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National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Quality Control Testing Services
Site
QCTS Childers
Accreditation No.
19673
Site No.
25330
Date of Accreditation
19 Oct 2023
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 | Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.32 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Shape | Crushed faces; Flakiness; Proportional calliper | AS 1141.14, AS 1141.15, AS 1141.18, MR (Qld) Method Q201 | |
Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm | AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12 | |||
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 | Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions | AS 1012.12.1 | |
Compressive strength | Cylinder | AS 1012.9 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen conditioning; Specimen manufacture; Specimen manufacture and curing | Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory; In-situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens; Manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens in the laboratory | AS 1012.8.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement surfacing characteristics | Road pavements | Penetration depth; Texture depth | Ball embedment; Sand patch | Austroads Method AG:PT/T250, Austroads Method AG:PT/T251 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Linear shrinkage | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.4.1, MR (Qld) Method Q106 | |
Sieve analysis | Fines ratio | AS 1289.3.6.1, MR (Qld) Method Q103A, MR (Qld) Method Q253 | |||
Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 1289.2.1.1 | |||
Cone plasticity index; Liquid limit; Plastic limit; Plasticity index; Weighted plasticity index | Casagrande | 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 1289.3.9.1, AS 1289.3.9.2, MR (Qld) Method Q104A, MR (Qld) Method Q104D, MR (Qld) Method Q105, MR (Qld) Method Q252 | |||
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, MR (Qld) Method Q144A | |
Oversize material | Oversize material treatment | MR (Qld) Method Q143 | |||
Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort | AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q142A, MR (Qld) Method Q142B | |||
Compaction to nominated levels | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q145A | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class | AS 1289.3.8.1, MR (Qld) Method Q168 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Relative compaction | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q140A | |
Density - In-situ; Field moisture content | Sand-cone | AS 1289.5.3.1, MR (Qld) Method Q141B | |||
Characteristic field density values | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q020 | |||
Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 | |||
Degree of saturation | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q146 | |||
Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio | Measured; Statistical selection of reference values | AS 1289.5.4.1 | |||
Density - In-situ; Field moisture content | Nuclear gauge | AS 1289.5.8.1, MR (Qld) Method Q141A, MR (Qld) Method NGTM N01, MR (Qld) Method NGTM N02, MR (Qld) Method NGTM N03 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in-situ penetration | Soils | Penetration in-situ | Dynamic cone | AS 1289.6.3.2, MR (Qld) Method Q114B | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens | AS 1289.6.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q113A, MR (Qld) Method Q113B | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable | AS 1289.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q101, MR (Qld) Method Q101A, MR (Qld) Method Q101B, MR (Qld) Method Q101C, MR (Qld) Method Q101D | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | MR (Qld) Method Q115 | |
Sample preparation | Cement stabilisation; Preparation and compaction of soil; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Field mix; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Laboratory mix | MR (Qld) Method Q135A, MR (Qld) Method Q251A, MR (Qld) Method Q251B, MR (Qld) Method Q251C | |||
Curing of moulded specimens | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q135B | |||
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a bin; Aggregate from a conveyor belt; Aggregate from a moving stream; 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 | AS 1012.1 | ||
Soils | Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling | AS 1289.1.4.1, AS 1289.1.4.2, MR (Qld) Method Q050 | ||
Not applicable | Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Site selection by spot sampling | AS 1289.1.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q060, MR (Qld) Method Q061 |
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Accreditation No.
19673
Site No.
25330
Print date
31 Aug 2024