
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Downer EDI Works Pty Ltd
Site
National Research and Development Laboratory
Accreditation No.
15351
Site No.
16034
Date of Accreditation
02 Dec 2005
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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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 density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5 |
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Water absorption of fine aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.5 |
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Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12 |
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Shape | Flakiness |
AS 1141.15 |
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Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Pycnometer |
AS 1141.6.2 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Degradation factor on fine aggregate; Methylene blue value |
AS 1141.25.3 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt adhesion and stripping | Asphalts | Binder paste drain-off |
Austroads Method AGPT/T235 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt extraction and grading | Asphalts | Moisture content | Not applicable |
RC (Vic) Method 211.01 |
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Bitumen content and aggregate grading | Ignition oven; Pressure filter; Reflux |
AS/NZS 2891.3.1, AS/NZS 2891.3.3 MR (Qld) Method Q308C, MR (Qld) Method Q308D Austroads Method AGPT/T234 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt field density | Asphalts | Density ratio and air voids | Not applicable |
AAA MT002 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt filler | Asphalts | Voids in dry compacted filler | Not applicable |
AS/NZS 1141.17 |
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Apparent particle density of filler | Not applicable |
AS/NZS 1141.7 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt mechanical properties | Asphalts | Marshall stability and flow | Not applicable |
AS/NZS 2891.5 AAA MT001 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt mix design | Asphalts | Mix composition | Marshall method |
RC (Vic) Method 201.01 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt performance | Asphalts | Deformation resistance | Wheel tracking machine |
Austroads Method AGPT/T231 |
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Asphalt particle loss | Abrasion |
Austroads Method AGPT/T236 |
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Stripping potential | Tensile strength ratio |
Austroads Method AGPT/T232 RMS (NSW) Method T640 |
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Resilient modulus | Indirect tensile |
AS/NZS 2891.13.1 |
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Fatigue life | Flexural bending |
Austroads Method AGPT/T233 (2006); Austroads Method AGPT/T274 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt specimen manufacture | Asphalts | Specimen compaction | Gyratory compaction |
AS/NZS 2891.2.2 |
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Specimen conditioning | Handling and conditioning |
AS/NZS 2891.2.1 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt volumetric properties | Asphalts | Voids and density relationship | Not applicable |
AS/NZS 2891.8 MRWA Method WA733.1 |
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Maximum density | Methylated spirits displacement; Water displacement |
AS/NZS 2891.7.1, AS/NZS 2891.7.3 MRWA Method WA732.2 |
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Bulk density | Mensuration; Presaturation; Waxing |
AS/NZS 2891.9.1, AS/NZS 2891.9.2, AS/NZS 2891.9.3 RC (Vic) 202.02 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Linear shrinkage; Liquid limit; Moisture content; Plastic limit; Plasticity index; Sieve analysis | Casagrande one point; Drying oven | AS 1289.2.1.1; AS 1289.3.1.1; AS 1289.3.2.1; AS 1289.3.3.1; AS 1289.3.4.1; AS 1289.3.6.1; RMS (NSW) Method T106;TfNSW T106;; RMS (NSW) Method T108;TfNSW T108;TfNSW T105;; RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109;TfNSW T105;; RMS (NSW) Method T120 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort | AS 1289.5.1.1; AS 1289.5.2.1; RMS (NSW) Method T111; RMS (NSW) Method T112; MR (Qld) Method Q142A; MR (Qld) Method Q142B | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Sand equivalent |
AS 1289.3.7.1 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil modulus and deformation | Soils | Resilient modulus | Permanent deformation |
Austroads Method AGPT/T305 RMS (NSW) Method T154 MR (Qld) Method Q139 |
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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;; MR (Qld) Method Q101 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Curing of moulded specimens; Laboratory stabilisation of soil | Lime, cement and bitumen | MR (Qld) Method Q135A; MR (Qld) Method Q135B; MR (Qld) Method Q135C | |
Laboratory stabilisation of soil | Foamed bitumen | Austroads Method AGPT/T301; Austroads Method AGPT/T302; Austroads Method AGPT/T303; RMS (NSW) Method T153; MR (Qld) Method Q138A; MR (Qld) Method Q138B | |||
Cement content | Heat of neutralisation | AS 5101.3.3 | |||
Sample collection | Asphalts | Not applicable | Uncompacted asphalt |
AS/NZS 2891.1.1 |
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Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile | AS 1289.1.2.1 |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Materials
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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Analysis of bituminous materials - Composition | Bituminous materials | Water content | Karl-Fischer titration |
AS 2341.9 |
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Residue on evaporation | Not applicable |
AS/NZS 2341.23 |
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Toluene insoluble matter | Not applicable |
AS/NZS 2341.8 |
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Non-aqueous volatiles | Calculation by difference | AS 2341.24 | |||
Analysis of bituminous materials - Properties | Bituminous materials | Rolling thin film oven (RTFO) | Effect of heat and air on a moving film of bitumen |
AS/NZS 2341.10 Austroads Method AGPT/T103 |
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pH of bituminous emulsions | Classical |
AS 2341.32 |
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Sample handling and conditioning | Not applicable |
Austroads Method AGPT/T102 |
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Stone coating ability and water resistance |
AS 2341.28 |
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Sedimentation | Not applicable |
AS/NZS 2341.27 Austroads AGPT/T108 |
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Abrasion loss | Wet track abrasion |
Austroads Method AGPT/T272 ISSA TB 100 |
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Softening point | Ring and ball |
AS 2341.18 Austroads AGPT/T131 |
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Flash point | Not applicable |
ASTM D92 |
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Consistency of slurry | Flow pattern |
Austroads Method AGPT/T270 ISSA TB 106 |
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Torsional recovery | Not applicable |
Austroads Method AGPT/T122 |
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Consistency; Elastic recovery; Stiffness | Not applicable |
Austroads Method AGPT/T121 |
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Viscosity | Brookfield viscometer; Dynamic - Capillary tube; Rotational |
AS/NZS 2341.2, AS/NZS 2341.4 Austroads Method AGPT/T111 ASTM D2196 |
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Set and cure of bituminous slurry | Cohesion |
Austroads Method AGPT/T271 ISSA TB 139 |
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Sieve residue | Sieve analysis |
AS/NZS 2341.26 |
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Ease of remixing | Not applicable |
Austroads AGPT/T109 |
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Penetration of bitumen | Not applicable |
AS 2341.12 |
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Breaking behaviour |
AS 2341.29 |
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Durability | Long term exposure to heat and air |
AS/NZS 2341.13 |
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Excess binder | Loaded wheel |
Austroads Method AGPT/T273 ISSA TB 109 |
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Density | Density bottle |
AS 2341.7 |
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Accreditation No.
15351
Site No.
16034
Print date
16 Aug 2022