
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Geotech Testing Pty Ltd
Site
Penrith Laboratory
Accreditation No.
2734
Site No.
2727
Date of Accreditation
25 Sep 1989
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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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification |
RMS (NSW) Method T276 |
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Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Moisture content | Drying oven |
RMS (NSW) Method T262 |
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Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5, RMS (NSW) Method T210 |
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Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.11.1, RMS (NSW) Method T201 |
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Particle size distribution | Fine particles in road materials |
RMS (NSW) Method T107;TfNSW T107; |
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Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.6.1, RMS (NSW) Method T209 |
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Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.12, RMS (NSW) Method T203 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Point load strength index | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T223 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289. 3.6.1, RMS (NSW) Method T106;TfNSW T106; |
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Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1, RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109;TfNSW T105; |
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Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2, RMS (NSW) Method T108;TfNSW T108;TfNSW T105; |
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Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289. 3.4.1, RMS (NSW) Method T113;TfNSW T113; |
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Particle density | Not applicable |
AS 1289. 3.5.1 |
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Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1, RMS (NSW) Method T120 |
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Fine particles in road materials | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T107;TfNSW T107; |
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Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1, RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109;TfNSW T105; |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort |
AS 1289. 5.2.1, RMS (NSW) Method T112 |
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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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Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable |
AS 1289. 5.5.1 |
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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 |
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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 | Percentage (%) |
AS 1289.3.8.2 |
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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 | Relative compaction | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T166 |
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Density - In-situ | Sand-cone |
RMS (NSW) Method T119 |
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Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1, RMS (NSW) Method T173 |
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Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1, RMS (NSW) Method T162 |
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Density index | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil fine particles | Soils | Fine particle analysis | Hydrometer |
AS 1289.3.6.3 |
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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, RMS (NSW) Method T161 |
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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 |
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Bearing ratio | Undisturbed samples |
AS 1289.6.1.2 |
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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, RMS (NSW) Method T102;TfNSW T102;TfNSW T105; |
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Soil pre-treatment | Accelerated weathering pre-treatment |
RMS (NSW) Method T103;TfNSW T103;TfNSW T105; |
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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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Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a windrow |
AS 1141.3.1 |
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Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling from a windrow |
AS 1289.1.2.1, RMS (NSW) Method T100 |
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Accreditation No.
2734
Site No.
2727
Print date
16 Aug 2022