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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 | Uncompacted | AS 1141.4 | |
Bulk density | Compacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate stabilisation | Aggregates | Unconfined compressive strength | Not applicable | AS 5101.4 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement surfacing characteristics | Road pavements | Penetration depth | Ball embedment | Austroads Method AG:PT/T251 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Point load strength index | Not applicable | AS 4133.4.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Weighted plasticity index | Not applicable | RC (Vic) Method 326.01 | |
Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 1289.2.1.1 | |||
Liquid limit | Casagrande four point | AS 1289.3.1.1 | |||
Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.6.1 | |||
Liquid limit | Casagrande one point | AS 1289.3.1.2 | |||
Linear shrinkage | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.4.1 | |||
Description, identification and classification | Not applicable | AS 1726 Tables 9 and 10 | |||
Plastic limit | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.2.1 | |||
Particle density | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.5.1 | |||
Plasticity index | Casagrande | AS 1289.3.3.1 | |||
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 | |
Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort | AS 1289.5.1.1 AS 1289 5.2.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class | AS 1289.3.8.1 | |
Dispersion | Pinhole | AS 1289.3.8.3 | |||
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 | Dry density ratio | Calculation | AS 1289.5.4.1 | |
Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 | |||
Field moisture content | Nuclear gauge | AS 1289.5.8.1 | |||
Moisture ratio assessment of dry back | Not applicable | RC (Vic) Method 316.14 | |||
Characteristic field density values | Not applicable | RC (Vic) Method 316.00 | |||
Moisture ratio | Measured | AS 1289.5.4.1 | |||
Density - In-situ | Water replacement | AS 1289.5.3.5 | |||
Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge | AS 1289.5.8.1 | |||
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 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 | |
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 | Falling head for a remoulded specimen | AS 1289.6.7.2 | |
Permeability | Constant head for a remoulded specimen | AS 1289.6.7.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable | AS 1289.1.1 RC (Vic) Method 301.01 | |
Soil pre-treatment | Repeated compaction pre-treatment | RC (Vic) Method 301.05 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil reactivity | Soils | Reactivity | Shrink/swell | AS 1289.7.1.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Lime saturation point | Not applicable | RC (Vic) Method 131.01 (except clause 5a) | |
Laboratory stabilisation of soil | Lime stabilisation | RC (Vic) Method 301.03 | |||
Laboratory stabilisation of soil | Cement | RC (Vic) Method 301.06 | |||
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile | AS 1141.3.1 | |
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 | ||
Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling | RC (Vic) Method 316.10 | |||
Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling | AS 1289.1.4.1 |
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Accreditation No.
934
Site No.
927
Print date
01 Sep 2024