Douglas Partners Pty Ltd

Site

Port Macquarie Laboratory

Accreditation No.

828

Site No.

18932

Date of Accreditation

10 Mar 2010

Address

2/32 Geebung Drive
Port Macquarie, NSW 2444
Australia

douglaspartners.com.au

Contact

Mr Luke Hetherington P: +61 (02) 65815992

Availability

Services available to external clients

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Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Port Macquarie Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Infrastructure and Asset Integrity

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
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,  TfNSW TS 02799.05
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate chemical tests Aggregates Acid insoluble residue; Sulfur - Present as acid-soluble sulfate Acid extraction; Gravimetric AS 1141.36, Texas Board of Transportation Method Tex-612-J

TfNSW TS 02799.17

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants Aggregates Foreign material in recycled aggregate Manual classification

TfNSW TS 02799.51

Light particles contaminants; Sugar Fehlings solution; Segregation by density AS 1141.31, AS 1141.35
Weak particles contaminants Sieve analysis

AS 1141.32

Organic impurities Colour test

AS 1141.34; TfNSW TS 02799.38

Clay and fine silt Settling

AS 1141.33; TfNSW TS 02799.43

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties Aggregates Shape Voids in fine aggregate AASHTO T304
Particle size distribution Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm

AS 1141.12;  TfNSW TS 02799.04

Shape Proportional calliper

AS 1141.14; TfNSW TS 02799.12

Shape Average least dimension

AS 1141.20.1; AS 1141.20.2; 

TfNSW TS 02799.32,TfNSW TS 02799.50

Particle size distribution Sieve analysis of material finer than 2 ?m AS 1141.13,TfNSW TS 02799.45
Particle size distribution Fine particles in road materials

AS 1141.19; RMS (NSW) Method T107 (2012); TfNSW T107;

TfNSW TS 02795.03

Shape Crushed faces

TfNSW TS 02799.36

Bulk density Compacted

AS 1141.4; TfNSW TS 02799.11

Particle density of fine aggregate Weighing-in-water

AS 1141.5; TfNSW TS 02799.09

Particle density of coarse aggregate Weighing-in-water

AS 1141.6.1;TfNSW TS 02799.07,TfNSW TS 02799.08

Shape Ratio greatest to least dimension

TfNSW TS 02799.53

Bulk density Uncompacted

AS 1141.4; TfNSW TS 02799.10

Particle size distribution Sieve analysis

AS 1141.11.1; TfNSW TS 02799.02

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness Aggregates Soundness Methylene blue value AS 1141.66, TfNSW TS 02806.36
Soundness Exposure to sodium sulfate solution AS 1141.24
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength Aggregates Wet/dry strength variation Not applicable AS 1141.22; TfNSW TS 02799.13
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar chemical tests Concrete, grout and mortar Chloride level in hardened concrete Nitric acid; Water soluble AS 1012.20.1, AS 1012.20.2
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 Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete Dimensions

AS 1012.12.1

Compressive strength Cylinder

AS 1012.9; TfNSW TS 02800.07

Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete Water displacement

AS 1012.12.2

Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete In situ measurement using fixed volume measure

AS 1012.5

Compressive strength Core

AS 1012.14; TfNSW TS 02800.11

Compressive strength Cube

AS 1012.9; TfNSW TS 02800.49

Air content of freshly mixed concrete Reduced air pressure

AS 1012.4.2

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing Concrete, grout and mortar Specimen manufacture and curing Curing grout and mortar cube specimens in the laboratory; In situ manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes

TfNSW TS 02800.49

Specimen conditioning Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens

AS 1012.14

Specimen manufacture and curing Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory; In situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens

AS 1012.8.1;TfNSW TS 02800.05

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement structural performance Road pavements Structural performance evaluation Benkelman beam

TfNSW TS 02795.22

Structural performance evaluation Deflection monitoring

TfNSW TS 02795.55

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties Rocks Point load strength index Not applicable

TfNSW TS 02799.21

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil chemical properties Soils Chloride; Organic matter; Soluble sulfate Acid extraction; Titration AS 1289.4.1.1, TS 02811.10, TS 02811.11
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification Soils Fine particles in road materials Not applicable

AS 1141.19; TfNSW TS 02795.03

Moisture content Drying oven

AS 1289.2.1.1; TfNSW TS 02795.14

Moisture content Hot plate

TfNSW TS 02795.15

Sieve analysis Not applicable

AS 1289.3.6.1; RMS (NSW) Method T106 (2012); TfNSW T106;

TfNSW TS 02795.02

Linear shrinkage Not applicable

AS 1289.3.4.1;TfNSW TS 02795.08

Liquid limit Casagrande

AS 1289.3.1.1; AS 1289.3.1.2;

TfNSW TS 02795.01,TfNSW TS 02795.04

Plasticity index Casagrande

AS 1289.3.3.1; TfNSW TS 02795.01,TfNSW TS 02795.05

Plastic limit Not applicable

AS 1289.3.2.1; TfNSW TS 02795.01,TfNSW TS 02795.05

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics Soils Dry density/moisture content relationship Standard compactive effort

AS 1289.5.1.1;TfNSW TS 02795.06,TfNSW TS 02796.01

Maximum dry density Not applicable

TfNSW TS 02795.26

Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) Not applicable

AS 1289.5.4.2

Dry density/moisture content relationship Modified compactive effort

AS 1289.5.2.1; TfNSW TS 02795.07

Dry density/moisture content relationship Three compaction point

TfNSW TS 02795.24

Minimum and maximum dry density Not applicable

AS 1289.5.5.1

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 electrical properties Soils Electrical resistance Not applicable AS 1289.4.4.1, TfNSW TS 02795.43
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density Soils Density index Not applicable

AS 1289.5.6.1

Dry density ratio Calculation

AS 1289.5.4.1

Moisture ratio Measured

AS 1289.5.4.1

Relative compaction Not applicable

TfNSW TS 02795.28

Compaction control Hilf

AS 1289.5.7.1

Density - In situ Nuclear gauge; Sand pouring apparatus

AS 1289.5.8.1; TfNSW TS 02795.13,TfNSW TS 02795.36

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;

TfNSW TS 02795.23

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties Soils Bearing ratio Remoulded specimens AS 1289.6.1.1; TfNSW TS 02795.11
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil natural contaminants Soils Acidity pH

AS 1289.4.3.1,TfNSW TS 02795.16

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment Soils Soil pre-treatment Accelerated weathering pre-treatment; Repeated compaction pre-treatment

TfNSW TS 02794.03,TfNSW TS 02795.01

Soil pre-treatment Not applicable

AS 1289.1.1; TfNSW TS 02794.02,TfNSW TS 02795.01

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil reactivity Soils Reactivity Shrink/swell AS 1289.7.1.1
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation Soils Stabiliser rate of spread rate In situ measurement

TfNSW TS 02796.06

Compressive strength Uniaxial unconfined

TfNSW TS 02795.10,TfNSW TS 02796.02

Sample collection Aggregates Not applicable Aggregate from a bin; Aggregate from a conveyor belt; Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a truck; Aggregate from a windrow

AS 1141.3.1

Concrete, grout and mortar Not applicable Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete; Fresh grout

AS 1012.1;TfNSW TS 02800.01,TfNSW TS 02800.50

Not applicable Hardened concrete by coring

AS 1012.14

Soils Not applicable Disturbed sampling from earthwork; 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 from an open-drive; Disturbed soil sampling in situ

AS 1289.1.2.1

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