Douglas Partners Pty Ltd

Site

Sunshine Coast Laboratory

Accreditation No.

828

Site No.

22830

Date of Accreditation

19 Feb 2016

Address

2 Mallet Street
Kunda Park, QLD 4556
Australia

douglaspartners.com.au

Contact

Mr Shae Harry P: +61 (07) 53510400

Availability

Services available to external clients

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Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Sunshine Coast Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Infrastructure and Asset Integrity

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants Aggregates Clay and fine silt Settling AS 1141.33
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties Aggregates Particle density of coarse aggregate; Water absorption of coarse aggregate Weighing-in-water AS 1141.6.1
Shape Flakiness AS 1141.15;
MR (Qld) Method Q201
Particle size distribution Sieve analysis AS 1141.11.1
Particle size distribution Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm

AS 1141.12

Particle density of fine aggregate; Water absorption of fine aggregate Weighing-in-water AS 1141.5
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 Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete Dimensions; Water displacement AS 1012.12.1, AS 1012.12.2
Compressive strength Cylinder AS 1012.9
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
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification Soils Plasticity index Casagrande

AS 1289.3.3.1

Sieve analysis Not applicable

AS 1289.3.6.1,
MR (Qld) Method Q103A

Liquid limit Cone four point; Cone one point

AS 1289.3.9.1, AS 1289.3.9.2, MR (Qld) Method Q104A, MR (Qld) Method Q104D

Moisture content Drying oven

AS 1289.2.1.1

Plasticity index; Weighted plasticity index Cone

AS 1289.3.3.2, MR (Qld) Method Q105, MR (Qld) Method Q252

Plastic limit Not applicable

AS 1289.3.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q105

Linear shrinkage Not applicable

AS 1289.3.4.1, MR (Qld) Method Q106

Liquid limit Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point

AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics Soils Dry density/moisture content relationship Standard compactive effort

AS 1289.5.1.1; MR (Qld) Method Q142A

Dry density/moisture content relationship Modified compactive effort

AS 1289.5.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q142B

Compaction to nominated levels Not applicable MR (Qld) Method Q145A
Minimum and maximum dry density Not applicable AS 1289.5.5.1
Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) Not applicable

AS 1289.5.4.2, MR (Qld) Method Q144A

Oversize material Oversize material treatment

MR (Qld) Method Q143

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion Soils Dispersion Emerson class AS 1289.3.8.1
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density Soils 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
Density - In situ; Field moisture content Nuclear gauge

AS 1289.5.8.1, MR (Qld) Method Q141A,,MR (Qld) NGTM N01, MR (Qld) NGTM N02, MR (Qld) NGTM N03

Density - In situ Sand-cone

AS 1289.5.3.1, MR (Qld) Method Q141B

Compaction control Hilf

AS 1289.5.7.1

Moisture ratio Measured

AS 1289.5.4.1

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 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 natural contaminants Soils Acidity pH AS 1289.4.3.1
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment Soils Soil pre-treatment Not applicable

AS 1289.1.1; MR (Qld) Methods Q101; MR (Qld) Method Q101A; MR (Qld) Method Q101B

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 Curing of moulded specimens; Laboratory stabilisation of soil; Lime demand; Stabiliser working time Cementitious stabilisation time; Lime stabilisation MR (Qld) Method Q133, MR (Qld) Method Q135A, MR (Qld) Method Q135B, MR (Qld) Method Q136A

Compressive strength Uniaxial unconfined MR (Qld) Method Q115
Sample preparation Modified compaction - UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens; Standard compaction - UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Field mix; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Laboratory mix MR (Qld) Method Q251A, MR (Qld) Method Q251B

Sample collection Aggregates Not applicable 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 AS 1012.1
Soils Not applicable Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling

MR (Qld) Method Q050

Not applicable Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling AS 1289.1.4.1,
AS 1289.1.4.2
Not applicable Site selection by spot sampling

MR (Qld) Method Q061

Not applicable Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling in situ

AS 1289.1.2.1; MR (Qld) Method Q060

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