Quality Control Testing Services

Site

QCTS Toowoomba

Accreditation No.

19673

Site No.

22850

Date of Accreditation

17 Jul 2015

Address

3/3 Progress Court
Harlaxton, QLD 4350
Australia

qcts.net.au

Contact

Mr Mark Jackman P: +61 0407979759

Availability

Services available to external clients

Scope of Accreditation

QCTS Toowoomba

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Infrastructure and Asset Integrity

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
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
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate binder adhesion Aggregates Degree of precoating Not applicable

MR (Qld) Method Q216

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants Aggregates Weak particles contaminants Sieve analysis

AS 1141.32

Clay and fine silt; Organic impurities Settling

AS 1141.33; AS 1141.34

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties Aggregates Particle density of fine aggregate Weighing-in-water

AS 1141.5

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

Bulk density Compacted; Uncompacted AS 1141.4
Particle density of coarse aggregate Weighing-in-water

AS 1141.6.1

Shape Flakiness; Proportional calliper

AS 1141.14

Shape Crushed faces

AS 1141.18

Shape Average least dimension; Flakiness

AS 1141.15, AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.2, AS 1141.20.3, MR (Qld) Method Q201

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
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength Aggregates Wet/dry strength variation Not applicable AS 1141.22
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

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

Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete Dimensions

AS 1012.12.1; RMS (NSW) Method T316

TfNSW TS 02800.16

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

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

Moisture content Hot plate; Relative moisture content; Sand bath MR (Qld) Method Q250, RMS (NSW) Method T121

TfNSW TS 02795.15

Linear shrinkage Not applicable

AS 1289.3.4.1; MR (Qld) Method Q106; RMS (NSW) Method T113;TfNSW T113;

TfNSW TS 02795.08

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

Moisture content Correlation AS 1289.2.3.1; RMS (NSW) Method T2105

TfNSW TS 02799.09

Moisture content Microwave oven AS 1289.2.1.4; RMS (NSW) Method T180

TfNSW TS 02795.39

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

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

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

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

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
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

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

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

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

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

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

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/T303

TfNSW TS 02798.04

Cement content Heat of neutralisation

AS 5101.3.3; MR (Qld) Method Q134; RMS (NSW) Method T137

TfNSW TS 02796.07

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

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

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

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)

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

Annex 43 – Tully

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Infrastructure and Asset Integrity

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
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
Annex 47 – Eatons Hill

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Infrastructure and Asset Integrity

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
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.
Annex 49 – Miles

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Infrastructure and Asset Integrity

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
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 49 - Miles, Site No. 26620 is established from 19 February 2024 until 31 July 2024 for the CN-21678 DRFA Restoration Works Package W4 Project, for Civil Mining and Construction, contract number CQ1110-0008.
Annex 50 – Goondiwindi

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Infrastructure and Asset Integrity

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
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 50 - Goondiwindi, Site No. 26651 is established from 25 March 2024 until 30 September 2024 for the GORE HIGHWAY – WYAGA CREEK FLOODWAY IMPROVEMENT Project, for Civil Mining and Construction, contract number CQ1105-0153.

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