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National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
ADE Consulting Group Pty Ltd
Site
Melbourne Laboratory
Accreditation No.
21005
Site No.
25067
Date of Accreditation
17 Sep 2021
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, | |
Shape | Flakiness; Proportional calliper | AS 1141.14, AS 1141.15, | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Linear shrinkage | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.4.1 | |
Liquid limit | Casagrande four point | AS 1289.3.1.1 | |||
Liquid limit | Casagrande one point | AS 1289.3.1.2 | |||
Plastic limit | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.2.1 | |||
Plasticity index | Casagrande | AS 1289.3.3.1 | |||
Description, identification and classification | Not applicable | AS 1726 Tables 9 and 10 | Laboratory Tests Only | ||
Weighted plasticity index | Not applicable | RC (Vic) Method 326.01 | |||
Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 1289.2.1.1 | |||
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 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 | |||
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 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 | |
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a windrow | AS 1141.3.1 | |
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 | ||
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 |
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Accreditation No.
21005
Site No.
25067
Print date
01 Sep 2024