
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
SMS Geotechnical Pty Ltd
Site
SMS Geotechnical Pty Ltd
Accreditation No.
19225
Site No.
21812
Date of Accreditation
14 Aug 2013
Contact
Availability
Services available to external clients
Supervision
Not Applicable
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 | Techniques 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 contaminants | Aggregates | Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification | TfNSW TS 02799.51 | |
Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.32 | |||
Coarse aggregate quality | Visual comparison | AS 1141.30.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Shape | Flakiness | AS 1141.15 DPTI (SA) Method TP241 | |
Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.6.1 | |||
Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.11.1 | |||
Shape | Elongation | DPTI (SA) Method TP240 | |||
Bulk density | Compacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm | AS 1141.12 | |||
Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.5 | |||
Bulk density | Uncompacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
Shape | Flat particles | DPTI (SA) Method TP244 | |||
Shape | Average least dimension | AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.2, AS 1141.20.3 | |||
Shape | Proportional calliper | AS 1141.14 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Exposure to sodium sulfate solution | AS 1141.24 | |
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 - 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, grout and mortar | 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 manufacture and curing | In situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens | AS 1012.8.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 1289.2.1.1 | |
Linear shrinkage | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.4.1 | |||
Plasticity index | Casagrande | AS 1289.3.3.1 | |||
Particle density | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.5.1 (2006) | |||
Liquid limit | Casagrande one point | AS 1289.3.1.2 DPTI (SA) Method TP143 | |||
Plastic limit | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.2.1 DPTI (SA) Method TP141 | |||
Liquid limit | Casagrande four point | AS 1289.3.1.1 | |||
Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.6.1 DPTI (SA) Method TP134 | |||
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 DPTI (SA) Method TP166 | |
Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort | AS 1289.5.1.1 DPTI (SA) Method TP164 | |||
Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort | AS 1289.5.2.1 DPTI (SA) Method TP164 | |||
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 electrical properties | Soils | Electrical resistance | Not applicable | AS 1289.4.4.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Density - In situ | Nuclear gauge; Sand-cone | AS 1289.5.3.1, AS 1289.5.8.1 | |
Moisture ratio | Calculation | AS 1289.5.4.1 | |||
Density index | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.6.1 | |||
Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 | |||
Dry density ratio | Calculation | AS 1289.5.4.1, DPTI (SA) Method TP320 | |||
Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio | Statistical selection of reference values | AS 1289.5.4.3 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil fine particles | Soils | Fine particle analysis | Hydrometer | AS 1289.3.6.3 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ penetration | Soils | Penetration depth | Ball embedment | Austroads Method AGPT-T251 | |
Penetration in situ | Perth sand penetrometer | AS 1289.6.3.3 | |||
Penetration in situ | Dynamic cone | AS 1289.6.3.2 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens | AS 1289.6.1.1 | |
Bearing ratio | Estimated CBR from classification test | DPTI (SA) Method TP133 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil natural contaminants | Soils | Acidity | pH | AS 1289.4.3.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil permeability | Soils | Permeability | Constant head for a remoulded specimen; Falling head for a remoulded specimen; Flexible wall permeameter | AS 1289.6.7.1, AS 1289.6.7.2, AS 1289.6.7.3 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable | AS 1289.1.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil reactivity | Soils | Reactivity | Shrink/swell | AS 1289.7.1.1 | |
Total suction | Dew point psychrometer | in-house method SMS TM001 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | AS 5101.4 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil thermal properties | Soils | Thermal conductivity | In situ measurement; Laboratory measurement | ASTM D5334 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil triaxial strength | Soils | Triaxial strength | Triaxial undrained with pore water pressure measured; Triaxial undrained without pore water pressure measurement | AS 1289.6.4.1, AS 1289.6.4.2 | |
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile | AS 1141.3.1 DPTI (SA) Method TP226 | |
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 stratified sampling | AS 1289.1.4.2 DPTI (SA) Method TP061 | ||
Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling | AS 1289.1.4.1 | |||
Not applicable | Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling from a windrow; Disturbed soil sampling in situ | AS 1289.1.2.1 |
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 | 22C213 Umuwa Laboratory Annex Facility, Site no. 27016 is established from 10 February 2025 until 1 May 2025 for 22C213 Pavement Remediation Project, for Linct Group Pty Ltd, Contract number JH-090-002. |
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 | North Coast Road Laboratory Annex Facility, site no. 27015 is established from 10 February 2025 until 1 June 2025 for North Coast Rd YPC - Stage 3 Pavement Testing Project, for DOWNER EDI WORKS PTY LTD, Contract number 23064219. |
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 | TSF Raise 6 Laboratory Annex Facility, site no. 27009, is established from 20 January 2025 until 20 June 2025 for TSF Raise 6 projectfor Lucas TCS Pty Ltd, Contract number PO 255988. |
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Accreditation No.
19225
Site No.
21812
Print date
23 Mar 2025