National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Douglas Partners Pty Ltd
Site
Newcastle Laboratory
Accreditation No.
828
Site No.
1663
Date of Accreditation
30 Aug 1982
Contact
Availability
Services 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 abrasion | Aggregates | Abrasion resistance | Los Angeles machine value |
AS 1141.23 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32 |
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| Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33 |
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| Organic impurities | Colour test |
AS 1141.34 |
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| Sugar | Fehlings solution |
AS 1141.35 |
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| Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification |
RMS (NSW) T276 |
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| Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification | in-house method DP276 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.11.1,RMS (NSW) Method T201 TfNSW TS 02799.02 |
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| Particle size distribution | Fine particles in road materials |
AS 1141.19, TfNSW T107 TfNSW TS 02795.03 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.12, RMS (NSW) Method T203 TfNSW TS 02799.04 |
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| Shape | Crushed faces |
RMS (NSW) Method T239 TfNSW TS 02799.36 |
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| Water absorption of fine aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.5 |
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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| Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5 |
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| Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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| Shape | Flakiness |
AS 1141.15 |
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| Shape | Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14, RMS (NSW) Method T213 TfNSW TS 02799.12 |
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| Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Exposure to sodium sulfate solution |
AS 1141.24 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate stabilisation | Aggregates | Absorption of compacted material; Swell and capillary rise of compacted material | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T172 TfNSW TS 02795.35 |
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| 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 |
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| Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable |
AS 1141.21 |
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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, RMS (NSW) Method T301 TfNSW TS 02800.02 |
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| Grout consistency | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T375 TfNSW TS 02800.49 |
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| 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 |
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| Compressive strength | Core; Cylinder |
AS 1012.9, AS 1012.14, RMS (NSW) Method T306 TfNSW TS 02800.07 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions |
AS1012.12.1, RMS (NSW) Method T316 TfNSW TS 02800.16 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen conditioning | Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens |
AS 1012.14 |
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| Specimen manufacture and curing | Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory; In-situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens |
AS 1012.8.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Masonry, concrete and clay unit properties | Masonry, concrete and clay units | Resistance to salt attack | Not applicable | AS 4456.10 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement structural performance | Road pavements | Structural performance evaluation | Benkelman beam; Deflection monitoring |
RMS (NSW) Method T160, TfNSW T199 TfNSW TS 02795.22,TfNSW TS 02795.55 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Slake durability index | Not applicable | AS 4133.3.4 | |
| Swelling pressure index | Not applicable | In-house method DP 300 | |||
| Point load strength index | Not applicable |
AS 4133.4.1, RMS (NSW) Method T223, TfNSW TS 02799.21 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 4133.1.1.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock strength and deformation | Rocks | Deformation | Load rate controlled; Strain rate controlled | AS 4133.4.3.1; AS 4133.4.3.2 | |
| Indirect tensile strength | Brazil |
ISRM Brazil Test Method Part 2 (1997), RMS (NSW) Method T222, TfNSW TS 02799.20 |
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| Compressive strength | Uniaxial load rate controlled; Uniaxial strain rate controlled |
AS 4133.4.2.1, AS 4133.4.2.2, RMS (NSW) Method T229 TfNSW TS 02799.26 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Fine particles in road materials | Not applicable |
TfNSW T107; RMS(NSW) Method T107 TfNSW TS 02795.03 |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1, TfNSW T109, TfNSW T105; TfNSW TS 02795.01,TfNSW TS 02795.05 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2, TfNSW T108, TfNSW T105 TfNSW TS 02795.01,TfNSW TS 02795.04 |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289 3.6.1, TfNSW T106; RMS(NSW) Method T106 TfNSW TS 02795.02 |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289 3.4.1, TfNSW T113 TfNSW TS 02795.08 |
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| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1, TfNSW T109, TfNSW T105; TfNSW TS 02795.01,TfNSW TS 02795.05 |
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| Particle density | Not applicable |
AS 1289 3.5.1 |
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| Moisture content | Correlation; Drying oven; Hot plate; Microwave oven; Sand bath |
AS 1289.2.1.1,AS 1289.2.1.4, AS 1289.2.1.6, AS 1289.2.3.1, RMS (NSW) Method T120, RMS (NSW) Method T121, RMS (NSW) Method T180, RMS (NSW) Method T2105 TfNSW TS 02795.14,TfNSW TS 02795.15,TfNSW TS 02795.39,TfNSW TS 02799.09 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Maximum dry density | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T164 TfNSW TS 02795.26 |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Three compaction point |
RMS (NSW) Method T162 TfNSW TS 02795.24 |
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| Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.5.1 |
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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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| 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 |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.2.1, RMS (NSW) Method T112 TfNSW TS 02795.07 |
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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 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1, RMS (NSW) Method T173 TfNSW TS 02795.36 |
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| Dry density ratio | Calculation; Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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| Relative compaction | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T166 TfNSW TS 02795.28 |
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| Density index | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil fine particles | Soils | Fine particle analysis | Hydrometer |
AS 1289.3.6.3, RMS (NSW) Method T190 TfNSW TS 02795.48 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | 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 |
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| Compressive strength | Uniaxial maximum dry |
AS 5101 4, RMS (NSW) Method T114 TfNSW TS 02795.09 |
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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; TfNSW TS 02795.01 |
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| Soil pre-treatment | Repeated compaction pre-treatment |
TfNSW T102;TfNSW T105 TfNSW TS 02794.02,TfNSW TS 02795.01 |
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| Soil pre-treatment | Accelerated weathering pre-treatment |
TfNSW T103, TfNSW T105 TfNSW TS 02794.03,TfNSW TS 02795.01 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil reactivity | Soils | Reactivity | Shrink/swell |
AS 1289.7.1.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Stabiliser rate of spread rate | In-situ measurement |
RMS (NSW) Method T136 TfNSW TS 02796.06 |
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| Cement content | Heat of neutralisation |
RMS (NSW) Method T137 TfNSW TS 02796.07 |
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| Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined |
RMS (NSW) Method T116, RMS (NSW) Method T131 TfNSW TS 02795.10,TfNSW TS 02796.02 |
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| Stabiliser working time | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T147 TfNSW TS 02797.04 |
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| Lime demand | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T144 TfNSW TS 02797.02 |
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| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a stockpile |
AS 1141.3.1 |
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| 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 |
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| Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling in-situ |
AS 1289.1.2.1, RMS (NSW) Method T100 TfNSW TS 02794.01 |
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Accreditation No.
828
Site No.
1663
Print date
26 Jul 2024
