
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Townes Contracting Pty Ltd
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 contaminants | Aggregates | Clay and fine silt | Settling |
RMS (NSW) Method T268 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.12; RMS (NSW) Method T203 |
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Moisture content | Drying oven |
RMS (NSW) Method T262 |
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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 | Average least dimension |
AS 1141.20.1; AS 1141.20.2; RMS (NSW) Method T235; RMS (NSW) Method T275 |
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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 | Cylinder |
AS 1012.9 (except clause 4.2) |
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Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions |
AS 1012.12.1 |
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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; In-situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens |
AS 1012.8.1 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1; RMS (NSW) Method T106;TfNSW T106; |
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Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1; RMS (NSW) Method T120 |
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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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Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1; RMS (NSW) Method T113;TfNSW T113; |
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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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Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1; RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109;TfNSW T105; |
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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; RMS (NSW) Method T111; RMS (NSW) Method T112 |
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Dry density/moisture content relationship | Three compaction point |
RMS (NSW) Method T162 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Relative compaction | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T166 |
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Moisture ratio | Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1; RMS (NSW) Method T173 |
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Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Undisturbed samples | AS 1289.6.1.1, RMS (NSW) Method T117 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289.1.1, RMS (NSW) Method T105;TfNSW T105; |
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Soil pre-treatment | Repeated compaction pre-treatment |
RMS (NSW) Method T102;TfNSW T102;TfNSW T105; |
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Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a stockpile |
AS 1141.3.1 |
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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 in-situ |
AS 1289.1.2.1 |
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Accreditation No.
14486
Site No.
14495
Print date
01 Jul 2022