National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
A S James Pty Ltd
Site
Soil Testing Laboratory
Accreditation No.
934
Site No.
927
Date of Accreditation
03 Aug 1971
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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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Bulk density | Compacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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| Bulk density | Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate stabilisation | Aggregates | Unconfined compressive strength | Not applicable |
AS 5101.4 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Point load strength index | Not applicable |
AS 4133.4.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.1.2 |
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| Weighted plasticity index | Not applicable | RC (Vic) Method 326.01 | |||
| Particle density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.5.1 |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.1.1 |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 |
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| Description, identification and classification | Not applicable |
AS 1726 Tables 9 and 10 |
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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 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1 AS 1289 5.2.1 |
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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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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Pinhole |
AS 1289.3.8.3 |
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| Dispersion | Emerson class |
AS 1289.3.8.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil electrical properties | Soils | Electrical resistance | Not applicable |
AS 1289.4.4.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Characteristic field density values | Not applicable |
RC (Vic) Method 316.00 |
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| Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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| Density - In situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1 |
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| Density - In situ | Water replacement |
AS 1289.5.3.5 (1997) |
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| Moisture ratio | Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Moisture ratio assessment of dry back | Not applicable |
RC (Vic) Method 316.14 |
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| Field moisture content | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil fine particles | Soils | Fine particle analysis | Hydrometer |
AS 1289.3.6.3 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ penetration | Soils | Penetration - In situ; Penetration depth | Ball embedment; Dynamic cone |
AS 1289.6.3.2 Austroads Method AG:PT/T251 |
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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 |
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| 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 permeability | Soils | Permeability | Falling head for a remoulded specimen |
AS 1289.6.7.2 |
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| Permeability | Constant head for a remoulded specimen |
AS 1289.6.7.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Repeated compaction pre-treatment |
RC (Vic) Method 301.05 |
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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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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil sample preparation | Soils | Preparation of disturbed samples | Not applicable | ||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Lime saturation point | Not applicable |
RC (Vic) Method 131.01 (except clause 5a) |
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| Laboratory stabilisation of soil | Lime stabilisation |
RC (Vic) Method 301.03 |
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| Laboratory stabilisation of soil | Cement |
RC (Vic) Method 301.06 |
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| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile |
AS 1141.3.1 |
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| Soils | 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 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
RC (Vic) Method 316.10 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.1 |
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Accreditation No.
934
Site No.
927
Print date
27 Aug 2026