
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
SMS Geotechnical (EP) Pty Ltd
Site
Port Lincoln Laboratory
Accreditation No.
20009
Site No.
23489
Date of Accreditation
11 Jul 2016
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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Suspended 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 | |
Compressive strength | Cylinder | AS 1012.9 | |||
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 | AS 1141.23 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.32 | |
Clay and fine silt | Settling | AS 1141.33 | |||
Coarse aggregate quality | Visual comparison | AS 1141.30.1 | |||
Organic impurities | Colour test | AS 1141.34 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted | AS 1141.4 | |
Shape | Flakiness | AS 1141.15 | |||
Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.11.1 | |||
Particle density of fine aggregate; Water absorption of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.5 | |||
Particle density of coarse aggregate; Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.6.1 | |||
Shape | Angularity | AS 1141.16 | |||
Shape | Average least dimension | AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.2, AS 1141.20.3 | |||
Shape | Elongation | DPTI (SA)-MAT-TP 240 | |||
Shape | Flat particles | DPTI (SA) MAT-TP244 | |||
Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm | AS 1141.12 | |||
Shape | Proportional calliper | AS 1141.14 | |||
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 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Compressive strength | Cylinder | AS 1012.9 | |
Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions | AS 1012.12.1 | |||
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 cylindrical specimens | AS 1012.8.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Linear shrinkage | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.4.1 | |
Plasticity index | Casagrande | AS 1289.3.3.1 | |||
Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 1289.2.1.1 | |||
Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.6.1 DTEI (SA) MAT-TP134 | |||
Plastic limit | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.2.1 DTEI (SA) MAT-TP141 | |||
Liquid limit | Casagrande four point | AS 1289.3.1.1 | |||
Liquid limit | Casagrande one point | AS 1289.3.1.2, DPTI (SA) MAT-TP143 | |||
Particle density | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.5.1 (2006) | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort | AS 1289.5.2.1 | |
Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort | AS 1289.5.1.1 | |||
Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.4.2 DTEI (SA) MAT-TP166 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class | AS 1289.3.8.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Moisture ratio | Measured | AS 1289.5.4.1 | |
Density index | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.6.1 | |||
Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 | |||
Density - In situ | Nuclear gauge | AS 1289.5.8.1 | |||
Dry density ratio | Calculation | AS 1289.5.4.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ penetration | Soils | Penetration in situ | Dynamic cone | AS 1289.6.3.2 | |
Penetration depth | Ball embedment | Austroad methods AGPT-T251 | |||
Penetration in situ | Perth sand penetrometer | 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 | |
Bearing ratio | Estimated CBR from classification test | DPTI (SA) Method TP133 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil natural contaminants | Soils | Acidity | pH | AS 1289.4.3.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable | AS 1289.1.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | AS 5101.4 | |
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile | AS 1141.3.1 DTEI (SA) MAT-TP226 | |
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 pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling from a windrow; Disturbed soil sampling in situ | AS 1289.1.2.1 | ||
Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling | AS 1289.1.4.1 AS 1289.1.4.2 DTEI (SA) MAT-TP061 |
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Accreditation No.
20009
Site No.
23489
Print date
02 May 2025