Construction Sciences Pty Ltd

Site

Sunshine Coast Laboratory

Accreditation No.

1986

Site No.

3740

Date of Accreditation

22 Jun 1992

Address

1/21 Endeavour Drive
Kunda Park, QLD 4556
Australia

constructionsciences.net

Contact

Mr Christopher Pearce P: +61 (07) 38653212

Availability

Services available to external clients

Construction Sciences Pty Ltd address map

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Sunshine Coast Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Environment

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
Analysis for physical and chemical characteristics Soils Sulfur peroxide (SP) Colourimetry

AS 4969.5

Net acid soluble sulfur (SNAS, SNAS) Calculation

AS 4969.11

Sulfur - Peroxide oxidisable (SPOS) Calculation

AS 4969.10

Sulfur potassium chloride extractable (SKCl) Titration

AS 4969.4

Acid neutralising capacity (ANC); Acidity - Titratable peroxide (TPA); pH - Peroxide (pHOX) Titration

AS 4969.3

Sulfate - Water soluble Gravimetric

BS1377 parts 1, 3 (section 5)

Acid neutralising capacity - Back titration (ANCBT) Titration

AS 4969.13

Hydrochloric acid extractable sulfur (SHCl, SHCl) Colourimetry

AS 4969.8


Acidity - Titratable actual (TAA); pH - Potassium chloride (pHKCl) Titration

AS 4969.2

Suspension peroxide oxidation combined acidity and sulfur (SPOCAS) Titration

AS 4969.12

Sulfur - Chromium reducible Titration

AS 4969.7

Acidity - Titratable sulfidic (TSA) Calculation

AS 4969.9

Soils - Acid sulfate Sulfur - Acid extractable in soil residue after peroxide oxidation (SRAS) Colourimetry AS 4969.6
Sample collection Soils Not applicable Manual by hand

AS 4969.1


ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Infrastructure and Asset Integrity

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
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 abrasion Aggregates Abrasion resistance Resistance to wear by attrition MR (Qld) Method Q229A,
MR (Qld) Method Q229B,
ASTM D7428,
ASTM D6928.
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 Weak particles contaminants Sieve analysis

AS 1141.32


Clay and fine silt Settling

AS 1141.33

Organic impurities Colour test

AS 1141.34

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties Aggregates Particle density of coarse aggregate; Particle density of fine aggregate; Water absorption of coarse aggregate; Water absorption of fine aggregate Weighing-in-water

AS 1141.5, AS 1141.6.1

Particle size distribution Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm

AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12

Shape Average least dimension; Crushed faces; Flakiness; Proportional calliper

AS 1141.14,  AS 1141.15, AS 1141.18, AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.3,

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; Degradation factor on source rock; Exposure to sodium sulfate solution

AS 1141.24, AS 1141.25.1, AS 1141 25.2

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength Aggregates Wet/dry strength variation Not applicable

AS 1141.22
MR (Qld) Method Q205C (2018)

Aggregate crushing value Not applicable

AS 1141.21

Wet/dry strength variation Not applicable

MR (Qld) Method Q205A (2018), MR (Qld) Method Q205B (2018)

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar chemical tests Concrete, grout and mortar Chloride penetration resistance Nordtest method NT Build Method 443
Chloride level in hardened concrete Nitric acid AS 1012.20 (1992)
Chloride level in hardened concrete Water soluble AS 1012.20.2
Carbonation Carbonation of concrete MRWA Method WA 620.1
Chloride migration coefficient Nordtest method NT Build Method 492
Chloride level in hardened concrete Nitric acid AS 1012.20 (1992), AS 1012.20.1
Sulfate level in hardened concrete Nitric acid AS 1012.20 (1992), AS 1012.20.1
Chloride level in hardened concrete Volhard titration NT Build Method 208
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar consistence in situ Concrete, grout and mortar Slump flow Cone; J-ring; T500

AS 1012.3.1, AS 1012.3.5

Compactibility index

AS 1012.3.4

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties Concrete, grout and mortar Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete In situ measurement using fixed volume measure

AS 1012.5

Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete Dimensions

AS 1012.12.1

Compressive strength Core; Cube; Cylinder

AS 1012.9, AS 1012.14

Bleeding In situ analysis - Freshly mixed concrete

AS 1012.6

Air content of freshly mixed concrete Increased air pressure

AS 1012.4.1

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing Concrete, grout and mortar Specimen manufacture and curing

AS 1012.8.1, AS 1012.8.4, AS 1012.14

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil chemical properties Soils Chloride Titration

RMS (NSW) Method T1010,

MR (Qld) Method Q130B

Soluble sulfate Acid extraction RMS (NSW) Method T1011,
MR (Qld) Method Q131B
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification Soils Moisture content Correlation; Drying oven; Hot plate; Infrared light

AS 1289.2.1.1, AS 1289.2.1.6, AS 1289.2.3.1,

RMS (NSW) Method T120

TfNSW TS 02795.14

Sieve analysis Not applicable

AS 1289.3.6.1

MR (Qld) Method Q103A, MR (Qld) Method Q103A (2018)

Linear shrinkage; Liquid limit; Plastic limit; Plasticity index Casagrande; Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point; Cone; Cone four point; Cone one point

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 1289.3.4.1, AS 1289.3.9.1,

MR (Qld) Method Q104A, MR (Qld) Method Q104D, MR (Qld) Method Q105, MR (Qld) Method Q106

Sieve analysis; Weighted plasticity index Fines ratio; Not applicable MR (Qld) Method Q252, MR (Qld) Method Q253
Particle density Gravimetric

AS 1289.3.5.1

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

MR (Qld) Method Q144A

Minimum and maximum dry density

AS 1289.5.5.1

Oversize material Oversize material treatment

MR (Qld) Method Q143

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

Compaction to nominated levels Not applicable

MR (Qld) Method Q145A

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion Soils Dispersion Emerson class; Percentage (%); Pinhole

AS 1289.3.8.1, 

AS 1289.3.8.2, 

AS 1289.3.8.3,

MR (Qld) Method Q168
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil electrical properties Soils Electrical resistance Not applicable

AS 1289.4.4.1,
MR (Qld) Method Q122B,
RMS (NSW) Method T185

TfNSW TS 02795.43

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density Soils 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) Method NGTM N01, MR (Qld) Method NGTM N02, MR (Qld) Method NGTM N03

Compaction control Hilf

AS 1289.5.7.1

Degree of saturation Not applicable

MR (Qld) Method Q146

Characteristic field density values Not applicable

MR (Qld) Method Q020

Density index Not applicable

AS 1289.5.6.1

Dry density ratio Calculation

AS 1289.5.4.1

Relative compaction Not applicable

MR (Qld) Method Q140A

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,
MR (Qld) Method Q114B

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ strength Soils Shear strength - In situ Vane

AS 1289.6.2.1

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 Q113A (2018), MR (Qld) Method Q113B, MR (Qld) Method Q113C

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil natural contaminants Soils Acidity pH

AS 1289.4.3.1

RMS (NSW) Method T123, RMS (NSW) Method T1002

TfNSW TS 02794.01,TfNSW TS 02795.16

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil permeability Soils Permeability Constant head for a remoulded specimen; Falling head for a remoulded specimen AS 1289.6.7.1,
AS 1289.6.7.2
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 Q101G, 

MR (Qld) Method Q101H, 

MR (Qld) Method Q101J, 

MR (Qld) Method Q255

TfNSW T105

TfNSW TS 02795.01

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation Soils Cement content Heat of neutralisation

MR (Qld) Method Q134

Compressive strength Uniaxial unconfined

MR (Qld) Method Q115

Sample preparation UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Field mix; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Laboratory mix MR (Qld) Method Q251A, MR (Qld) Method Q251B
Sample preparation Cement stabilisation; Lime stabilisation

MR (Qld) Method Q135A, MR (Qld) Method Q135B

Sample collection Aggregates Not applicable Aggregate from a bin; Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile

AS 1141.3.1

Concrete, grout and mortar Not applicable Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete; Hardened concrete by coring

AS 1012.1, AS 1012.14

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 face; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling from a windrow; Disturbed soil sampling in situ; Site selection by spot sampling

AS 1289.1.2.1

MR (Qld) Method Q060, MR (Qld) Method Q061

Chemical Testing

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Environment

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
Analysis for physical and chemical characteristics Soils Sulfur potassium chloride extractable (SKCl) Titration AS 4969.4
Hydrochloric acid extractable sulfur (SHCl, SHCl) Colourimetry AS 4969.8
Sulfur - Acid extractable in soil residue after peroxide oxidation (SRAS) Colourimetry AS 4969.6
Acid neutralising capacity - Back titration (ANCBT) Titration AS 4969.13
Net acid soluble sulfur (SNAS, SNAS) Calculation AS 4969.11
Acidity - Titratable actual (TAA); pH - Potassium chloride (pHKCl) Titration AS 4969.2
Sulfur - Chromium reducible Titration AS 4969.7
Sulfur - Peroxide oxidisable (SPOS) Calculation AS 4969.10
Acidity - Titratable sulfidic (TSA) Calculation AS 4969.9
Acid neutralising capacity (ANC); Acidity - Titratable peroxide (TPA); pH - Peroxide (pHOX) Titration AS 4969.3
Sulfur peroxide (SP) Colourimetry AS 4969.5
Sulfate - Water soluble Gravimetric BS 1377 parts 1, 3 (section 5)
Suspension peroxide oxidation combined acidity and sulfur (SPOCAS) Titration AS 4969.12
Acid producing potential of acid sulfate Calculation AS 4969.14
Sample collection Soils Not applicable Manual by hand AS 4969.1

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Infrastructure and Asset Integrity

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties Aggregates Particle size distribution Sieve analysis AS 1141.11.1
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness Aggregates Soundness Exposure to sodium sulfate solution AS 1141.24
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar chemical tests Concrete, grout and mortar Chloride level in hardened concrete Volhard titration NT Build Method 208
Chloride level in hardened concrete Nitric acid AS 1012.20 (1992)
Chloride migration coefficient Nordtest method NT Build Method 492
Sulfate level in hardened concrete Nitric acid AS 1012.20 (1992), AS 1012.20.1
Chloride penetration resistance Nordtest method NT Build Method 443
Chloride level in hardened concrete Volhard titration AS 1012.20.2
Carbonation Carbonation of concrete MRWA Method WA 620.1
Chloride level in hardened concrete Nitric acid AS 1012.20 (1992), AS 1012.20.1
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil chemical properties Soils Soluble sulfate Acid extraction RMS (NSW) Method T1011,
MR (Qld) Method Q131B
Chloride Titration RMS (NSW) Method T1010,
MR (Qld) Method Q130B
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification Soils Sieve analysis Not applicable AS 1289.3.6.1
Moisture content Drying oven AS 1289.2.1.1,
RMS (NSW) Method T120

TfNSW TS 02795.14

Particle density Gravimetric AS 1289.3.5.1
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion Soils Dispersion Emerson class; Percentage (%); Pinhole AS 1289.3.8.1, AS 1289.3.8.2, 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,
MR (Qld) Method Q122B,
RMS (NSW) Method T185

TfNSW TS 02795.43

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 natural contaminants Soils Acidity pH AS 1289.4.3.1
RMS (NSW) Method T123, RMS (NSW) Method T1002

TfNSW TS 02794.01,TfNSW TS 02795.16

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,
TfNSW T105

TfNSW TS 02795.01

Sample collection Aggregates Not applicable Aggregate from a bin; Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile AS 1141.3.1
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

The only data displayed is that deemed relevant and necessary for the clear description of the activities and services covered by the scope of accreditation.

Grey text appearing in a SoA is additional freetext providing further refinement or information on the data in the preceding line entry.