National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Anacon Laboratory Services
Site
Port Melbourne Laboratory
Accreditation No.
1235
Site No.
1228
Date of Accreditation
23 Feb 1977
Address
2 Hall Street
Port Melbourne, VIC 3207
Australia
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 contaminants | Aggregates | Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33 |
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| Organic impurities | Colour test |
AS 1141.34 |
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| Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32 |
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| Sugar | Fehlings solution |
AS 1141.35 |
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| Coarse aggregate quality | Visual comparison |
AS 1141.30.1 RC (Vic) Method 372.01 |
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| Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification |
RC (Vic) Method 372.04 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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| Water absorption of fine aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.5 |
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| Shape | Average least dimension; Flakiness; Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14, AS 1141.15, AS 1141.20.3 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12 |
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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| Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Degradation factor on fine aggregate |
AS 1141.25.3 RC (Vic) Method 370.05 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate stabilisation | Aggregates | Cement content | Heat of neutralisation |
AS 5101.3.3 |
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| Unconfined compressive strength |
AS 5101.4 |
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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 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar permeability | Concrete, grout and mortar | Permeability | Volume change with water absorption - Permeable voids |
AS 1012.21 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Maturity | Estimation of concrete strength |
ASTM C1074 |
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| Flexural strength | Modulus of rupture |
AS 1012.11 |
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| Indirect tensile strength | Brazil |
AS 1012.10 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Packaged concrete mix | Fixed volume measure |
AS 3648 Appendix B2 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions |
AS 1012.12.1 |
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| Compressive strength | Core; Cube; Cylinder |
AS 1012.9, AS 1012.14 (clause 6.5) |
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| Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete | In situ measurement using fixed volume measure |
AS 1012.5 |
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| Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure |
AS 1012.4.2 |
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| Bleeding | In situ analysis - Freshly mixed concrete |
AS 1012.6 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar shrinkage | Concrete, grout and mortar | Drying shrinkage specimen measurement | Not applicable |
AS 1012.13 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen conditioning | Dry conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens; Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens |
AS 1012.14 |
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| Specimen manufacture | Mixing concrete in the laboratory |
AS 1012.2 |
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| Specimen manufacture and curing | 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; Manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens in the laboratory; Manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens in the laboratory; Manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens in the laboratory |
AS 1012.8.1, AS 1012.8.2, AS 1012.8.3, AS 1012.8.4, AS 1012.13 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point |
AS 1289.3.1.1 |
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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 |
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| Moisture content | Correlation; Drying oven; Hot plate |
AS 1289.2.1.1, AS 1289.2.1.6, AS 1289.2.3.1 |
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| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Sand equivalent | AS 1289.3.7.1 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289.1.1 |
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| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a bin; Aggregate from a pavement; 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 |
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| Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile |
AS 1289.1.2.1 |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Materials
| Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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| Analysis of cements and cementitious materials - Properties | Cement products | Setting time | Not applicable |
AS 2350.4 |
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| Consistency | Normal consistency |
AS 2350.3 |
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| Soundness | Not applicable |
AS 2350.5 |
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Accreditation No.
1235
Site No.
1228
Print date
17 May 2026