National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
RCA Australia
Site
Newcastle Laboratory (RCA Laboratories-CMT)
Accreditation No.
9811
Site No.
9804
Date of Accreditation
10 Sep 1994
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 contaminants | Aggregates | Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32 |
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| Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification |
TfNSW TS 02799.51 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Shape | Crushed faces |
TfNSW TS 02799.36 |
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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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| Particle size distribution | Fine particles in road materials |
AS 1141.19; TfNSW TS 02795.03 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.11.1; AS 1141.12; TfNSW TS 02799.02; TfNSW TS 02799.04 |
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| Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4; TfNSW TS 02799.10;TfNSW TS 02799.11 |
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| Shape | Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14; TfNSW TS 02799.12 |
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1; TfNSW TS 02799.08 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable | AS 1141.22; TfNSW TS 02799.13 | |
| 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 - Hardened concrete | Dimensions |
AS 1012.12.1 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Water displacement |
AS 1012.12.2 |
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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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| 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 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1; 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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| Fine particles in road materials | Not applicable |
TfNSW TS 02795.03 |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1; TfNSW TS 02795.05 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.1.1; AS 1289.3.1.2; TfNSW TS 02795.04 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven; Sand bath |
AS 1289.2.1.1; TfNSW TS 02795.14; TfNSW TS 02795.15 |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1; TfNSW TS 02795.02 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1; TfNSW TS 02795.06,TfNSW TS 02796.01 |
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| Maximum dry density | Not applicable |
TfNSW TS 02795.26 |
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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 | Three compaction point |
TfNSW TS 02795.24 |
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| 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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| 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 | Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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| Relative compaction | Not applicable |
TfNSW TS 02795.28 |
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| Density index | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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| Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio | Calculation; Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Density - In situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1; TfNSW TS 02795.36 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ penetration | Soils | Penetration - In situ | Dynamic cone; Perth sand penetrometer | AS 1289.6.3.2; AS 1289.6.3.3; TfNSW TS 02795.23 | |
| 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 | Accelerated weathering pre-treatment; Repeated compaction pre-treatment |
TfNSW TS 02794.02; 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 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil sample preparation | Soils | Preparation of disturbed samples | Not applicable | ||
| 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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| 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; TfNSW TS 02800.01 |
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| Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile |
AS 1289.1.2.1, TfNSW TS 02794.01 |
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Accreditation No.
9811
Site No.
9804
Print date
23 Aug 2026