National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Douglas Partners Pty Ltd
Site
Port Macquarie Laboratory
Accreditation No.
828
Site No.
18932
Date of Accreditation
10 Mar 2010
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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| 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, RMS (NSW) Method T204 TfNSW TS 02799.05 |
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| 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, RMS (NSW) Method T219, Texas Board of Transportation Method Tex-612-J TfNSW TS 02799.17 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Light particles contaminants; Sugar | Fehlings solution; Segregation by density | AS 1141.31, AS 1141.35 | |
| Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification |
RMS (NSW) Method T276 TfNSW TS 02799.51 |
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| Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32 |
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| Organic impurities | Colour test |
AS 1141.34; RMS (NSW) Method T260 TfNSW TS 02799.38 |
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| Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33; RMS (NSW) Method T268 TfNSW TS 02799.43 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle size distribution | Fine particles in road materials |
AS 1141.19; RMS (NSW) Method T107 (2012); TfNSW T107; TfNSW TS 02795.03 |
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| Bulk density | Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4; RMS (NSW) Method T211 TfNSW TS 02799.10 |
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| Shape | Crushed faces |
RMS (NSW) Method T239 TfNSW TS 02799.36 |
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| Shape | Ratio greatest to least dimension |
RMS (NSW) Method T278 TfNSW TS 02799.53 |
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| Bulk density | Compacted |
AS 1141.4; RMS (NSW) Method T212 TfNSW TS 02799.11 |
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| Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5; RMS (NSW) Method T210 TfNSW TS 02799.09 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 2 ?m |
AS 1141.13, RMS (NSW) Method T270 TfNSW TS 02799.45 |
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1;RMS (NSW) Method T209; RMS (NSW) Method T208 TfNSW TS 02799.07,TfNSW TS 02799.08 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.12; RMS (NSW) Method T203 TfNSW TS 02799.04 |
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| Shape | Voids in fine aggregate | AASHTO T304 | |||
| Shape | Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14; RMS (NSW) Method T213 TfNSW TS 02799.12 |
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| Shape | Average least dimension |
AS 1141.20.1; AS 1141.20.2; RMS (NSW) Method T235; RMS (NSW) Method T275 TfNSW TS 02799.32,TfNSW TS 02799.50 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.11.1; RMS (NSW) Method T201 TfNSW TS 02799.02 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Methylene blue value |
AS 1141.66, RMS (NSW) Method T659 TfNSW TS 02806.36 |
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| Soundness | Exposure to sodium sulfate solution |
AS 1141.24 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable |
AS 1141.22; RMS (NSW) Method T215 TfNSW TS 02799.13 |
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| 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 |
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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 | Cylinder |
AS 1012.9; RMS (NSW) Method T306 TfNSW TS 02800.07 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions |
AS 1012.12.1; RMS (NSW) Method T316 TfNSW TS 02800.16 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Water displacement |
AS 1012.12.2; RMS (NSW) Method T317 TfNSW TS 02800.17 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete | In-situ measurement using fixed volume measure |
AS 1012.5 |
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| Compressive strength | Core |
AS 1012.14; RMS (NSW) Method T310 TfNSW TS 02800.11 |
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| Compressive strength | Cube |
AS 1012.9; RMS (NSW) Method T375 TfNSW TS 02800.49 |
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| Wet sieving analysis | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T329 TfNSW TS 02800.26 |
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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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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen manufacture and curing | Manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes in the laboratory |
RMS (NSW) Method T375 TfNSW TS 02800.49 |
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| Specimen conditioning | Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens |
AS 1012.14 |
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| Specimen manufacture and curing | Manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens in the laboratory |
AS 1012.8.1; RMS (NSW) Method T304 TfNSW TS 02800.05 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement structural performance | Road pavements | Structural performance evaluation | Benkelman beam |
RMS (NSW) Method T160 TfNSW TS 02795.22 |
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| Structural performance evaluation | Deflection monitoring |
RMS (NSW) Method T199 (2014); TfNSW T199; TfNSW TS 02795.55 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Point load strength index | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T223 TfNSW TS 02799.21 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1; RMS (NSW) Method T120 TfNSW TS 02795.14 |
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| Moisture content | Hot plate |
RMS (NSW) Method T121 TfNSW TS 02795.15 |
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| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1; RMS (NSW) Method T109 (2012); TfNSW T109; TfNSW TS 02795.01,TfNSW TS 02795.05 |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1; RMS (NSW) Method T109 (2012); TfNSW T109; TfNSW TS 02795.01,TfNSW TS 02795.05 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.1; AS 1289.3.1.2; RMS (NSW) Method T108 (2012); TfNSW T108; TfNSW TS 02795.01,TfNSW TS 02795.04 |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1; RMS (NSW) Method T106 (2012); TfNSW T106; TfNSW TS 02795.02 |
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| Fine particles in road materials | Not applicable |
AS 1141.19; RMS (NSW) Method T107 (2012); TfNSW T107; TfNSW TS 02795.03 |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1;RMS (NSW) Method T113 (2012); TfNSW T113; TfNSW TS 02795.08 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1;RMS (NSW) Method T111; RMS (NSW) Method T130 TfNSW TS 02795.06,TfNSW TS 02796.01 |
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| Maximum dry density | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T164 TfNSW TS 02795.26 |
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| 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 |
AS 1289.5.5.1 |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Three compaction point |
RMS (NSW) Method T162 TfNSW TS 02795.24 |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.2.1; RMS (NSW) Method T112 TfNSW TS 02795.07 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class |
AS 1289.3.8.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil electrical properties | Soils | Electrical resistance | Not applicable |
AS 1289.4.4.1, RMS (NSW) Method T185 TfNSW TS 02795.43 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Density - In-situ | Sand pouring apparatus |
AS 1289.5.8.1; RMS (NSW) Method T119; RMS (NSW) Method T173 TfNSW TS 02795.13,TfNSW TS 02795.36 |
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| Relative compaction | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T166 TfNSW TS 02795.28 |
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| Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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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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| Density index | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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| 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; RMS (NSW) Method T161 TfNSW TS 02795.23 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens |
AS 1289.6.1.1; RMS (NSW) Method T117 TfNSW TS 02795.11 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil natural contaminants | Soils | Acidity | pH |
AS 1289.4.3.1, RMS (NSW) Method T123 TfNSW TS 02795.16 |
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| Chloride; Organic matter; Soluble sulfate | Acid extraction; Titration | AS 1289.4.1.1, RMS (NSW) Method T1010, RMS (NSW) Method T1011 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Accelerated weathering pre-treatment; Repeated compaction pre-treatment |
RMS (NSW) Method T102 (2012); TfNSW T102; RMS (NSW) Method T103 (2012); TfNSW T103 TfNSW TS 02794.03,TfNSW TS 02795.01 |
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| Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289.1.1; TfNSW T105; RMS (NSW) Method T105 TfNSW TS 02794.02,TfNSW TS 02795.01 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil reactivity | Soils | Reactivity | Shrink/swell |
AS 1289.7.1.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Stabiliser rate of spread rate | In-situ measurement |
RMS (NSW) Method T136 TfNSW TS 02796.06 |
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| 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 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 |
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| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete; Fresh grout |
AS 1012.1; RMS (NSW) Method T300; RMS (NSW) Method T376 TfNSW TS 02800.01,TfNSW TS 02800.50 |
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| Not applicable | Hardened concrete by coring |
AS 1012.14 |
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| 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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Accreditation No.
828
Site No.
18932
Print date
25 Apr 2024
