National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
QC Testing
Site
Sunshine Coast Laboratory
Accreditation No.
19751
Site No.
23012
Date of Accreditation
17 Jun 2015
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 abrasion | Aggregates | Abrasion resistance | Los Angeles machine value |
AS 1141.23 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate binder adhesion | Aggregates | Degree of precoating | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q216 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Organic impurities | Colour test |
AS 1141.34 |
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| Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32 |
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| Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.11.1 |
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| Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.12 |
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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| Shape | Average least dimension |
AS 1141.20.3 |
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| Shape | Flakiness |
AS 1141.15 MR (Qld) Method Q201 |
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| Shape | Crushed faces |
AS 1141.18 |
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| Shape | Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Degradation factor on coarse aggregate |
AS 1141.25.2 MR (Qld) Method 208B |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable |
AS 1141.22 |
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| Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable |
AS 1141.21 |
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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 | Core; Cylinder |
AS 1012.9, AS 1012.14 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions |
AS 1012.12.1 |
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| Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure |
AS 1012.4.2 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete | In-situ measurement using fixed volume measure |
AS 1012.5 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen conditioning | Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens |
AS 1012.14 |
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| Specimen manufacture and curing | Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory; Curing grout and mortar cube specimens in the laboratory; In-situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens; In-situ manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens; In-situ manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens; In-situ manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes; Manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens in the laboratory; Manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens in the laboratory; Manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens in the laboratory; Manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes in the laboratory |
AS 1012.8.1, AS 1012.8.2, AS 1012.8.3, AS 1012.8.4 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Weighted plasticity index | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q252 |
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| Particle density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.5.1 |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande; Cone |
AS 1289.3.3.1, AS 1289.3.3.2, MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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| Sieve analysis | Fines ratio; Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1; MR (Qld) Method Q103A, MR (Qld) Method Q253 |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 MR (Qld) Method Q106 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven; Relative moisture content |
AS 1289.2.1.1; MR (Qld) Method Q250 |
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| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1 MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point; Cone four point; Cone one point |
AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2, AS 1289.3.9.1, AS 1289.3.9.2, MR (Qld) Method Q104A, MR (Qld) Method Q104D |
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| 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 MR (Qld) Method Q144A |
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| Compaction to nominated levels | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q145A |
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| Oversize material | Oversize material treatment |
MR (Qld) Method Q143 |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1; AS 1289.5.2.1 MR (Qld) Method Q142A; MR (Qld) Method Q142B |
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| Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.5.1 |
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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 | 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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| Relative compaction | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q140A |
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| Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge; Sand-cone |
AS 1289.5.3.1, AS 1289.5.8.1, MR (Qld) Method Q141A, MR (Qld) Method Q141B,MR (Qld) NGTM Method N01, MR (Qld) NGTM Method N02, MR (Qld) NGTM Method N03 |
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| Density index | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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| Degree of saturation | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q146 |
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| Characteristic field density values | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q020 |
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| 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 |
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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 MR (Qld) Method Q113A MR (Qld) Method Q113B MR (Qld) Method Q113C |
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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 pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289.1.1 MR (Qld) Method Q101 |
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| 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 | Stabiliser working time | Cementitious stabilisation time | MR (Qld) Method Q136A | |
| Curing of moulded specimens | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q135B | |||
| Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined |
AS 5101.4 MR (Qld) Method Q115 |
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| Sample preparation | UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Field mix; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Laboratory mix |
MR (Qld) Method Q251A, MR (Qld) Method Q251B |
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| Sample preparation | Cement stabilisation; Lime stabilisation | MR (Qld) Method Q135A | |||
| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a truck |
AS 1141.3.1 MR (Qld) Method Q060 |
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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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| Not applicable | Hardened concrete by coring |
AS 1012.14 |
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| Soils | Not applicable | Site selection by spot sampling |
MR (Qld) Method Q061 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling |
MR (Qld) Method Q050 |
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| 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 MR (Qld) Method Q060 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.2 |
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Accreditation No.
19751
Site No.
23012
Print date
10 Dec 2023
