National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
RCA Australia
Site
RCA Laboratories – Hunter
Accreditation No.
9811
Site No.
14515
Date of Accreditation
Contact
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
Withdrawn
ISO/IEC 17025 (2005)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
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| Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification |
RMS (NSW) Method T276 |
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| Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141 32 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141 12, RMS (NSW) Method T203 |
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| Shape | Proportional calliper |
AS 1141 14, RMS (NSW) Method T213 |
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| Bulk density | Uncompacted |
AS 1141 4, RMS (NSW) Method T211 |
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| Shape | Crushed faces |
RMS (NSW) Method T239 |
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| Shape | Average least dimension |
AS 1141 20.1, 20.2, RMS (NSW) Method T235, T275 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141 11.1, RMS (NSW) Method T201 |
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| Bulk density | Compacted |
AS 1141 4, RMS (NSW) Method T212 |
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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 |
AS 1012 3.1, RMS (NSW) Method T301 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions |
AS 1012 12.1, RMS (NSW) Method T316 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen manufacture and curing | Manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens in the laboratory |
AS 1012 8.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement structural performance | Road pavements | Structural performance evaluation | Deflection monitoring |
RMS (NSW) Method T199 |
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| Structural performance evaluation | Benkelman beam |
RMS (NSW) Method T160 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289 3.3.1, RMS (NSW) Method T109 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289 2.1.1, RMS (NSW) Method T120 |
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| Moisture content | Sand bath |
RMS (NSW) Method T121 |
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| Fine particles in road materials |
RMS (NSW) Method T107 |
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| Sieve analysis |
AS 1289 3.6.1, RMS (NSW) Method T106 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande one point |
AS 1289 3.1.1, 3.1.2 RMS (NSW) Method T108 |
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| Moisture content | Microwave oven |
AS 1289 2.1.4, RMS (NSW) Method T180 |
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| Plastic limit |
AS 1289 3.2.1, RMS (NSW) Method T109 |
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| Linear shrinkage |
AS 1289 3.4.1, RMS (NSW) Method T113 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Three compaction point | RMS (NSW) Method T162 | |
| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289 5.1.1, RMS (NSW) Method T111, T130 |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort |
AS 1289 5.2.1, RMS (NSW) Method T112 |
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| Maximum dry density |
RMS (NSW) Method T164 |
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| Minimum and maximum dry density |
AS 1289 5.5.1 |
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| Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) |
AS 1289 5.4.2 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil engineering properties | Soils | Penetration in-situ | Dynamic cone; Perth sand penetrometer |
AS 1289 6.3.2, 6.3.3, RMS (NSW) Method T161 |
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| Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens |
AS 1289 6.1.1, RMS (NSW) Method T117 |
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| Reactivity | Shrink/swell |
AS 1289 7.1.1 |
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| Compressive strength | Uniaxial maximum dry |
RMS (NSW) Method T114 |
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| Dispersion | Emerson class |
AS 1289 3.8.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Relative compaction |
RMS (NSW) Method T166 |
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| Density index |
AS 1289 5.6.1 |
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| Density - In-situ | Sand pouring apparatus; Sand-cone |
AS 1289 5.3.1, RMS (NSW) Method T119 |
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| Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289 5.4.1 |
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| Characteristic field density values |
AS 1289 5.7.1 |
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| Characteristic field density values; Field moisture content | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289 5.8.1, RMS (NSW) Method T173 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil natural contaminants | Soils | Acidity | pH |
RMS (NSW) Method T123 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment |
AS 1289 1.1, RMS (NSW) Method T102, T105 |
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| Soil pre-treatment | Accelerated weathering pre-treatment; Repeated compaction pre-treatment | RMS (NSW) Method T103 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined |
RMS (NSW) Method T116, T131 |
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| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a truck; Aggregate from a windrow |
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, RMS (NSW) Method T300 |
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| Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed soil sampling by hand auger; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling from a windrow; Disturbed soil sampling in-situ |
AS 1289 1.2.1 |
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Accreditation No.
9811
Site No.
14515
Print date
25 Jan 2022