
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Quality Control Testing Services
Site
QCTS Toowoomba
Accreditation No.
19673
Site No.
22850
Date of Accreditation
17 Jul 2015
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 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate abrasion | Aggregates | Abrasion resistance | Los Angeles machine value |
AS 1141.23 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate binder adhesion | Aggregates | Degree of precoating | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q216 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32 |
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Clay and fine silt; Organic impurities | Settling |
AS 1141.33; AS 1141.34 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5 |
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Particle size distribution | Fines ratio; Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.11.1; AS 1141.12; MR (Qld) Method Q253; RMS (NSW) Method T201, RMS (NSW) Method T203 TfNSW TS 02799.02,TfNSW TS 02799.04 |
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Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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Shape | Flakiness; Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14 |
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Shape | Crushed faces |
AS 1141.18 |
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Shape | Average least dimension; Flakiness |
AS 1141.15, AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.2, AS 1141.20.3, MR (Qld) Method Q201 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Degradation factor on coarse aggregate; Degradation factor on source rock |
AS 1141.25.1, AS 1141.25.2; MR (Qld) Method Q208B |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable |
AS 1141.22 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt field density | Asphalts | Characteristic density ratio; Characteristic values; Density ratio and air voids | Not applicable | AS/NZS 2891.14.5, MR (Qld) Method Q020, MR (Qld) Method Q314 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt volumetric properties | Asphalts | Binder absorption; Binder film index; Bulk density; Sample preparation; Voids and density relationship | Calculation; Mensuration; Presaturation; Silicone sealing; Waxing | AS/NZS 2891.8, AS/NZS 2892.9.1, AS/NZS 2891.9.2, AS/NZS 2891.9.3, MR (Qld) Method Q303A, MR (Qld) Method Q306B, MR (Qld) Method Q311 | |
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; Specimen preparation | Core; Cylinder |
AS 1012.9, AS 1012.14; RMS (NSW) Method T305, RMS (NSW) Method T306, RMS (NSW) Method T310 TfNSW TS 02800.06,TfNSW TS 02800.07,TfNSW TS 02800.11 |
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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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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen conditioning; Specimen manufacture and curing | Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory; Curing flexural strength specimens in the laboratory; Curing grout and mortar cube specimens in the laboratory; Manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens in the laboratory; Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens |
AS 1012.8.1, AS 1012.14; RMS (NSW) Method T304, TfNSW TS 02800.05 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement surfacing characteristics | Road pavements | Penetration depth; Texture depth | Ball embedment; Sand patch | Austroads Method AGPT/T 250, Austroads Method AGPT/T251 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Fine particles in road materials; Sieve analysis | Fines ratio; Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1; MR (Qld) Method Q103A, MR (Qld) Method Q253; RMS (NSW) Method T106;TfNSW T106;, RMS (NSW) Method T107;TfNSW T107; TfNSW TS 02795.02,TfNSW TS 02795.03 |
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Moisture content | Hot plate; Relative moisture content; Sand bath |
MR (Qld) Method Q250, RMS (NSW) Method T121 TfNSW TS 02795.15 |
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Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1; MR (Qld) Method Q106; RMS (NSW) Method T113;TfNSW T113; TfNSW TS 02795.08 |
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Moisture content | Drying oven; Hot plate |
AS 1289.2.1.1, AS 1289.2.1.6, MR (Qld) Method Q102A (2016), RMS (NSW) Method T120 TfNSW TS 02795.14 |
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Moisture content | Correlation |
AS 1289.2.3.1; RMS (NSW) Method T2105 TfNSW TS 02799.09 |
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Moisture content | Microwave oven |
AS 1289.2.1.4; RMS (NSW) Method T180 TfNSW TS 02795.39 |
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Cone plasticity index; Liquid limit; Plastic limit; Plasticity index; Weighted plasticity index | Casagrande; Cone |
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; RMS (NSW) Method T108;TfNSW T108;TfNSW T105;, RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109;TfNSW T105; TfNSW TS 02795.01,TfNSW TS 02795.04,TfNSW TS 02795.05 |
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Particle density | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.5.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD); Dry density/moisture content relationship; Oversize material | Modified compactive effort; Oversize material treatment; Rapid; Standard compactive effort; Three compaction point |
AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1, AS 1289.5.4.2, MR (Qld) Method Q142A, MR (Qld) Method Q142B, MR (Qld) Method Q143, MR (Qld) Method Q144A, RMS (NSW) Method T111, RMS (NSW) Method T112, RMS (NSW) Method T130, RMS (NSW) Method T162 TfNSW TS 02795.06,TfNSW TS 02795.07,TfNSW TS 02796.01,TfNSW TS 02795.24 |
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Compaction to nominated levels | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q145A | |||
Maximum dry density; Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.5.1; RMS (NSW) Method T164 TfNSW TS 02795.26 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class; Field dispersion indicator - Clouding; Field dispersion indicator - Slaking | AS 1289.3.8.1, MR (Qld) Method Q160, MR (Qld) Method Q161, MR (Qld) Method Q162, MR (Qld) Method Q168 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Characteristic field density values; Compaction control; Degree of saturation; Density - In-situ; Dry density ratio; Field moisture content; Moisture ratio; Relative compaction | Calculation; Hilf; Nuclear gauge; Sand-cone |
AS 1289.5.3.1; AS 1289.5.4.1, AS 1289.5.7.1; AS 1289.5.8.1; MR (Qld) Methods Q020, Q140A, Q141A, Q141B, Q146; MR (Qld) Methods NGTM N01; N02; N03; RMS (NSW) Methods T119, T166, T173 |
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Density index | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.6.1 | |||
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 |
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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, MR (Qld) Method Q113A, MR (Qld) Method Q113B, MR (Qld) Method Q113C; RMS (NSW) Method T117 TfNSW TS 02795.11 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil modulus and deformation | Soils | Resilient modulus | Permanent deformation |
MR (Qld) Method Q139, MR (Qld) Method Q139 (2017), RMS (NSW) Method T154, Austroads Method AGPT/T305 TfNSW TS 02798.05 |
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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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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q101; MR (Qld) Method Q101A; MR (Qld) Method Q101B; MR (Qld) Method Q101C; MR (Qld) Method Q101D; MR (Qld) Method Q101E; MR (Qld) Method Q101F | |
Soil pre-treatment | Repeated compaction pre-treatment |
AS 1289.1.1; MR (Qld) Method Q101: RMS (NSW) Methods T102;TfNSW T102;TfNSW T105;, T105 TfNSW TS 02794.02,TfNSW TS 02795.01 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Sample preparation | Cement stabilisation; Foamed bitumen stabilisation; Foamed bitumen stabilisation - Field; Foamed bitumen stabilisation - Laboratory; Lime stabilisation; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Field mix; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Laboratory mix | AS 5101.2.2; MR (Qld) Method Q135A, MR (Qld) Method Q135B, MR (Qld) Method Q135C, MR (Qld) Method Q138 (2017), MR (Qld) Method Q138A, MR (Qld) Method Q138B, MR (Qld) Method Q251A, MR (Qld) Method Q251B | |
Stabiliser working time | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q136A; RMS (NSW) Method T147 TfNSW TS 02797.04 |
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Compaction | Vacuum saturation | MR (Qld) Method Q147B, MR (Qld) Method Q147B (2017) | |||
Lime demand; Stabiliser working time | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q133; MR (Qld) Method Q136B; RMS (NSW) Method T144 TfNSW TS 02797.02 |
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Bitumen content | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q118 | |||
Laboratory stabilisation of soil | Foamed bitumen |
RMS (NSW) Method T153 Austroads Methods AGPT/T301, AGPT/T302, AGPT/T303TfNSW TS 02798.04 |
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Cement content | Heat of neutralisation |
AS 5101.3.3; MR (Qld) Method Q134; RMS (NSW) Method T137 TfNSW TS 02796.07 |
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Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined |
AS 5101.4; MR (Qld) Method Q115; RMS (NSW) Method T116, RMS (NSW) Method T131 TfNSW TS 02795.10,TfNSW TS 02796.02 |
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Stabiliser rate of spread rate | In-situ measurement | MR (Qld) Method Q719 | |||
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; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement |
AS 1141.3.1; RMS (NSW) Method T100 TfNSW TS 02794.01 |
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Asphalts | Not applicable | Extraction of an asphalt core - Dry technique; Extraction of an asphalt core - Wet technique | AS 2891.1.2 | ||
Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Hardened concrete by coring |
AS 1012.1, AS 1012.14; RMS (NSW) Method T300 TfNSW TS 02800.01 |
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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; MR (Qld) Method Q050 (2017) |
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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 Q060 (2017); MR (Qld) Method Q061; MR (Qld) Method Q061 (2017) RMS (NSW) Method T100 TfNSW TS 02794.01 |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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Annex facility | 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 | The Annex 40 facility is established from 30 January 2023 until 30 December 2023 for the 14E: Flinders Highway - Julia Creek to Cloncurry CH: 60.700 to 63.200 project for Koppens Developments, contract number KD352-001. |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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Annex facility | 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 | Annex 43 - Tully, Site No 26314 is established from 5 June 2023 to 31 March 2024 for the Bruce Highway Upgrade Project, contract number: PO: 384-0043 |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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Annex facility | 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 | Annex 47 - Eatons Hill, Site No. 26433 is established from 9 October 2023 until 31 January 2025 for the Strathpine-Samford Road Route Safety Project, contract number N23050/SC/004. |
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Accreditation No.
19673
Site No.
22850
Print date
03 Dec 2023