
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Protest Geotechnical Pty Ltd t/a Protest CMT
Scope of Accreditation
Protest CMT – Perth
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 | Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification | MRWA Method WA 144.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Moisture content | Drying oven | MRWA Method WA 212.1 | |
Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm | AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12, MRWA Method WA 210.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Point load strength index | Laboratory measurement | AS 4133.4.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil chemical properties | Soils | Calcium carbonate content | Not applicable | MRWA Method WA 915.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.6.1, MRWA Method WA 115.1, MRWA Method 115.2 | |
Cone plasticity index; Linear shrinkage; Liquid limit; Moisture content; Plastic limit; Plasticity index | Casagrande; Cone | AS 1289.2.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289. 3.1.2, AS 1289.3.2.1, AS 1289.3.3.1, AS 1289.3.3.2, AS 1289.3.4.1, AS 1289.3.9.1, AS 1289.3.9.2, MRWA Method WA 110.1, MRWA Method WA 120.1, MRWA Method WA 120.2, MRWA Method WA 121.1, MRWA Method WA 122.1, MRWA Method WA 123.1, | |||
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 | |
Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort | AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1, MRWA Method WA 132.1, MRWA Method WA 132.2, MRWA Method 133.1, MRWA Method 133.2 | |||
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 field density | Soils | Density - In situ; Field moisture content; Moisture ratio | Nuclear gauge; Statistical selection of reference values | AS 1289.5.8.1, MRWA Method WA 324.2 | |
Compaction control; Dry density ratio | Calculation; Hilf; Statistical selection of reference values | AS 1289.5.4.1, AS 1289.5.4.3, AS 1289.5.7.1; MRWA Method WA 134,1, MRWA Method WA 136.1 | |||
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 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens | AS 12898.6.1.1, MRWA Method WA 141.1 | |
Compressive strength | Uniaxial maximum dry | AS 5101.4, MRWA Method WA 143.1, MRWA Method WA 143.2 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil sample preparation | Soils | Preparation of disturbed samples | Not applicable | AS 1289.1.1, MRWA Method WA 105.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil thermal properties | Soils | Thermal conductivity | Laboratory measurement | ASTM D5334 | |
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a bin; Aggregate from a stockpile | AS 1141.3.1, MRWA Method WA 200.1 | |
Soils | Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling | AS 1289.1.4.1, AS 1289.1.4.2, MRWA Method WA 0.1 | ||
Not applicable | Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a face; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile | AS 1289.1.2.1, MRWA Method WA 100.1 |
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Accreditation No.
21551
Site No.
25956
Print date
30 Aug 2025
END OF SCOPE