Construction Sciences Pty Ltd

Site

Perth Laboratory

Accreditation No.

1986

Site No.

398

Date of Accreditation

10 Aug 2015

Address

17 - 19 Belgravia Street
Belmont, WA 6104
Australia

constructionsciences.net

Contact

Mr Paul O'Brien P: +61 (08) 97262187

Availability

Services available to external clients

Construction Sciences Pty Ltd address map

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Perth 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 contaminants Aggregates Weak particles contaminants Sieve analysis

AS 1141.32



Light stone contaminants Visual assessment of stone colour

MRWA Method WA250.1

Organic impurities Colour test

AS 1141.34



Clay and fine silt Settling

AS 1141.33



Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties Aggregates Moisture content Drying oven; Microwave oven

MRWA Method WA212.1, MRWA Method WA212.2

Particle size distribution Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm

AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12

MRWA Method WA210.1


Water absorption of fine aggregate Not applicable

AS 1141.5

Bulk density Compacted; Uncompacted

AS 1141.4


Particle density of coarse aggregate Weighing-in-water

AS 1141.6.1


Water absorption of coarse aggregate Not applicable

AS 1141.6.1

Shape Angularity; Average least dimension; Flakiness; Proportional calliper

AS 1141.14, AS 1141.15, AS 1141.16, AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.2

MRWA Method WA216.1



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; Methylene blue value

AS 1141.24, AS 1141.66

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength Aggregates Aggregate crushing value Not applicable

AS 1141.21



Wet/dry strength variation Not applicable

AS 1141.22



Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar consistence in-situ Concrete, grout and mortar Slump flow J-ring; T500 AS 1012.3.5
Flow of grout Not applicable

AS 1478.2 Appendix D

Slump flow Cone

AS 1012.3.1

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties Concrete, grout and mortar Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete In-situ measurement using fixed volume measure

AS 1012.5

Compressive strength Core; Cube; Cylinder

AS 1012.9, AS 1012.14

AS 1478.2 Appendix A

Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete Dimensions

AS 1012.12.1

Bleeding In-situ analysis - Freshly mixed concrete

AS 1012.6

Indirect tensile strength Brazil

AS 1012.10

Air content of freshly mixed concrete Reduced air pressure

AS 1012.4.2

Setting time - In-situ Not applicable

AS 1012.18

Flexural strength Modulus of rupture

AS 1012.11

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing Concrete, grout and mortar Specimen manufacture Mixing concrete in the laboratory

AS 1012.2

Specimen manufacture and curing In-situ manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens; Manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens in the laboratory

AS 1012.8.2

Specimen manufacture and curing Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory; In-situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens; Manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens in the laboratory

AS 1012.8.1

Specimen manufacture and curing In-situ manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens; Manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens in the laboratory

AS 1012.8.4

Specimen conditioning Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens

AS 1012.14 (except clause 6.2)

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil chemical properties Soils Calcium carbonate content Not applicable MRWA Method WA915.1
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification Soils Plastic limit Not applicable

AS 1289.3.2.1

MRWA Method WA121.1

Moisture content Drying oven; Microwave oven

AS 1289.2.1.1

MRWA Method WA110.1, MRWA Method WA110.2



Sieve analysis Not applicable

AS 1289.3.6.1

MRWA Method WA115.1, MRWA Method WA115.2


Liquid limit Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point; Cone four point

AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2, AS 1289.3.9.1

MRWA Method WA120.1, MRWA Method WA120.2

Plasticity index Casagrande; Cone

AS 1289.3.3.1

MRWA Method WA122.1

Linear shrinkage Not applicable

AS 1289.3.4.1

MRWA Method WA123.1

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics Soils Dry density/moisture content relationship Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort

AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1

MRWA Method WA133.1, MRWA Method WA133.2

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density Soils Density - In-situ; Field moisture content Nuclear gauge

AS 1289.5.8.1

MRWA Method WA324.2

Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio Calculation

AS 1289.5.4.1

MRWA Method WA134.1, MRWA Method WA136.1

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

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

Compressive strength Uniaxial maximum dry

MRWA Method WA140.1

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment Soils Soil pre-treatment Not applicable

AS 1289.1.1

MRWA Method WA105.1



Sample collection Aggregates Not applicable Aggregate from a stockpile

AS 1141.3.1

MRWA Method WA200.1

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

AS 1012.1

Soils Not applicable Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a face; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling from a windrow

AS 1289.1.2.1

MRWA Method WA100.1



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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