National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Karreman Quarries Pty Ltd
Site
Mt Cotton Laboratory
Accreditation No.
9874
Site No.
9867
Date of Accreditation
11 Aug 1995
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 binder adhesion | Aggregates | Degree of precoating | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q216 | |
Resistance to stripping | Modified plate | MR (Qld) Method Q212B | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification | MR (Qld) Method Q477 | |
Clay and fine silt; Weak particles contaminants | Settling; Sieve analysis | AS 1141.32, AS 1141.33 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle size distribution | Particle size distribution of rock; Rock shape | MR (Qld) Method Q230 (except clause 6.2) | |
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 | |||
Shape | Average least dimension; Crushed faces; Flakiness; Proportional calliper | AS 1141.14, AS 1141.15, AS 1141.18, AS 1141.20.3, MR (Qld) Method Q201 | |||
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 - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Degradation factor on coarse aggregate; Degradation factor on source rock; Exposure to sodium sulfate solution | AS 1141.24, AS 1141.25.1, AS 1141.25.2, MR (Qld) Method Q208B | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable | AS 1141.22 | |
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 - Soil classification | Soils | Sieve analysis | Fines ratio | AS 1289.3.6.1, MR (Qld) Method Q103A, MR (Qld) Method Q253 | |
Cone plasticity index; Linear shrinkage; Liquid limit; Plastic limit; Plasticity index; Weighted plasticity index | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point; Cone four point; Cone one point | AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2, AS 1289.3.3.1, AS 1289.3.4.1, MR (Qld) Method Q104A, MR (Qld) Method Q104D; MR (Qld) Method Q105, MR (Qld) Method Q106, MR (Qld) Method Q252 | |||
Porosity | Not applicable | ASTM F1815-06 Test Method A | |||
Moisture content | Correlation; Drying oven | AS 1289.2.1.1, AS 1289.2.3.1 | |||
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 | |
Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD); Compaction to nominated levels; Dry density/moisture content relationship; Oversize material | Modified compactive effort; Oversize material treatment; Standard compactive effort | AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1; AS 1289.5.4.2, MR (Qld) Method Q142A, MR (Qld) Method Q142B, MR (Qld) Method Q143, MR (Qld) Method Q144A, MR (Qld) Method Q145A | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class | AS 1289.3.8.1 MR (Qld) Method Q168 | |
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 | Acidity | pH | AS 1289.4.3.1 | |
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 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Curing of moulded specimens | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q135B | |
Stabiliser working time | Cementitious stabilisation time | MR (Qld) Method Q136A | |||
Sample preparation | UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Field mix; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Laboratory mix | MR (Qld) Method Q251A, MR (Qld) Method Q251B | |||
Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | MR (Qld) Method Q115 | |||
Laboratory stabilisation of soil | Cement; Lime stabilisation | MR (Qld) Method Q135A | |||
Cement content | Heat of neutralisation | MR (Qld) Method Q134 | |||
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a bin; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a truck | AS 1141.3.1, AS 1289.1.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q060 | |
Soils | Not applicable | Site selection by spot sampling | MR (Qld) Method Q061 | ||
Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling | AS 1289.1.4.1, AS 1289.1.4.2, MR (Qld) Method Q050 |
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Accreditation No.
9874
Site No.
9867
Print date
03 Nov 2024