National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Barnson Pty Ltd
Site
Soils and Concrete Laboratory
Accreditation No.
9605
Site No.
9598
Date of Accreditation
01 Dec 1994
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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| 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 properties | Aggregates | Shape | Average least dimension | AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.2, RMS (NSW) Method T235, RMS (NSW) Method T275 | |
| Shape | Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14 RMS (NSW) Method T213 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.12 RMS (NSW) Method T203 |
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| Particle size distribution | Fine particles in road materials; Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.19, RMS (NSW) Method T201 |
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| Shape | Crushed faces |
RMS (NSW) Method T239 |
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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 | Compressive strength; Specimen preparation | Cylinder; Dressing of voids |
AS 1012.9 (except clause 4.2) RMS (NSW) Method T368 |
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| Flexural strength | Modulus of rupture |
AS 1012.11 RMS (NSW) Method T328 |
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| Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure |
AS 1012.4.2 RMS (NSW) Method T320 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions; Water displacement |
AS 1012.12.1, AS 1012.12.2 RMS (NSW) Method T317 |
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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 | Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory; Curing flexural strength specimens in the laboratory; In-situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens; In-situ manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens |
AS 1012.8.1, AS 1012.8.2 RMS (NSW) Method T304, RMS (NSW) Method T327 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement structural performance | Road pavements | Structural performance evaluation | Benkelman beam; Deflection monitoring |
RMS (NSW) Method T160, RMS (NSW) Method T199;TfNSW T199; |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement surfacing characteristics | Road pavements | Penetration depth | Ball embedment | RMS (NSW) Method T271 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Point load strength index | Laboratory measurement | RMS (NSW) Method T223 | |
| Absorption; Density; Porosity | Buoyancy; Saturation | AS 4133.2.1.2 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289 3.3.1 RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109;TfNSW T105; |
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| Fine particles in road materials | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T107;TfNSW T107; |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289 2.1.1 RMS (NSW) Method T120 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.1 AS 1289.3.1.2 RMS (NSW) Method T108;TfNSW T108;TfNSW T105; |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 RMS (NSW) Method T113;TfNSW T113; |
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| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1 RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109;TfNSW T105; |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 RMS (NSW) Method T106;TfNSW T106; |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.2.1 RMS (NSW) Method T112 |
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| Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.5.1 RMS (NSW) Method T164 |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1 RMS (NSW) Method T111 RMS (NSW) Method T130 |
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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 | Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1 RMS (NSW) Method T173 |
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| Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio | Calculation; Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Relative compaction | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T166 |
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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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| Density index | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.6.1 | |||
| Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 RMS (NSW) Method T162 |
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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; RMS (NSW) Method T117, RMS (NSW) Method T132 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil natural contaminants | Soils | Acidity | pH |
AS 1289.4.3.1 RMS (NSW) Method T123 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Accelerated weathering pre-treatment; Repeated compaction pre-treatment |
AS 1289.1.1; RMS (NSW) Method T102;TfNSW T102;TfNSW T105;, RMS (NSW) Method T103;TfNSW T103;TfNSW T105;, RMS (NSW) Method T105 |
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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 stabilisation | Soils | Stabiliser rate of spread rate | In-situ measurement | RMS (NSW) Method T136 | |
| Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined |
RMS (NSW) Method T116 RMS (NSW) Method T131 |
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| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a bin; Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a truck; Aggregate from a windrow |
AS 1141.3.1, RMS (NSW) Method T100 |
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| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer |
AS 1012.1 |
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| Rocks | Not applicable | Quarry aggregate from a rock spall; Quarry aggregate from boulders; Quarry aggregate from gabion | AS 1141.3.2, RMS (NSW) Method T100 | ||
| 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 RMS (NSW) Method T100 |
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Accreditation No.
9605
Site No.
9598
Print date
18 Sep 2021