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
Mr Alan Cullen
P: +61 (02) 49684468
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
Newcastle Laboratory
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 abrasion | Aggregates | Abrasion resistance | Los Angeles machine value |
AS 1141.23 |
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| Abrasion resistance | Resistance to wear by attrition |
AS 1141.27 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification |
TfNSW TS 02799.51 |
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| Organic impurities | Colour test |
AS 1141.34 TfNSW TS 02799.38 |
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| Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33 TfNSW TS 02799.43 |
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| Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32 TfNSW TS 02799.03 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.11.1 TfNSW TS 02799.02 |
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| Particle density of fine aggregate; Water absorption of fine aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.5 TfNSW TS 02799.09 |
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| Shape | Flakiness |
AS 1141.15 |
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| Shape | Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14 TfNSW TS 02799.12 |
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate; Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1 TfNSW TS 02799.08 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.12 TfNSW TS 02799.04 |
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| Shape | Crushed faces |
TfNSW TS 02799.36 |
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| Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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| Particle size distribution | Fine particles in road materials |
AS 1141.19 TfNSW TS 02795.03 |
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| Shape | Average least dimension |
AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.2 TfNSW TS 02799.32, TfNSW TS 02799.50 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Exposure to sodium sulfate solution |
AS 1141.24 TfNSW TS 02799.42 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable |
AS 1141.21 TfNSW TS 02799.06 |
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| Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable |
AS 1141.22 TfNSW TS 02799.13 |
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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 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Compressive strength | Cylinder |
AS 1012.9 TfNSW TS 02800.07 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete | In situ measurement using fixed volume measure |
AS 1012.5 |
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| Compressive strength | Core |
AS 1012.14 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Water displacement |
AS 1012.12.2 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions |
AS 1012.12.1 |
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| Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure |
AS 1012.4.2 |
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| Flexural strength | Modulus of rupture |
AS 1012.11 TfNSW TS 02800.25 |
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| Compressive strength | Cube |
AS 1012.9 TfNSW TS 02800.49 |
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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 TfNSW TS 02800.05 |
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| 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 TfNSW TS 02800.24 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
TfNSW TS 02800.49 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement structural performance | Road pavements | Structural performance evaluation | Benkelman beam |
TfNSW TS 02795.22 |
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| Structural performance evaluation | Deflection monitoring |
TfNSW TS 02795.55 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Point load strength index | Not applicable |
AS 4133.4.1 TfNSW TS 02799.21 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 4133.1.1.1 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock strength and deformation | Rocks | Deformation | Strain rate controlled | AS 4133.4.3.2 | |
| Deformation | Load rate controlled | AS 4133.4.3.1 | |||
| Compressive strength | Uniaxial load rate controlled |
AS 4133.4.2.2 TfNSW TS 02799.26 |
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| Compressive strength | Uniaxial strain rate controlled | AS 4133.4.2.1 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Liquid limit | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.1.2 |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 TfNSW TS 02795.02 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.1.1 TfNSW TS 02795.04 |
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| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1 TfNSW TS 02795.05 |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1 TfNSW TS 02795.05 |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 TfNSW TS 02795.08 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 TfNSW TS 02795.14 |
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| Particle density | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.5.1 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.5.1 |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.2.1 TfNSW TS 02795.07 |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1 |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Three compaction point |
TfNSW TS 02795.24 |
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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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| Maximum dry density | Not applicable |
TfNSW TS 02795.26 |
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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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| Dispersion | Pinhole | AS 1289.3.8.3 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Density index | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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| Moisture ratio | Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Density - In situ | Sand-cone |
AS 1289.5.3.1 |
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| Density - In situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1 TfNSW TS 02795.36 |
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| Relative compaction | Not applicable |
TfNSW TS 02795.28 |
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| Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil fine particles | Soils | Fine particle analysis | Hydrometer |
AS 1289.3.6.3 TfNSW TS 02795.48 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ penetration | Soils | Penetration - In situ | Dynamic cone |
AS 1289.6.3.2 |
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| Penetration - In situ | Perth sand penetrometer |
AS 1289.6.3.3 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial maximum dry |
TfNSW TS 02795.09 |
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| Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens |
AS 1289.6.1.1 TfNSW TS 02795.11, TfNSW TS 02796.03 |
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| 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 | Repeated compaction pre-treatment |
TfNSW TS 02794.02 |
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| Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289.1.1 TfNSW TS 02795.01 |
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| Soil pre-treatment | Accelerated weathering pre-treatment |
TfNSW TS 02794.03 |
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| 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 | Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined |
TfNSW TS 02795.10, TfNSW TS 02796.02 |
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| Stabiliser working time | Not applicable |
TfNSW TS 02797.04 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil thermal properties | Soils | Thermal conductivity | In situ measurement; Laboratory measurement | ASTM D5334 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil triaxial strength | Soils | Triaxial strength | Modified triaxial confined; Modified triaxial unconfined | TfNSW TS 02795.33 | |
| 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 TfNSW TS 02794.01 |
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| 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 |
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| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete |
AS 1012.1 TfNSW TS 02800.01 |
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| Soils | Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.2 |
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| 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 TfNSW TS 02794.01 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.1 |
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Accreditation No.
18686
Site No.
20708
Print date
15 Jul 2026
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