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National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
WSP Australia Pty Ltd
Site
Melbourne Laboratory
Accreditation No.
1961
Site No.
1250
Date of Accreditation
16 Mar 2023
Contact
Availability
Services 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 properties | Aggregates | 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 - Rock Hardness | Rocks | Abrasion resistance | Abrasiveness using CERCHAR method | ASTM D7625 (2010) | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Slake durability index | Not applicable | AS 4133.3.4 | |
Density; Porosity | Buoyancy | AS 4133.2.1.2 | |||
Point load strength index | In-situ measurement; Laboratory measurement | AS 4133.4.1 | |||
Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 4133.1.1.1 | |||
Density; Porosity | Callipers | AS 4133.2.1.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock strength and deformation | Rocks | Compressive strength | Uniaxial load rate controlled | AS 4133.4.2.1 | |
Indirect tensile strength | Brazil | ASTM D3967 | |||
Deformation | Load rate controlled | AS 4133.4.3.1 | |||
Compressive strength | Uniaxial strain rate controlled | AS 4133.4.2.2 | |||
Deformation | Strain rate controlled | AS 4133.4.3.2 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Particle density | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.5.1 | |
Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 1289.2.1.1 | |||
Liquid limit; Plastic limit; Plasticity index | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point | AS 1289.3.1.1 AS 1289.3.1.2 AS 1289.3.2.1 AS 1289.3.3.1 | |||
Description, identification and classification | Not applicable | AS 1726 Tables 9 and 10 (Laboratory tests only) | |||
Linear shrinkage | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.4.1 | |||
Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.6.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.4.2 | |
Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort | AS 1289.5.1.1 AS 1289.5.2.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil consolidation | Soils | Consolidation | One-dimensional | AS 1289.6.6.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Pinhole | AS 1289.3.8.3 | |
Dispersion | Emerson class | AS 1289.3.8.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Characteristic field density values; Moisture ratio assessment of dry back | Not applicable | RC(Vic) Methods 316.00, 316.14 | |
Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio | Calculation | AS 1289.5.4.1 | |||
Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge | AS 1289.5.8.1 | |||
Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil fine particles | Soils | Fine particle analysis | Hydrometer | AS 1289.3.6.3 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Assignment of CBR and percent swell; Remoulded specimens | AS 1289.6.1.1, RC (Vic) Method 301.04 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil natural contaminants | Soils | Acidity | pH | AS 1289.4.3.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil permeability | Soils | Permeability | Falling head for a remoulded specimen | AS 1289.6.7.2 | |
Permeability | Constant head for a remoulded specimen; Flexible wall permeameter | AS 1289.6.7.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable | AS 1289.1.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil reactivity | Soils | Reactivity | Shrink/swell | AS 1289.7.1.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil shear strength | Soils | Shear strength | Direct shear force | AS 1289.6.2.2, BS 1377 part 7 section 4 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Compressive strength; Sample preparation | Uniaxial unconfined | AS 5101.4 In-house method GA-LTP-SS-UCS-2022 | |
Lime saturation point | Not applicable | RC(Vic) Method 131.01 | |||
Sample preparation | Cement stabilisation; Lime stabilisation | RC (Vic) Method 301.03 RC (Vic) Method 301.06 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil thermal properties | Soils | Thermal conductivity | Laboratory measurement | ASTM D5334 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil triaxial strength | Soils | Triaxial strength | Triaxial undrained with pore water pressure measured; Triaxial undrained without pore water pressure measurement | AS 1289.6.4.1 AS 1289.6.4.2 BS 1377 - 8 Section 8 | |
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile | AS 1141.3.1 | |
Aggregates; Soils | Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling | RC(Vic) Method 316.10 | ||
Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling from a windrow; Disturbed soil sampling in-situ | AS 1289.1.2.1 |
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Accreditation No.
1961
Site No.
1250
Print date
01 Sep 2024