
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Qualtest Laboratory (NSW) Pty Ltd
Site
Muswellbrook Laboratory
Accreditation No.
18686
Site No.
23195
Date of Accreditation
02 Dec 2015
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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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification | TfNSW TS 02799.51 | |
Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.32 TfNSW TS 02799.03 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Shape | Crushed faces | TfNSW TS 02799.36 | |
Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.11.1 TfNSW TS 02799.02 | |||
Shape | Flakiness | AS 1141.15 | |||
Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Not applicable | AS 1141.6.1 TfNSW TS 02799.08 | |||
Shape | Average least dimension | AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.2 TfNSW TS 02799.32, TfNSW TS 02799.50 | |||
Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm | AS 1141.12 TfNSW TS 02799.04 | |||
Bulk density | Compacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
Bulk density | Uncompacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
Particle size distribution | Fine particles in road materials | AS 1141.19 TfNSW TS 02795.03 | |||
Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.6.1 TfNSW TS 02799.08 | |||
Shape | Proportional calliper | AS 1141.14 TfNSW TS 02799.12 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable | AS 1141.22 TfNSW TS 02799.13 | |
Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable | AS 1141.21 TfNSW TS 02799.06 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar consistence in situ | Concrete, grout and mortar | Slump flow | Cone | AS 1012.3.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Compressive strength | Cylinder | AS 1012.9 TfNSW TS 02800.07 | |
Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions | AS 1012.12.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen manufacture and curing | Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory; In situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens | AS 1012.8.1 TfNSW TS 02800.05 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Liquid limit | Casagrande four point | AS 1289.3.1.1 TfNSW TS 02795.04 | |
Plastic limit | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.2.1 TfNSW TS 02795.05 | |||
Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.6.1 TfNSW TS 02795.02 | |||
Linear shrinkage | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.4.1 TfNSW TS 02795.08 | |||
Plasticity index | Casagrande | AS 1289.3.3.1 TfNSW TS 02795.05 | |||
Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 1289.2.1.1 TfNSW TS 02795.14 | |||
Liquid limit | Casagrande one point | AS 1289.3.1.2 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort | AS 1289.5.2.1 TfNSW TS 02795.07 | |
Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort | AS 1289.5.1.1 TfNSW TS 02795.06, TfNSW TS 02796.01 | |||
Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.5.1 | |||
Dry density/moisture content relationship | Three compaction point | TfNSW TS 02795.24 | |||
Maximum dry density | Not applicable | TfNSW TS 02795.26 | |||
Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.4.2 | |||
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 | Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 | |
Density - In situ | Nuclear gauge | AS 1289.5.8.1 TfNSW TS 02795.36 | |||
Density - In situ | Sand pouring apparatus | TfNSW TS 02795.13 | |||
Relative compaction | Not applicable | TfNSW TS 02795.28 | |||
Dry density ratio | Calculation | AS 1289.5.4.1 | |||
Density - In situ | Sand-cone | AS 1289.5.3.1 | |||
Density index | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.6.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ penetration | Soils | Penetration in situ | Perth sand penetrometer | AS 1289.6.3.3 | |
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 TfNSW TS 2795.11, TfNSW TS 02796.03 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable | AS 1289.1.1 TfNSW TS 02795.01 | |
Soil pre-treatment | Accelerated weathering pre-treatment | TfNSW TS 02794.03 | |||
Soil pre-treatment | Repeated compaction pre-treatment | TfNSW TS 02794.02 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | TfNSW TS 02795.10, TfNSW TS 02796.02 | |
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a bin; Aggregate from a conveyor belt; Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a truck; Aggregate from a windrow | AS 1141.3.1 TfNSW TS 02794.01 | |
Not applicable | Quarry aggregate from a drill core; Quarry aggregate from a quarry face; Quarry aggregate from a rock spall; Quarry aggregate from boulders | AS 1141.3.2 TfNSW TS 02794.01 | |||
Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete | AS 1012.1 TfNSW TS 02800.01 | ||
Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a face; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling from a windrow; Disturbed soil sampling from an open-drive; Disturbed soil sampling in situ | AS 1289.1.2.1 TfNSW TS 02794.01 | ||
Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling | AS 1289.1.4.2 | |||
Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling | AS 1289.1.4.1 |
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Accreditation No.
18686
Site No.
23195
Print date
12 Sep 2025