ADE Consulting Group Pty Ltd

Site

Melbourne Laboratory

Accreditation No.

21005

Site No.

25067

Date of Accreditation

17 Sep 2021

Address

Unit 2/55, Chelmsford Street
Williamstown North, VIC 3016
Australia

ade.group

Contact

Mr Chandy Patel P: +61 0424851035

Availability

Services available to external clients

ADE Consulting Group Pty Ltd address map

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes

Withdrawn 30 Jun 2025

Voluntary

Melbourne Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Infrastructure and Asset Integrity

Withdrawn
Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
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,

Shape Flakiness; Proportional calliper AS 1141.14,
AS 1141.15,
Particle size distribution Fine particles in road materials

AS 1141.19

RMS (NSW) Method T107

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties Rocks Point load strength index Not applicable AS 4133.4.1, RMS (NSW) Method T223
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification Soils Plasticity index Casagrande

AS 1289.3.3.1

Liquid limit Casagrande four point

AS 1289.3.1.1

Weighted plasticity index Not applicable RC (Vic) Method 326.01
Plastic limit Not applicable

AS 1289.3.2.1

Description, identification and classification Not applicable AS 1726 Tables 9 and 10  Laboratory Tests Only
Moisture content Drying oven

AS 1289.2.1.1

Liquid limit Casagrande one point

AS  1289.3.1.2

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,

 Sydney Water Supplier of Field Testing Services
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 Emerson class AS 1289.3.8.1
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density Soils Dry density ratio Calculation

AS 1289.5.4.1

Compaction control Hilf

AS 1289.5.7.1

Density - In situ; Moisture - In situ Nuclear gauge

AS 1289.5.8.1

 Sydney Water Supplier of Field Testing Services
Characteristic field density values Not applicable RC (Vic) Method 316.00
Moisture ratio Measured

AS 1289.5.4.1

Moisture ratio assessment of dry back Not applicable RC (Vic) Method 316.14
Density index Not applicable AS 1289.5.6.1
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 in situ penetration Soils Penetration in situ Dynamic cone AS 1289.6.3.2
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties Soils Bearing ratio Assignment of CBR and percent swell RC (Vic) Method 324.01
Bearing ratio Remoulded specimens AS 1289.6.1.1
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil permeability Permeability Flexible wall permeameter AS 1289.6.7.3
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment Soils Soil pre-treatment Repeated compaction pre-treatment RC (Vic) Method 301.05
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 stabilisation Soils Sample preparation Cement stabilisation; Lime stabilisation RC (Vic) Method 301.03, RC (Vic) method 301.06
Laboratory stabilisation of soil Lime stabilisation RC (Vic) Method 301.04
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
Sample collection Aggregates Not applicable Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a windrow

AS 1141.3.1

Soils Not applicable Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling AS 1289.1.4.1, AS 1289.1.4.2, 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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