
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Construction Sciences Pty Ltd
Site
Port Hedland Facility
Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
22443
Date of Accreditation
21 Mar 2017
Contact
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
| Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | 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 | Shape | Flakiness | AS 1141.15 MRWA Method WA216.1 | |
| Water absorption of coarse aggregate | AS 1141.6.1 | ||||
| Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.5 | |||
| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm | AS 1141.12 | |||
| Bulk density | Uncompacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
| Moisture content | Drying oven | MRWA Method WA212.1 | |||
| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.11.1 MRWA Method WA210.1 | |||
| Shape | Average least dimension | AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.2 MRWA Method WA215.1 | |||
| Water absorption of fine aggregate | AS 1141.5 | ||||
| Bulk density | Compacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
| Shape | Proportional calliper | AS 1141.14 | |||
| Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.6.1 | |||
| 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 | |
| Slump flow | J-ring; T500 | AS 1012.3.5 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure | AS 1012.4.2 | |
| Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete | In situ measurement using fixed volume measure | AS 1012.5 | |||
| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions | AS 1012.12.1 | |||
| Compressive strength | Cube; Cylinder | AS 1012.9 AS 1478.2 Appendix A | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen manufacture and curing | In situ manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens; Moist curing drying shrinkage specimens in the laboratory | AS 1012.8.4 | |
| Specimen manufacture and curing | Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory; In situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens | AS 1012.8.1 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement surfacing characteristics | Road pavements | Layer thickness | Not applicable | MRWA Method WA330.1 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Plasticity index | Casagrande | AS 1289.3.3.1 | |
| Plasticity index | Cone | AS 1289.3.3.2 MRWA Method WA122.1 | |||
| Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 1289.2.1.1 MRWA Method WA110.1 | |||
| Plastic limit | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.2.1 MRWA Method WA121.1 | |||
| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.4.1 MRWA Method WA123.1 | |||
| 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; Cone one point | AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2, AS 1289.3.9.1, AS 1289.3.9.2 MRWA Method WA120.1, MRWA Method WA120.2 | |||
| 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; | |
| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort | AS 1289.5.2.1 MRWA Method WA133.1, MRWA Method WA133.2 | |||
| Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.4.2 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Density - In situ | Nuclear gauge | AS 1289.5.8.1 MRWA Method WA324.2 | |
| Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 | |||
| Moisture ratio | Measured | AS 1289.5.4.1 MRWA Method WA134.1, MRWA Method WA136.1 | |||
| Dry density 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 | Compressive strength | Uniaxial maximum dry | MRWA Method WA140.1 | |
| Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens | AS 1289.6.1.1 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable | AS 1289.1.1 MRWA Method WA105.1 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | AS 5101.4 MRWA Method WA143.1 | |
| 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; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete | AS 1012.1 | ||
| Soils | Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling | AS 1289.1.4.2 MRWA Method WA0.1, MRWA Method WA100.1 | ||
| Not applicable | 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 | |||
| Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling | AS 1289.1.4.1 MRWA Method WA100.1 |
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Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
22443
Print date
16 Apr 2026