National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Qualtest Laboratory (NSW) Pty Ltd
Site
Newcastle Laboratory
Accreditation No.
18686
Site No.
20708
Date of Accreditation
15 Jan 2013
Contact
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
| Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 abrasion | Aggregates | Abrasion resistance | Los Angeles machine value | AS 1141.23 | |
| Abrasion resistance | Resistance to wear by attrition | AS 1141.27 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Organic impurities | Colour test | AS 1141.34; RMS (NSW) Method T260 TfNSW TS 02799.38 | |||
| Clay and fine silt | Settling | AS 1141.33; RMS (NSW) Method T268 TfNSW TS 02799.43 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm | AS 1141.12; RMS (NSW) Method T203 TfNSW TS 02799.04 | |
| Particle size distribution | Fine particles in road materials | AS 1141.19; RMS (NSW) Method T107;TfNSW T107; TfNSW TS 02795.03 | |||
| Shape | Flakiness | AS 1141.15 | |||
| Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
| Shape | Average least dimension | AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.2; RMS (NSW) Method T235, RMS (NSW) Method T275 TfNSW TS 02799.32, TfNSW TS 02799.50 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 fine aggregate | Not applicable | AS 1141.5; RMS (NSW) Method T210 TfNSW TS 02799.09 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Exposure to sodium sulfate solution | AS 1141.24; RMS (NSW) Method T266 TfNSW TS 02799.42 | |
| 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 | Compressive strength | Cube | AS 1012.9; RMS (NSW) Method T375 TfNSW TS 02800.49 | |
| Flexural strength | Modulus of rupture | AS 1012.11; RMS (NSW) Method T328 TfNSW TS 02800.25 | |||
| 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 - Fresh concrete | In situ measurement using fixed volume measure | AS 1012.5 | |||
| Compressive strength | Core | AS 1012.14 | |||
| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Water displacement | AS 1012.12.2; RMS (NSW) Method T317 TfNSW TS 02800.17 | |||
| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions | AS 1012.12.1; RMS (NSW) Method T316 TfNSW TS 02800.16 | |||
| Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure | AS 1012.4.2 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen manufacture and curing | In situ manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens; Manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens in the laboratory | AS 1012.8.4 | |
| 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 | |||
| Specimen manufacture and curing | In situ manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens; Manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens in the laboratory | AS 1012.8.2; RMS (NSW) Method T327 TfNSW TS 02800.24 | |||
| Specimen manufacture and curing | In situ manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes; Manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes in the laboratory | RMS (NSW) Method T375 TfNSW TS 02800.49 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement structural performance | Road pavements | Structural performance evaluation | Benkelman beam | RMS (NSW) method T160 TfNSW TS 02795.22 | |
| Structural performance evaluation | Deflection monitoring | RMS (NSW) method T199;TfNSW T199; TfNSW TS 02795.55 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Point load strength index | Not applicable | AS 4133.4.1; RMS (NSW) Method T223 TfNSW TS 02799.21 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Plasticity index | Casagrande | AS 1289.3.3.1; RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109;TfNSW T105; TfNSW TS 02795.01,TfNSW TS 02795.05 | |
| Liquid limit | Casagrande one point | AS 1289.3.1.2 | |||
| Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.6.1; RMS (NSW) Method T106;TfNSW T106; TfNSW TS 02795.02 | |||
| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point | AS 1289.3.1.1; RMS (NSW) Method T108;TfNSW T108;TfNSW T105; TfNSW TS 02795.01,TfNSW TS 02795.04 | |||
| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.4.1; RMS (NSW) Method T113;TfNSW T113; TfNSW TS 02795.08 | |||
| Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 1289.2.1.1; RMS (NSW) Method T120 TfNSW TS 02795.14 | |||
| Plastic limit | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.2.1; RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109;TfNSW T105; TfNSW TS 02795.01,TfNSW TS 02795.05 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.4.2 | |
| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort | AS 1289.5.1.1; RMS (NSW) Method T111, RMS (NSW) Method T130 | |||
| 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 | Three compaction point | RMS (NSW) method T162 TfNSW TS 02795.24 | |||
| Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.5.1 | |||
| Maximum dry density | Not applicable | RMS (NSW) Method T164 TfNSW TS 02795.26 | |||
| 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 | Density - In situ | Sand pouring apparatus | RMS (NSW) method T119 TfNSW TS 02795.13 | |
| Density index | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.6.1 | |||
| Moisture ratio | Measured | AS 1289.5.4.1 | |||
| Density - In situ | Sand-cone | AS 1289.5.3.1 | |||
| Density - In situ | Nuclear gauge | AS 1289.5.8.1; RMS (NSW) Method T173 TfNSW TS 02795.36 | |||
| Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 | |||
| Relative compaction | Not applicable | RMS (NSW) method T166 TfNSW TS 02795.28 | |||
| Dry density ratio | Calculation | AS 1289.5.4.1 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ penetration | Soils | Penetration in situ | Dynamic cone | AS 1289.6.3.2 | |
| Penetration in situ | Perth sand penetrometer | AS 1289.6.3.3 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial maximum dry | RMS (NSW) Method T114 TfNSW TS 02795.09 | |
| Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens | AS 1289.6.1.1; RMS (NSW) Method T117, RMS (NSW) Method T132 TfNSW TS 02795.11, TfNSW TS 02796.03 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil permeability | Soils | Permeability | Constant head for a remoulded specimen; Falling head for a remoulded specimen | AS 1289 6.7.1, AS 1289.6.7.2 | |
| 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; TfNSW TS 02795.01 | |
| Soil pre-treatment | Accelerated weathering pre-treatment | RMS (NSW) Method T103;TfNSW T103;TfNSW T105; TfNSW TS 02794.03,TfNSW TS 02795.01 | |||
| Soil pre-treatment | Repeated compaction pre-treatment | RMS (NSW) Method T102;TfNSW T102;TfNSW T105; TfNSW TS 02794.02,TfNSW TS 02795.01 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil reactivity | Soils | Reactivity | Shrink/swell | AS 1289.7.1.1 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Stabiliser working time | Not applicable | RMS (NSW) Method T147 TfNSW TS 02797.04 | |
| Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | RMS (NSW) Method T116, RMS (NSW) Method T131 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil triaxial strength | Soils | Triaxial strength | Modified triaxial confined; Modified triaxial unconfined | RMS (NSW) Method T171 TfNSW TS 02795.33 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |||
| 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 | Site selection - Random sampling | AS 1289.1.4.1 | ||
| 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 |
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Accreditation No.
18686
Site No.
20708
Print date
15 Jan 2025