
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| Skid resistance | British pendulum portable tester |
MR (Qld) Method Q704 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Point load strength index | Not applicable |
AS 4133.4.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Apparent particle density | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q109, MR (Qld) Method Q109A, MR (Qld) Method Q109B | |
| Liquid limit | Casagrande one point; Cone one point |
AS 1289.3.1.2, AS 1289.3.9.2 |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1 |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1, MR (Qld) Method Q103A |
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| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point |
AS 1289.3.1.1 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 |
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| Liquid limit | Cone four point |
AS 1289.3.9.1, MR (Qld) Method Q104A |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1, MR (Qld) Method Q106 |
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| Plasticity index | Cone |
AS 1289.3.3.2, MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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| Liquid limit | Cone one point |
MR (Qld) Method Q104D |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | 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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| Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.5.1 |
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| Oversize material | Oversize material treatment |
MR (Qld) Method Q143 |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q142B |
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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 | Density index | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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| 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 |
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| Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1, MR (Qld) Method Q141A |
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| 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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| Field moisture content | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1, MR (Qld) Method Q141A |
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| Moisture ratio | Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Density - In-situ | Sand-cone |
AS 1289.5.3.1, MR (Qld) Method Q141B |
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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 | |
| Penetration in-situ | Perth sand penetrometer |
AS 1289.6.3.3 |
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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 Q113B, MR (Qld) Method Q113C | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil natural contaminants | Soils | Organic matter | Loss on ignition (LOI) |
AS 1289.4.1.1 |
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| Acidity | pH |
AS 1289.4.3.1, RMS (NSW) Method T123 |
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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, RMS (NSW) Method T105;TfNSW T105; |
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| Soil pre-treatment | Repeated compaction pre-treatment |
RMS (NSW) Method T102;TfNSW T102;TfNSW T105; |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Laboratory stabilisation of soil | Cement; Lime stabilisation |
MR (Qld) Method Q135A |
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| Lime demand | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q133 |
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| Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined |
MR (Qld) Method Q115 |
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| Curing of moulded specimens | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q135B |
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| Evaluation of mechanical performance of pedestrian and impact attenuation surfaces | Pedestrian surfaces | Slip resistance | Wet pendulum |
AS 4663 Appendix A |
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| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a bin; Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile |
AS 1141.3.1 |
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| Asphalts | Not applicable | Extraction of an asphalt core - Dry technique |
AS 2891.1.2 |
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| Not applicable | Extraction of an asphalt core - Wet technique |
AS 2891.1.2 |
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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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| Soils | Not applicable | Site selection by spot sampling |
MR (Qld) Method Q061 |
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| 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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Accreditation No.
2912
Site No.
2905
Print date
29 Jun 2022