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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 | |
Water absorption of fine aggregate | Not applicable | AS 1141.5 | |||
Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm | AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12, RMS (NSW) Method T201, RMS (NSW) Method T203, TfNSW TS02799.02, TfNSW TS2799.04 | |||
Shape | Flakiness | AS 1141.15 | |||
Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Pycnometer | AS 1141.6.2 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Degradation factor on fine aggregate; Methylene blue value | AS 1141.25.3 TfNSW TS 02806.36 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt adhesion and stripping | Asphalts | Binder paste drain-off | Austroads Method AGPT/T235 | ||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt extraction and grading | Asphalts | Moisture content | Not applicable | RC (Vic) Method 211.01 | |
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 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt field density | Asphalts | Density ratio and air voids | Not applicable | AAA MT002 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt filler | Asphalts | Voids in dry compacted filler | Not applicable | AS/NZS 1141.17 | |
Apparent particle density of filler | Not applicable | AS/NZS 1141.7 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt mechanical properties | Asphalts | Marshall stability and flow | Not applicable | AS/NZS 2891.5 AAA MT001 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt mix design | Asphalts | Mix composition | Marshall method | RC (Vic) Method 201.01 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt performance | Asphalts | Deformation resistance | Wheel tracking machine | Austroads Method AGPT/T231 | |
Asphalt particle loss | Abrasion | Austroads Method AGPT/T236 | |||
Stripping potential | Tensile strength ratio | Austroads Method AGPT/T232 RMS (NSW) Method T640 TfNSW TS 02806.26 | |||
Resilient modulus | Indirect tensile | AS/NZS 2891.13.1 | |||
Fatigue life | Flexural bending | Austroads Method AGPT/T233 (2006); Austroads Method AGPT/T274 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt specimen manufacture | Asphalts | Specimen compaction | Gyratory compaction | AS/NZS 2891.2.2 | |
Specimen conditioning | Handling and conditioning | AS/NZS 2891.2.1 | |||
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 | |
Maximum density | Water displacement | AS/NZS 2891.7.1, MRWA Method WA732.2 | |||
Bulk density | Mensuration; Presaturation; Waxing | AS/NZS 2891.9.1, AS/NZS 2891.9.2, AS/NZS 2891.9.3 RC (Vic) 202.02 | |||
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 TfNSW TS 02795.01,TfNSW TS 02795.02,TfNSW TS 02795.04,TfNSW TS 02795.05,TfNSW TS 02795.14 | |
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 TfNSW TS 02795.06,TfNSW TS 02795.07 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Sand equivalent | AS 1289.3.7.1 | |
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 TfNSW TS 02798.05 | |
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 TfNSW TS 02795.01 | |
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 TfNSW TS 02798.04 | |||
Cement content | Heat of neutralisation | AS 5101.3.3 | |||
Sample collection | Asphalts | Not applicable | Uncompacted asphalt | AS/NZS 2891.1.1 | |
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 | Residue on evaporation | Gravimetric | In-house method NRDL-ITM-002 | |
Rubber content | Gravimetric | Austroads Method AGPT/T142 | |||
Water content | Karl-Fischer titration | AS 2341.9 | |||
Toluene insoluble matter | Not applicable | AS/NZS 2341.8 | |||
Residue on evaporation | Not applicable | AS/NZS 2341.23 | |||
Recovery of residue | Gravimetric | AS 2341.30 | |||
Non-aqueous volatiles | Calculation by difference | AS 2341.24 | |||
Analysis of bituminous materials - Properties | Bituminous materials | pH of bituminous emulsions | Classical | AS 2341.32 | |
Breaking behaviour | AS 2341.29 | ||||
Stone coating ability and water resistance | AS 2341.28 | ||||
Ease of remixing | Not applicable | Austroads AGPT/T109 | |||
Abrasion loss | Wet track abrasion | Austroads Method AGPT/T272 ISSA TB 100 | |||
Torsional recovery | Not applicable | Austroads Method AGPT/T122 | |||
Excess binder | Loaded wheel | Austroads Method AGPT/T273 ISSA TB 109 | |||
Sample handling and conditioning | Not applicable | AS 2341.21, Austroads ATM 102 | |||
Penetration of bitumen | Not applicable | AS 2341.12 | |||
Sieve residue | Sieve analysis | AS/NZS 2341.26 | |||
Softening point | Ring and ball | AS 2341.18 Austroads AGPT/T131 | |||
Flash point | Not applicable | ASTM D92 | |||
Consistency of slurry | Flow pattern | Austroads Method AGPT/T270 ISSA TB 106 | |||
Durability | Accelerated aging viscosity increase | Austroads Method AGPT/T194 | |||
Viscosity | Dynamic shear rheometer | Austroads Method AGPT/T192 | |||
Rolling thin film oven (RTFO) | Effect of heat and air on a moving film of bitumen | AS/NZS 2341.10 Austroads Method AGPT/T103 | |||
Consistency; Elastic recovery; Stiffness | Not applicable | Austroads Method AGPT/T121 | |||
Permanent recovery and creep | Dynamic shear rheometer | AASHTO M332, AASHTO T350, ASTM D7405, Austroads Method AGPT/T193 | |||
Viscosity | Brookfield viscometer; Dynamic - Capillary tube; Rotational | AS/NZS 2341.2, AS/NZS 2341.4 Austroads Method AGPT/T111 ASTM D2196 | |||
Flash point of polymer modified binder | Not applicable | Austroads ATM 112 | |||
Set and cure of bituminous slurry | Cohesion | Austroads Method AGPT/T271 ISSA TB 139 | |||
Sedimentation | Not applicable | AS/NZS 2341.27 Austroads AGPT/T108 | |||
Density | Density bottle | AS 2341.7 | |||
Stress ratio | Dynamic shear rheometer | Austroads Method AGPT/T125 | |||
Aggregate coating | Visual examination | ISSA TB114 | |||
Dynamic shear modulus and phase angle | Dynamic shear rheometer | AASHTO T315 | |||
Sample collection | Bituminous materials | Not applicable | Bitumen emulsions from tanks, tankers and drums | AS 1160 |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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Annex facility | 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 | Hobart Annex Laboratory Facility, Site No 26856 is established from 26 August 2024 until 30 June 2025 for project/contract Hobart International Airport Airfield Upgrade Project, contract no: 3470-0456-9125 for Hobart International Airport Pty Ltd. |
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Accreditation No.
15351
Site No.
16034
Print date
01 Sep 2024