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 | Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33 RMS (NSW) Method T268 TfNSW TS 02799.43 |
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Organic impurities | Colour test |
AS 1141.34 RMS (NSW) Method T260 TfNSW TS 02799.38 |
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Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32 RMS (NSW) Method T202 TfNSW TS 02799.03 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | 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 T107, RMS (NSW) Method T201, RMS (NSW) Method T203 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 RMS (NSW) Method T213, RMS (NSW) Method T235, RMS (NSW) Method T239, RMS (NSW) Method T275 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 RMS (NSW) Method T209 TfNSW TS 02799.08 |
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Particle density of fine aggregate; Water absorption of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5 RMS (NSW) Method T210 TfNSW TS 02799.09 |
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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 |
AS 1012.3.1 RMS (NSW) Method T301 TfNSW TS 02800.02 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Compressive strength; Specimen preparation | Capping of compressive strength specimens; Core; Cube; Cylinder |
AS 1012.9 RMS (NSW) Method T305, RMS (NSW) Method T306, RMS (NSW) Method T310, RMS (NSW) Method T375 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 RMS (NSW) Method T320 TfNSW TS 02800.20 |
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Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete | In-situ measurement using fixed volume measure |
AS 1012.5 RMS (NSW) Method T303 TfNSW TS 02800.04 |
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Flexural strength | Modulus of rupture |
AS 1012.11 RMS (NSW) Method T328 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 RMS (NSW) Method T316, RMS (NSW) Method T317 TfNSW TS 02800.16 |
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Specimen preparation | Dressing of voids |
RMS (NSW) Method T368 TfNSW TS 02800.43 |
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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; Moist curing drying shrinkage specimens in the laboratory |
AS 1012.8.1, AS 1012.8.2, AS 1012.8.4 RMS (NSW) Method T304, RMS (NSW) Method T312, RMS (NSW) Method T327, RMS (NSW) Method T375 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 |
RMS (NSW) Method T160, TfNSW T199; TfNSW TS 02795.22,TfNSW TS 02795.55 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Moisture content | Drying oven; Sand bath |
AS 1289.2.1.1, AS 1289.2.1.2 RMS (NSW) Method T120, RMS (NSW) Method T121 TfNSW TS 02795.14,TfNSW TS 02795.15 |
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Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1 TfNSW T109 TfNSW TS 02795.01,TfNSW TS 02795.05 |
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Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 TfNSW T106 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 T108 TfNSW TS 02795.01,TfNSW TS 02795.04 |
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Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1 TfNSW T109 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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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 |
RMS (NSW) Method T164 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 RMS (NSW) Method T111, RMS (NSW) Method T112, RMS (NSW) Method T130, RMS (NSW) Method T162 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 | Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1 RMS (NSW) Method T173 TfNSW TS 02795.36 |
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Moisture ratio | Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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Relative compaction | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T166 TfNSW TS 02795.28 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial maximum dry |
RMS (NSW) Method T114 TfNSW TS 02795.09 |
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Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens |
AS 1289.6.1.1 TfNSW TS 02795.11,TfNSW TS 02796.03 |
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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 TfNSW T102, TfNSW T103;TfNSW T105, 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 |
RMS (NSW) Method T116, RMS (NSW) Method T131 TfNSW TS 02795.10,TfNSW TS 02796.02 |
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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 RMS (NSW) Method T300 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 RMS (NSW) Method T100 TfNSW TS 02794.01 |
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Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
9612
Print date
04 May 2024