
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Geotechnical Testing Services Pty Ltd
Site
Sunshine Coast Laboratory
Accreditation No.
842
Site No.
16478
Date of Accreditation
05 Dec 2006
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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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 contaminants | Aggregates | Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33 |
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Organic impurities | Colour test |
AS 1141.34 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.6.1 | |
Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Not applicable | AS 1141.6.1 | |||
Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.5 | |||
Bulk density | Compacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
Shape | Average least dimension |
AS 1141.20.1 AS 1141.20.2 AS 1141.20.3 |
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Shape | Proportional calliper | AS 1141.14 | |||
Bulk density | Uncompacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.12 RMS (NSW) Method T203 |
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Water absorption of fine aggregate | Not applicable | AS 1141.5 | |||
Shape | Flakiness | AS 1141.15 | |||
Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.11.1 RMS (NSW) Method T201 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable |
AS 1141.21 |
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Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable |
AS 1141.22 |
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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 | Cube; Cylinder |
AS 1012.9 |
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Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure | AS 1012.4.2 | |||
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 | In-situ manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes | AS 1012.8.3 | |
Specimen manufacture and curing | In-situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens |
AS 1012.8.1 |
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Specimen manufacture and curing | Manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes in the laboratory | AS 1012.8.3 | |||
Specimen manufacture and curing | Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory |
AS 1012.8.1 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement surfacing characteristics | Road pavements | Penetration depth | Ball embedment | Austroads Method AGPT/T251 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Sieve analysis | Fines ratio | MR (Qld) Method Q253 | |
Liquid limit | Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.2 |
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Liquid limit | Cone four point |
MR (Qld) Method Q104A |
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Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 MR (Qld) Method Q103A RMS (NSW) Method T106;TfNSW T106; |
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Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1 MR (Qld) Method Q105 RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109;TfNSW T105; |
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Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 MR (Qld) Method Q106 RMS (NSW) Method T113;TfNSW T113; |
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Liquid limit | Cone one point |
MR (Qld) Method Q104D |
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Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 RMS (NSW) Method T120 |
mobile capability |
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Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1 RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109;TfNSW T105; |
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Weighted plasticity index | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q252 | |||
Plasticity index | Cone |
MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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Liquid limit | Casagrande four point |
AS 1289.3.1.1 RMS (NSW) Method T108;TfNSW T108;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 |
AS 1289.5.2.1 MR (Qld) Method Q142B RMS (NSW) Method T112 |
mobile capability |
Dry density/moisture content relationship | Three compaction point |
RMS (NSW) Method T162 |
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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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Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1 MR (Qld) Method Q142A RMS (NSW) Method T111 |
mobile capability |
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Oversize material | Oversize material treatment |
MR (Qld) Method Q143 |
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Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.5.1 | |||
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 | Field moisture content | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1 MR (Qld) Method Q141A MR (Qld) Method NGTM Method N02 |
mobile capability |
Impact strength - In-situ | Measured |
NFP 94-105 procedure (A, B or C) |
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Density - In-situ | Sand-cone |
AS 1289.5.3.1 MR (Qld) Method Q141B |
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Relative compaction | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q140A RMS (NSW) Method T166 |
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Density - In-situ | Sand pouring apparatus |
RMS (NSW) Method T119 |
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Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1 MR (Qld) Method Q141A MR (Qld) NGTM Method N01 MR (Qld) NGTM Method N02 MR (Qld) NGTM Method N03 RMS (NSW) Method T173 |
mobile capability - RMS (NSW) Method T173 |
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Density index | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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Characteristic field density values | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q020 | |||
Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
mobile capability |
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Degree of saturation | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q146 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in-situ penetration | Soils | Penetration in-situ | Dynamic cone; Perth sand penetrometer |
AS 1289.6.3.2 AS 1289. 6.3.3 MR (Qld) Method Q114B RMS (NSW) Method T161 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in-situ strength | Soils | Bearing strength - In-situ | Light weight deflectometer (LWD) |
ASTM E2835 |
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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 RMS (NSW) Method T117 |
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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 | Repeated compaction pre-treatment |
RMS (NSW) Method T102;TfNSW T102;TfNSW T105; |
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Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289.1.1 MR (Qld) Method Q101 RMS (NSW) Method T105;TfNSW T105; |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil reactivity | Soils | Reactivity | Shrink/swell |
AS 1289.7.1.1 |
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Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a windrow |
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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Soils | Not applicable | Site selection by spot sampling |
MR (Qld) Method Q061 |
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Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.2 MR (Qld) Method Q050 |
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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 face; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling from a windrow; Disturbed soil sampling from an open-drive; Disturbed soil sampling in-situ |
AS 1289.1.2.1 MR (Qld) Method Q060 |
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Accreditation No.
842
Site No.
16478
Print date
25 Jun 2022