National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Construction Sciences Pty Ltd
Site
Port Macquarie Laboratory
Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
9612
Date of Accreditation
10 Aug 2015
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 | Organic impurities | Colour test |
AS 1141.34 TfNSW TS 02799.38 |
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| Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33 TfNSW TS 02799.43 |
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| Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32 TfNSW TS 02799.03 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle density of fine aggregate; Water absorption of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5 TfNSW TS 02799.09 |
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| Particle size distribution | Fine particles in road materials; Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12, AS 1141.19 TfNSW TS 02795.03,TfNSW TS 02799.02,TfNSW TS 02799.04 |
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| Shape | Average least dimension; Crushed faces; Flakiness; Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14, AS 1141.15, AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.2 TfNSW TS 02799.12,TfNSW TS 02799.32,TfNSW TS 02799.36,TfNSW TS 02799.50 |
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate; Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1 TfNSW TS 02799.08 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Methylene blue value |
AS 1141.66 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable |
AS 1141.22 TfNSW TS 02799.13 |
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| Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable |
AS 1141.21 TfNSW TS 02799.06 |
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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; J-ring; T500 |
AS 1012.3.1, AS 1012.3.5 TfNSW TS 02800.02 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen preparation | Dressing of voids |
TfNSW TS 02800.43 |
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| Compressive strength; Specimen preparation | Capping of compressive strength specimens; Core; Cube; Cylinder |
AS 1012.9 TfNSW TS 02800.06,TfNSW TS 02800.07,TfNSW TS 02800.11,TfNSW TS 02800.49 |
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| Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure |
AS 1012.4.2 TfNSW TS 02800.20 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete | In-situ measurement using fixed volume measure |
AS 1012.5 TfNSW TS 02800.04 |
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| Flexural strength | Modulus of rupture |
AS 1012.11 TfNSW TS 02800.25 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions; Water displacement |
AS 1012.12.1, AS 1012.12.2 TfNSW TS 02800.16 |
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| Uniformity of mixing | Not applicable | AS 1379 Appendix A | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen conditioning | Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens |
AS 1012.14 |
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| Specimen manufacture and curing | Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory; Curing flexural strength specimens in the laboratory; Curing grout and mortar cube specimens in the laboratory; In-situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens; In-situ manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens; In-situ manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens; In-situ manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes; Manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes in the laboratory; Moist curing drying shrinkage specimens in the laboratory |
AS 1012.8.1, AS 1012.8.2, AS 1012.8.3, AS 1012.8.4 TfNSW TS 02800.05,TfNSW TS 02800.12,TfNSW TS 02800.24,TfNSW TS 02800.49 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement structural performance | Road pavements | Structural performance evaluation | Benkelman beam; Deflection monitoring |
TfNSW TS 02795.22,TfNSW TS 02795.55 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1 TfNSW TS 02795.01,TfNSW TS 02795.05 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven; Sand bath |
AS 1289.2.1.1, AS 1289.2.1.2 TfNSW TS 02795.14,TfNSW TS 02795.15 |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1 TfNSW TS 02795.01,TfNSW TS 02795.05 |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 TfNSW TS 02795.02 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2 TfNSW TS 02795.01,TfNSW TS 02795.04 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.4.2 |
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| Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable |
TfNSW TS 02795.26 |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort; Three compaction point |
AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1 TfNSW TS 02795.06,TfNSW TS 02795.07,TfNSW TS 02796.01,TfNSW TS 02795.24 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1 TfNSW TS 02795.36 |
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| Moisture ratio | Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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| Relative compaction | Not applicable |
TfNSW TS 02795.28 |
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| Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in-situ penetration | Soils | Penetration in-situ | Dynamic cone | AS 1289.6.3.2. TfNSW TS 2795.23 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial maximum dry |
TfNSW TS 02795.09 |
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| Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens |
AS 1289.6.1.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Accelerated weathering pre-treatment; Repeated compaction pre-treatment |
AS 1289.1.1 RMS (NSW) Method T105 TfNSW TS 02794.02,TfNSW TS 02794.03,TfNSW TS 02795.01 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | TfNSW TS 02795.10,TfNSW TS 02796.02 | |
| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a stockpile |
AS 1141.3.1 |
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| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete |
AS 1012.1 TfNSW TS 02800.01 |
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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; Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
AS 1289.1.2.1, AS 1289.1.4.1, AS 1289.1.4.2 TfNSW TS 02794.01 |
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Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
9612
Print date
26 Jul 2024
