
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Butler Partners (Regional) Pty Ltd
Site
Sunshine Coast Laboratory
Accreditation No.
19529
Site No.
25665
Date of Accreditation
06 Mar 2025
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 binder adhesion | Aggregates | Degree of precoating | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q216 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Clay and fine silt; Organic impurities; Weak particles contaminants | Colour test; Settling; Sieve analysis | AS 1141.32, AS 1141.33,AS 1141.34 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm | AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12 | |
Particle density of coarse aggregate; Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.5, AS 1141.6.1 | |||
Shape | Average least dimension; Crushed faces; Flakiness; Proportional calliper | AS 1141.14, AS 1141.15, AS 1141.18,AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.2, AS 1141.20.3, MR (Qld) Method Q201 | |||
Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Degradation factor on coarse aggregate | AS 1141.25.2, MR (Qld) Method Q208B | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Aggregate crushing value; Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable | AS 1141.21, AS 1141.22 | |
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 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Compressive strength | Core; Cube; Cylinder | AS 1012.9, AS 1012.14 | |
Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions | AS 1012.12.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen conditioning; Specimen manufacture; Specimen manufacture and curing | Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory; In situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens; In situ manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes; Manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens in the laboratory; Manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes in the laboratory; Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens | AS 1012.8.1, AS 1012.8.3, AS 1012.14 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Linear shrinkage | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.4.1, MR (Qld) Method Q106 | |
Sieve analysis | Fines ratio | AS 1289.3.6.1, MR (Qld) Method Q103A, MR (Qld) Method Q253 | |||
Apparent particle density | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.5.1 (2006) | |||
Cone plasticity index; Liquid limit; Plastic limit; Plasticity index; Weighted plasticity index | Casagrande; Cone | AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289 3.1.2, AS 1289.3.2.1, AS 1289 3.3.1, AS 1289.3.3.2, AS 1289 3.9.1, AS 1289.3.9.2, MR (Qld) Method Q104A, MR (Qld) Method Q104D, MR (Qld) Method Q105, MR (Qld) Method Q252 | |||
Moisture content | Drying oven; Relative moisture content | AS 1289.2.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q250 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD); Compaction to nominated levels; Dry density/moisture content relationship; Oversize material | Modified compactive effort; Oversize material treatment; Standard compactive effort | AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1, AS 1289.5.4.2, MR (Qld) Method Q142A, MR (Qld) Method Q142B, MR (Qld) Method Q143, MR (Qld) Method Q144A, MR (Qld) Method Q145A | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class | AS 1289.3.8.1, MR (QLD) Method Q168 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Characteristic field density values; Compaction control; Degree of saturation; Density - In situ; Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio; Relative compaction | Calculation; Hilf; Sand-cone | AS 1289.5.3.1, AS 1289.5.4.1, AS 1289.5.7.1, MR (Qld) Method Q020, MR (Qld) Method Q140A, MR (Qld) Method Q141B, MR (Qld) Method Q146 | |
Density - In situ; Moisture - In situ | Nuclear gauge | AS 1289.5.8.1, MR (Qld) Method Q141A, MR (Qld) Method NGTM N01, MR (Qld) Method NGTM N02, MR (Qld) Method NGTM N03 | |||
Density index | Measured | AS 1289.5.6.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ penetration | Soils | Penetration in situ | Dynamic cone | AS 1289.6.3.2, MR (Qld) Method Q114B | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens | AS 1289.6.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q113A, MR (Qld) Method Q113B, MR (Qld) Method Q113C | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable | AS 1289.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q101, MR (Qld) Method Q101A, MR (Qld) Method Q101B. MR (Qld) Method Q101C, MR (Qld) Method Q101D, MR (Qld) Method Q101G, MR (Qld) Method Q101H, MR (Qld) Method Q101J | |
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 sample preparation | Soils | Preparation of disturbed samples | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q255 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Sample preparation | Preparation and compaction of soil; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Field mix; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Laboratory mix | MR (Qld) Method Q251A, MR (Qld) Method Q251B, MR (Qld) Method Q251C | |
Curing of moulded specimens | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q135B | |||
Laboratory stabilisation of soil | Cement; Lime stabilisation | MR (Qld) Method Q135A | |||
Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | AS 5101.4, MR (Qld) Method Q115 | |||
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Disturbed sampling from earthwork | AS 1141.3.1 | |
Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer | AS 1012.1 | ||
Soils | Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling | AS 1289.1.4.1, AS 1289.1.4.2, MR (Qld) Method Q050 | ||
Not applicable | Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Site selection by spot sampling | AS 1289.1.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q060, MR (Qld) Method Q061 |
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Accreditation No.
19529
Site No.
25665
Print date
27 Mar 2025