
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Terra Firma Laboratories
Site
Perth Facility
Accreditation No.
15357
Site No.
21889
Date of Accreditation
14 Nov 2013
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 |
MRWA Method WA220.2 |
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Abrasion resistance | Los Angeles machine value |
AS 1141.23, MRWA Method WA220.1 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33 |
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Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32 |
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Coarse aggregate quality | Visual comparison |
AS 1141.30.1 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle density of coarse aggregate; Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.5, AS 1141.6.1 | |
Bulk density | Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 In-House test method |
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Particle size distribution | Particle size distribution of rock |
In-House test method |
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Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.11.1; MRWA Method WA210.1 |
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Shape | Rock shape |
In-House test method |
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Bulk density | Compacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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Shape | Average least dimension |
AS 1141.20.1 AS 1141.20.2 MRWA Method WA215.1 |
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Shape | Flakiness |
AS 1141.15 MRWA Method WA216.1 |
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Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.12 |
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Shape | Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable |
AS 1141.21 |
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Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable |
AS 1141.22 |
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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 AS 1012.3.5 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar permeability | Concrete, grout and mortar | Permeability | Volume change with water absorption - Permeable voids |
AS 1012.21 |
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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 |
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Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions |
AS 1012.12.1 |
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Compressive strength | Cube |
AS 1012.9 |
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Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Air volume | AS 1012.4.2 | |||
Bleeding | In-situ analysis - Freshly mixed concrete |
AS 1012.6 |
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Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete | In-situ measurement using fixed volume measure | AS 1012.5 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar shrinkage | Concrete, grout and mortar | Drying shrinkage specimen measurement | Not applicable |
AS 1012.13 |
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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 | Manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes in the laboratory | AS 1012.8.3 | |
Specimen manufacture and curing | Manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens in the laboratory |
AS 1012.8.1 |
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Specimen manufacture and curing | Manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens in the laboratory | AS 1012.8.4 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil chemical properties | Soils | Calcium carbonate content | Not applicable |
MRWA Method WA915.1 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 MRWA Method WA123.1 |
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Liquid limit | Casagrande four point |
AS 1289.3.1.1 MRWA Method WA120.1 |
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Liquid limit | Cone one point |
AS 1289.3.9.2 |
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Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 MRWA Method WA115.1 MRWA Method WA115.2 |
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Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1 MRWA Method WA122.1 |
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Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1 MRWA Method WA121.1 |
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Plasticity index | Cone |
AS 1289.3.3.2 MRWA Method WA122.1 |
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Liquid limit | Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.2 |
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Liquid limit | Cone four point |
AS 1289.3.9.1 MRWA Method WA120.2 |
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Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 MRWA Method WA110.1 |
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Description, identification and classification | Not applicable |
AS 1726 Tables 9 and 10 (Laboratory classification elements only) |
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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 MRWA Method WA132.1 MRWA Method WA132.2 |
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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 | Modified compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.2.1 MRWA Method WA133.1 MRWA Method WA133.2 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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Moisture ratio | Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1 MRWA Method WA324.2 |
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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 |
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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, MRWA Method WA141.1 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289.1.1 MRWA Method WA105.1 |
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Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Quarry aggregate from a rock spall; Quarry aggregate from boulders |
In-House test method |
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Not applicable | Aggregate from a stockpile |
AS 1141.3.1 MRWA Method WA200.1 |
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Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer |
AS 1012.1 |
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Soils | Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.1 AS 1289.1.4.2 MRWA Method WA0.1 |
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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 in-situ |
AS 1289.1.2.1 MRWA Method WA100.1 |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Manufactured Goods
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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Material performance evaluation of leather, textiles and related products | Geosynthetic clay liners | Tensile properties | Wide strip tensile | AS 3706.2, ASTM D6768 | |
Geosynthetic clay liners; Geotextiles | Peel strength | Wide strip tensile | ASTM D6496 | ||
Thickness | Not applicable | AS 2001.2.15, ASTM D1777, ASTM D5199, ASTM D5994 | |||
Mass per unit area | Not applicable | AS 2001.2.13, ASTM D5993 | |||
Geotextiles | California bearing ration (CBR) burst strength | California bearing ratio plunger (CBR) | AS 3706.4 | ||
Puncture resistance | Drop cone | AS 3706.5 | |||
Seam strength | Not applicable | ASTM D6392 | |||
Swell index of clay component of GCL | Not applicable | ASTM D5890 | |||
Sampling and conditioning | Wide strip tensile | AS 3706.1 | |||
Tear resistance | Tearing trapezoidal | AS 3706.3 |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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Annex facility | 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 | Granny Smith Annex Facility, Site No 26025 s established from 14 July 2022 until 14 July 2023 for Tailings Storage Facility Cell 4A Construction for Iron Mine Contracting, contract 112573 |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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Annex facility | 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 | Halls Creek TSF2 Annex Facility, Site No 26044, is established from 9 August 2022 until30 November 2022 for Halls Creek Mine TSF2 RL411 Construction for Tailcon, contract 3070C.01. |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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Annex facility | 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 | King of the Hill Annex Facility, Site No 25994 is established from10 June 2022 until10 April 2023 for TSF5 construction for Iron Mine Contracting, contract 111777-KOTH |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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Annex facility | 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 | Lynas Kalgoorlie Annex Facility, Site No 25712 is established from 6 September 2021 until 1 September 2022 for Lynas Cracking & Leaching Project, contract #156987a for Jagcor |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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Annex facility | 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 | Metronet Neerabup Annex Facility, Site No 25791 is established from 4 January 2022 until 30 December 2022 for Metronet Concrete Supply project, contract YRE 1010-0 & TGA-CON-0059 |
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Accreditation No.
15357
Site No.
21889
Print date
17 Aug 2022