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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification | RMS (NSW) method T276 TfNSW TS 02799.51 | |
| Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.32; RMS (NSW) Method T202 TfNSW TS 02799.03 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Shape | Crushed faces | RMS (NSW) method T239 TfNSW TS 02799.36 | |
| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.11.1; RMS (NSW) Method T201 TfNSW TS 02799.02 | |||
| Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Not applicable | AS 1141.6.1; RMS (NSW) Method T209 TfNSW TS 02799.08 | |||
| Shape | Average least dimension | AS 1141 20.1, 20.2; RMS (NSW) Methods T235, T275 | |||
| Bulk density | Compacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
| Shape | Flakiness | AS 1141.15 | |||
| Particle size distribution | Fine particles in road materials | AS 1141.19; TfNSW T107 TfNSW TS 02795.03 | |||
| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm | AS 1141.12; RMS (NSW) Method T203 TfNSW TS 02799.04 | |||
| Bulk density | Uncompacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
| Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.6.1; RMS (NSW) Method T209 TfNSW TS 02799.08 | |||
| Shape | Proportional calliper | AS 1141.14; RMS (NSW) Method T213 TfNSW TS 02799.12 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable | AS 1141.22; RMS (NSW) Method T215 TfNSW TS 02799.13 | |
| Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable | AS 1141.21; RMS (NSW) Method T205 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; RMS (NSW) Method T301 TfNSW TS 02800.02 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen preparation | Capping of compressive strength specimens | RMS (NSW) method T305 TfNSW TS 02800.06 | |
| Compressive strength | Cylinder | AS 1012.9; RMS (NSW) Method T306 TfNSW TS 02800.07 | |||
| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions | AS 1012.12.1; RMS (NSW) Method T316 TfNSW TS 02800.16 | |||
| 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 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 T108 TfNSW TS 02795.04 | |
| Plastic limit | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.2.1; TfNSW T109 TfNSW TS 02795.05 | |||
| Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.6.1; TfNSW T106; TfNSW TS 02795.02 | |||
| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.4.1; RMS (NSW) Method T113;TfNSW T113; TfNSW TS 02795.08 | |||
| Plasticity index | Casagrande | AS 1289.3.3.1;TfNSW T109 TfNSW TS 02795.05 | |||
| Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 1289.2.1.1; RMS (NSW) Method T120 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; RMS (NSW) Method T112 TfNSW TS 02795.07 | |
| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort | AS 1289.5.1.1; RMS (NSW) Method T111; RMS (NSW) Method T130 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 | RMS (NSW) method T162 TfNSW TS 02795.24 | |||
| Maximum dry density | Not applicable | RMS (NSW) method T164 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; RMS (NSW) Method T173 TfNSW TS 02795.36 | |||
| Density - In situ | Sand pouring apparatus | RMS (NSW) method T119 TfNSW TS 02795.13 | |||
| Relative compaction | Not applicable | RMS (NSW) method T166 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; RMS (NSW) Methods T117, T132 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable | AS 1289.1.1; TfNSW T105; TfNSW TS 02795.01 | |
| Soil pre-treatment | Accelerated weathering pre-treatment | TfNSW T103 TfNSW TS 02794.03 | |||
| Soil pre-treatment | Repeated compaction pre-treatment | TfNSW T102 TfNSW TS 02794.02 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | RMS (NSW) Methods T116, T131 | |
| 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; RMS (NSW) Method T100 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; RMS (NSW) Method T100 TfNSW TS 02794.01 | |||
| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete | AS 1012.1; RMS (NSW) Method T300 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; RMS (NSW) Method T100 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
16 Jul 2025