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National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Geotechnical Testing Services Pty Ltd
Site
Soil & Concrete Laboratory
Accreditation No.
842
Site No.
16478
Date of Accreditation
05 Dec 2006
Contact
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
Withdrawn 01 Jul 2024
Voluntary
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 - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Rapid |
MR (Qld) Method Q142C |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
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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 contaminants | Aggregates | Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33 |
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Organic impurities | Colour test |
AS 1141.34 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Water absorption of fine aggregate | Not applicable | AS 1141.5 | |
Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Not applicable | AS 1141.6.1 | |||
Bulk density | Compacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
Shape | Flakiness | AS 1141.15 | |||
Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.5 | |||
Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.11.1 |
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Bulk density | Uncompacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
Shape | Proportional calliper | AS 1141.14 | |||
Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.12 |
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Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.6.1 | |||
Shape | Average least dimension |
AS 1141.20.1 AS 1141.20.2 AS 1141.20.3 |
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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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Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable |
AS 1141.21 |
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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 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure | AS 1012.4.2 | |
Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions |
AS 1012.12.1 |
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Compressive strength | Cube; Cylinder |
AS 1012.9 |
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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 | In-situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens |
AS 1012.8.1 |
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Specimen manufacture and curing | In-situ manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes | AS 1012.8.3 | |||
Specimen manufacture and curing | Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory |
AS 1012.8.1 |
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Specimen manufacture and curing | Manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes in the laboratory | AS 1012.8.3 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement surfacing characteristics | Road pavements | Penetration depth | Ball embedment | Austroads Method AGPT/T251 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Sieve analysis | Fines ratio | MR (Qld) Method Q253 | |
Liquid limit | Cone one point |
MR (Qld) Method Q104D |
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Fine particles in road materials | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T107;TfNSW T107; |
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Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1 |
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Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 |
mobile capability |
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Liquid limit | Casagrande four point |
AS 1289.3.1.1 |
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Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1 |
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Weighted plasticity index | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q252 | |||
Plasticity index | Cone |
MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 |
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Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 |
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Liquid limit | Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.2 |
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Liquid limit | Cone four point |
MR (Qld) Method Q104A |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Oversize material | Oversize material treatment |
MR (Qld) Method Q143 |
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Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.2.1 |
mobile capability |
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Dry density/moisture content relationship | Three compaction point |
RMS (NSW) Method T162 TfNSW TS 02795.24 |
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Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.4.2 |
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Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.5.1 | |||
Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1 |
mobile capability |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class |
AS 1289.3.8.1 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Characteristic field density values | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q020 | |
Field moisture content | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1 |
mobile capability |
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Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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Impact strength - In-situ | Measured |
NFP 94-105 procedure (A, B or C) |
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Density index | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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Degree of saturation | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q146 |
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Relative compaction | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q140A |
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Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
mobile capability |
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Density - In-situ | Sand-cone |
AS 1289.5.3.1 |
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Density - In-situ | Sand pouring apparatus |
RMS (NSW) Method T119 TfNSW TS 02795.13 |
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Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in-situ penetration | Soils | Penetration depth | Ball embedment | Austroads Method AGPT/T251 | |
Penetration in-situ | Dynamic cone; Perth sand penetrometer |
AS 1289.6.3.2; AS 1289. 6.3.3 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in-situ strength | Soils | Bearing strength - In-situ | Light weight deflectometer (LWD) |
ASTM E2835 |
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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 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil natural contaminants | Soils | Acidity | pH |
AS 1289.4.3.1 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Repeated compaction pre-treatment |
TfNSW T102, TfNSW T105 TfNSW TS 02794.02,TfNSW TS 02795.01 |
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Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289.1.1 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil reactivity | Soils | Reactivity | Shrink/swell |
AS 1289.7.1.1 |
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Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a windrow |
MR (Qld) Method Q060 |
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Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete |
AS 1012.1 |
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Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a face; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling from a windrow; Disturbed soil sampling from an open-drive; Disturbed soil sampling in-situ |
AS 1289.1.2.1 |
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Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.2 |
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Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling |
MR (Qld) Method Q050 |
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Not applicable | Site selection by spot sampling |
MR (Qld) Method Q061 |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2005)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
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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 #6 Facility, Department No. 24340, has been established from 18 January 2018 until 30 June 2018 for the Tenterfield Creek Dam project for Leed Engineering and Construction, contract no. PO 230196. |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
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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 10, Site No 25191 is established from 26 March 2020 until 31 March 2021 for the M6 Pipeline Sectional replacement for Leed Engineering and Construction Pty Ltd, contract # SAJ296-MW-03. |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
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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 11, Site No 16478 is established from 20/07/2020 until 31/12/2020 for construction of Snowy Pumped Hydro Plant for Future Generation Joint Venture (FGJV), contract 4100783620. |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2005)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
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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 7, site no. 24620, is established from 21 August 2018 until 30 September 2018 for the Coomandook Water Tank project, contract no. 233733 for Leed Engineering and Construction. |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2005)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
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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 | This annex facility was closed from 26/06/19. |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2005)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
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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 | This annex facility was closed from 26/06/19. |
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Accreditation No.
842
Site No.
16478
Print date
26 Jul 2024