
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Construction Sciences Pty Ltd
Site
Melbourne Laboratory
Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
14874
Date of Accreditation
30 Apr 2002
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 abrasion | Aggregates | Abrasion resistance | Los Angeles machine value; Resistance to wear by attrition | AS 1141.23, AS 1141.27 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Clay and fine silt; Coarse aggregate quality; Foreign material in recycled aggregate; Organic impurities; Weak particles contaminants | Colour test; Manual classification; Settling; Sieve analysis; Visual comparison | AS 1141 30.1; AS 1141.32; AS 1141.33; AS 1141.34; RC (Vic) Method 372.01; RC (Vic) Method 372.04; | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted | AS 1141.4 | |
Shape | Flakiness | RC (Vic) Method 302.11 | |||
Particle density of coarse aggregate; Particle density of fine aggregate; Water absorption of coarse aggregate; Water absorption of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.5, AS 1141.6.1 | |||
Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm | AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12 | |||
Shape | Average least dimension; Flakiness; Proportional calliper | AS 1141.14, AS 1141.15, AS 1141.20.3, RC (Vic) Method 302.11 | |||
Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis | RC (Vic) Method 375.11 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Degradation factor on coarse aggregate; Degradation factor on fine aggregate; Exposure to sodium sulfate solution; Sand equivalent | AS 1141.24; AS 1141.25.2; AS 1141.25.3; AS 1289.3.7.1; | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate stabilisation | Aggregates | Cement content | Heat of neutralisation | AS 5101.3.3 | |
Unconfined compressive strength | Not applicable | AS 5101.4 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Aggregate crushing value; Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable | AS 1141.21, AS 1141.22 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt field density | Asphalts | Density ratio and air voids | Not applicable | AS/NZS 2891.14.5 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt volumetric properties | Asphalts | Bulk density | Presaturation; Waxing | AS/NZS 2891.9.1, AS/NZS 2891.9.2 RC (Vic) Method 202.02 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar chemical tests | Concrete, grout and mortar | Chloride penetration resistance | Electrical conductance | AASHTO T 358-17 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar consistence in situ | Concrete, grout and mortar | Slump flow | Cone; J-ring; T500 | AS 1012.3.1, AS 1012.3.5 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar performance | Concrete, grout and mortar | Flexural tensile strength | Limit of proportionality; Residual | BS EN 14651 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar permeability | Concrete, grout and mortar | Permeability | Volume change with water absorption - Permeable voids | AS 1012.21 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure | AS 1012.4.2 | |
Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions; Water displacement | AS 1012.12.1, AS 1012.12.2 | |||
Fibre content in fresh concrete | Not applicable | RC (Vic) Method 377.01 | |||
Indirect tensile strength | Brazil | AS 1012.10 | |||
Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete | In situ measurement using fixed volume measure | AS 1012.5 | |||
Setting time - In situ | Not applicable | AS 1012.18 | |||
Compressive strength | Core; Cube; Cylinder | AS 1012.9, AS 1012.14 | |||
Bleeding | In situ analysis - Freshly mixed concrete | AS 1012.6 | |||
Flexural strength | Modulus of rupture | AS 1012.11 | |||
Steel fibre content in fresh concrete | Not applicable | I.S EN 14721 +A1 Method B | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar shrinkage | Concrete, grout and mortar | Drying shrinkage specimen measurement | Not applicable | AS 1012.13 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen conditioning | Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens | AS 1012.14 | |
Specimen manufacture | Mixing concrete in the laboratory | AS 1012.2 | |||
Specimen manufacture and curing | In situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens; In situ manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens; In situ manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens | AS 1012.8.1, AS 1012.8.2, AS 1012.8.3, AS 1012.8.4 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Masonry, concrete and clay unit properties | Masonry, concrete and clay units | Wear resistance | Not applicable | BS EN 13892-4 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Point load strength index | In situ measurement; Laboratory measurement | AS 4133.4.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock strength and deformation | Rocks | Compressive strength | Uniaxial strain rate controlled | AS 4133.4.2.2 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.6.1 | |
Linear shrinkage | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.4.1 | |||
Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 1289.2.1.1 | |||
Moisture content | Hot plate | AS 1289.2.1.6 | |||
Particle density | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.5.1 | |||
Plastic limit | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.2.1 | |||
Description, identification and classification | Not applicable | AS 1726 | Tables 9 and 10 (Laboratory classification elements only) | ||
Plasticity index | Casagrande | AS 1289.3.3.1 | |||
Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point | AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2 | |||
Weighted plasticity index | Not applicable | RC(Vic) Method 362.01 | |||
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 | |||
Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.5.1 | |||
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 | Not applicable | RC (Vic) Method 316.00 | |
Density - In situ | Nuclear gauge; Sand-cone | AS 1289.5.3.1, AS 1289.5.8.1 | |||
Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 | |||
Density index | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.6.1 | |||
Dry density ratio | Calculation | AS 1289.5.4.1 | |||
Moisture ratio assessment of dry back | Not applicable | RC (Vic) Method 316.14 | |||
Density ratio - density decay correction factor | Calculation | RC (Vic) Method 330.04 | |||
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 in situ penetration | Soils | Penetration depth | Ball embedment | Austroads Method AG:PT/T251 | |
Penetration in situ | Dynamic cone | AS 1289.6.3.2 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens | AS 1289.6.1.1 | |
Bearing ratio | Assignment of CBR and percent swell | RC(Vic) Method 324.01 | |||
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 | Constant head for a remoulded specimen; Falling head for a remoulded specimen | AS 1289.6.7.1, AS 1289.6.7.2 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Accelerated weathering pre-treatment; Not applicable; Repeated compaction pre-treatment | AS 1289.1.1 RC (Vic) Method 301.01, RC (Vic) Method 301.05 RMS (NSW) Method T102;TfNSW T102;TfNSW T105;, RMS (NSW) Method T103;TfNSW T103;TfNSW T105; TfNSW TS 02794.02,TfNSW TS 02794.03,TfNSW TS 02795.01 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil reactivity | Soils | Reactivity; Swell/collapse | One-dimensional; Shrink/swell | AS 1289.7.1.1; ASTM D4546; | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil shear strength | Soils | Shear strength | Effective angle of internal friction | MR (Qld) Method Q181C | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | 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 | |||
Density decay correction factor for granular materials | Not applicable | RC(Vic) Method 330.03 | |||
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile | AS 1141.3.1 | |
Asphalts | Not applicable | Extraction of an asphalt core - Dry technique | AS 2891.1.2 | ||
Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete; Hardened concrete by coring | AS 1012.1, AS 1012.14 | ||
Soils | Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling | AS 1289.1.4.1 RC (Vic) Method 316.10 | ||
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.
1986
Site No.
14874
Print date
18 Feb 2025