Douglas Partners Pty Ltd

Site

Newcastle Laboratory

Accreditation No.

828

Site No.

1663

Date of Accreditation

30 Aug 1982

Address

15 Callistemon Close
Warabrook, NSW 2304
Australia

douglaspartners.com.au

Contact

Mr Peco (Peter) Gorseski P: +61 0419163902

Availability

Services available to external clients

Douglas Partners Pty Ltd address map

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Newcastle Laboratory

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
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants Aggregates Weak particles contaminants Sieve analysis

AS 1141.32

Organic impurities Colour test

AS 1141.34

Sugar Fehlings solution

AS 1141.35

Foreign material in recycled aggregate Manual classification in-house method DP276
Clay and fine silt Settling

AS 1141.33

Foreign material in recycled aggregate Manual classification

TfNSW TS 02799.51

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties Aggregates Water absorption of coarse aggregate Not applicable

AS 1141.6.1

Shape Proportional calliper

AS 1141.14

TfNSW TS 02799.12

Bulk density Compacted; Uncompacted

AS 1141.4

Shape Flakiness

AS 1141.15

Shape Crushed faces

TfNSW TS 02799.36

Particle size distribution Sieve analysis

AS 1141.11.1

TfNSW TS 02799.02

Particle size distribution Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm

AS 1141.12

TfNSW TS 02799.04

Water absorption of fine aggregate Not applicable

AS 1141.5

Particle size distribution Fine particles in road materials

AS 1141.19, TfNSW T107

TfNSW TS 02795.03

Particle density of coarse aggregate Weighing-in-water

AS 1141.6.1

Particle density of fine aggregate Weighing-in-water

AS 1141.5

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness Aggregates Soundness Exposure to sodium sulfate solution AS 1141.24
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate stabilisation Aggregates Absorption of compacted material; Swell and capillary rise of compacted material Not applicable

TfNSW TS 02795.35

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength Aggregates Wet/dry strength variation Not applicable AS 1141.22

TfNSW TS 02799.13

Aggregate crushing value Not applicable AS 1141.21
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar consistence in situ Concrete, grout and mortar Grout consistency Not applicable

TfNSW TS 02800.49

Slump flow Cone

AS 1012.3.1

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties Concrete, grout and mortar Compressive strength Core; Cylinder

AS 1012.9, AS 1012.14

TfNSW TS 02800.07

Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete Dimensions

AS 1012.12.1


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

Specimen conditioning Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens

AS 1012.14

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/NZS 4456.10 (Method A)
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement structural performance Road pavements Structural performance evaluation Benkelman beam; Deflection monitoring

TfNSW TS 02795.22, TfNSW TS 02795.55

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,
TfNSW TS 02799.21
Moisture content Drying oven

AS 4133.1.1.1

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)
TfNSW TS 02799.20
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
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

Plasticity index Casagrande

AS 1289.3.3.1

TfNSW TS 02795.05

Liquid limit Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point

AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2

TfNSW TS 02795.04

Sieve analysis Not applicable

AS 1289 3.6.1, TfNSW T106; RMS(NSW) Method T106

TfNSW TS 02795.02

Linear shrinkage Not applicable

AS 1289.3.4.1

TfNSW TS 02795.08

Plastic limit Not applicable

AS 1289.3.2.1

TfNSW TS 02795.05

Particle density Not applicable

AS 1289.3.5.1 (2006)

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

TfNSW TS 02795.14, TfNSW TS 02795.15, TfNSW TS 02795.39, TfNSW TS 02799.09

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics Soils Maximum dry density Not applicable

TfNSW TS 02795.26

Dry density/moisture content relationship Three compaction point

TfNSW TS 02795.24

Minimum and maximum dry density Not applicable

AS 1289.5.5.1

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

TfNSW TS 02795.06, TfNSW TS 02796.01

Dry density/moisture content relationship Modified compactive effort

AS 1289.5.2.1

TfNSW TS 02795.07

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion Soils Dispersion Emerson class AS 1289.3.8.1
Dispersion Pinhole AS 1289.3.8.3
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density Soils Compaction control Hilf

AS 1289.5.7.1

Dry density ratio Calculation; Measured

AS 1289.5.4.1

Density - In situ Nuclear gauge

AS 1289.5.8.1

TfNSW TS 02795.36

Relative compaction Not applicable

TfNSW TS 02795.28

Density index Not applicable

AS 1289.5.6.1

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil fine particles Soils Fine particle analysis Hydrometer AS 1289.3.6.3

TfNSW TS 02795.48

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties Soils Bearing ratio Remoulded specimens AS 1289.6.1.1

TfNSW TS 02795.11, TfNSW TS 02796.03

Compressive strength Uniaxial maximum dry TfNSW TS 02795.09
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment Soils Soil pre-treatment Not applicable

AS 1289.1.1

TfNSW TS 02795.01

Soil pre-treatment Repeated compaction pre-treatment

TfNSW TS 02794.02

Soil pre-treatment Accelerated weathering pre-treatment

TfNSW TS 02794.03

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 rate of spread rate In situ measurement

TfNSW TS 02796.06

Cement content Heat of neutralisation

TfNSW TS 02796.07

Compressive strength Uniaxial unconfined

AS 5101.4

TfNSW TS 02795.10, TfNSW TS 02796.02

Stabiliser working time Not applicable

TfNSW TS 02797.04

Lime demand Not applicable TfNSW TS 02797.02
Sample collection Aggregates Not applicable Aggregate from a stockpile

AS 1141.3.1

Concrete, grout and mortar Not applicable Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete

AS 1012.1

TfNSW TS 02800.01

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

TfNSW TS 02794.01

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