National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Construction Sciences Pty Ltd
Site
Hobart Laboratory
Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
24712
Date of Accreditation
16 Jan 2020
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 | Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33 |
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Organic impurities | Colour test |
AS 1141.34 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Shape | Flakiness; Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14, AS 1141.15 |
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Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.11.1 |
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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 |
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Slump flow | J-ring; T500 |
AS 1012.3.5 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions |
AS 1012.12.1 |
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Compressive strength | Cylinder |
AS 1012.9 |
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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; Manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens in the laboratory |
AS 1012.8.1 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Specimen manufacture and curing | In-situ manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes; Manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes in the laboratory |
AS 1012.8.3 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Moisture content; Weighted plasticity index | Hot plate | AS 1289.2.1.6; RC (Vic) Method 326.01 | |
Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 |
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Liquid limit; Plastic limit; Plasticity index | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2, AS 1289.3.2.1, AS 1289.3.3.1 |
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Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 |
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Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 |
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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 |
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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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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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Density - In-situ; Field moisture content | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1 |
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Characteristic field density values | Not applicable | RC (Vic) Method 316.00 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in-situ penetration | Soils | Penetration in-situ | Dynamic cone |
AS 1289.6.3.2 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Assignment of CBR and percent swell; Remoulded specimens | AS 1289.6.1.1; RC (Vic) Method 324.01 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289.1.1 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Density decay correction factor for granular materials | Not applicable | RC (Vic) Method 330.04 | |
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a truck; Aggregate from a windrow |
AS 1141.3.1 |
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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 | Disturbed sampling from earthwork; 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 |
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Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling | RC (Vic) 316.10 | |||
Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.2 |
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Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
24712
Print date
29 Mar 2024