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 | Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33; RMS (NSW) Method T268 |
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| Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification |
RMS (NSW) method T276 |
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| Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32; RMS (NSW) Method T202 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Shape | Crushed faces |
RMS (NSW) method T239 |
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| Shape | Average least dimension |
AS 1141 20.1, 20.2; RMS (NSW) Methods T235, T275 |
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| Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.6.1; RMS (NSW) Method T209 |
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| Bulk density | Compacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.11.1; RMS (NSW) Method T201 |
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| Shape | Flakiness |
AS 1141.15 |
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| Bulk density | Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.12; RMS (NSW) Method T203 |
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| Particle size distribution | Fine particles in road materials |
AS 1141.19; RMS (NSW) Method T107;TfNSW T107; |
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1; RMS (NSW) Method T209 |
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| Shape | Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14; RMS (NSW) Method T213 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable |
AS 1141.22; RMS (NSW) Method T215 |
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| Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable |
AS 1141.21; RMS (NSW) Method T205 |
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| 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; RMS (NSW) Method T301 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions |
AS 1012.12.1; RMS (NSW) Method T316 |
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| Compressive strength | Cylinder |
AS 1012.9; RMS (NSW) Method T306 |
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| Specimen preparation | Capping of compressive strength specimens |
RMS (NSW) method T305 |
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| 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; RMS (NSW) Method T304 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1; RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109;TfNSW T105; |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point |
AS 1289.3.1.1; RMS (NSW) Method T108;TfNSW T108;TfNSW T105; |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1; RMS (NSW) Method T106;TfNSW T106; |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1; RMS (NSW) Method T113;TfNSW T113; |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1; RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109;TfNSW T105; |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1; RMS (NSW) Method T120 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.2 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1; RMS (NSW) Methods T111, T130 |
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| Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.5.1 |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Three compaction point |
RMS (NSW) method T162 |
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| Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.4.2 |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.2.1; RMS (NSW) Method T112 |
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| Maximum dry density | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) method T164 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class |
AS 1289.3.8.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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| Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1; RMS (NSW) Method T173 |
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| Density - In-situ | Sand pouring apparatus |
RMS (NSW) method T119 |
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| Relative compaction | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) method T166 |
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| Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Density - In-situ | Sand-cone |
AS 1289.5.3.1 |
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| Density index | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in-situ penetration | Soils | Penetration in-situ | Perth sand penetrometer |
AS 1289.6.3.3 |
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| Penetration in-situ | Dynamic cone |
AS 1289.6.3.2 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens |
AS 1289.6.1.1; RMS (NSW) Methods T117, T132 |
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| Compressive strength | Uniaxial maximum dry |
RMS (NSW) Method T114 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289.1.1; RMS (NSW) Method T105;TfNSW T105; |
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| Soil pre-treatment | Accelerated weathering pre-treatment |
RMS (NSW) Method T103;TfNSW T103;TfNSW T105; |
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| Soil pre-treatment | Repeated compaction pre-treatment |
RMS (NSW) Method T102;TfNSW T102;TfNSW T105; |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined |
RMS (NSW) Methods T116, T131 |
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| Sample collection | Aggregates | 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; RMS (NSW) Method T100 |
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| 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; RMS (NSW) Method T100 |
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| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete |
AS 1012.1; RMS (NSW) Method T300 |
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| 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; RMS (NSW) Method T100 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.2 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.1 |
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Accreditation No.
18686
Site No.
23195
Print date
23 May 2022