
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Aargus Pty Ltd
Site
Sydney Laboratory
Accreditation No.
12318
Site No.
12311
Date of Accreditation
01 Jun 2017
Contact
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
Withdrawn 11 Nov 2025
ISO/IEC 17025 (2005)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
| Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Plastic limit | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.2.1 | |
| Fine particles in road materials | Not applicable | As 1141.19, RMS (NSW) Method T107 | |||
| Plasticity index | Casagrande; Cone | AS 1289 3.3.1, RMS (NSW) Method T109 | |||
| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point | AS 1289 3.1.1, RMS (NSW) Method T108 | |||
| Moisture content | Sand bath | RMS (NSW) Method T121 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil engineering properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens | AS 1289 6.1.1, RMS (NSW) Method T117, T132 | |
| Dispersion | Emerson class | AS 1289 3.8.1 |
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 contaminants | Aggregates | Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification | RMS (NSW) Method T276 TfNSW TS 02799.51 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle size distribution | Fine particles in road materials | AS 1141.19, TfNSW T107; TfNSW TS 02795.03 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Liquid limit | Casagrande one point | AS 1289 3.1.2 | |
| Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 1289 2.1.1, RMS (NSW) Method T120 TfNSW TS 02795.14 | |||
| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable | AS 1289 3.4.1 | |||
| Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1289 3.6.1, TfNSW T106; TfNSW TS 02795.02 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort | AS 1289 5.1.1, RMS (NSW) Method T111 TfNSW TS 02795.06 | |
| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort | AS 1289 5.2.1, RMS (NSW) Method T112 TfNSW TS 02795.07 | |||
| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Three compaction point | RMS (NSW) Method T162 TfNSW TS 02795.24 | |||
| Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) | Not applicable | AS 1289 5.4.2 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289 5.7.1 | |
| Field moisture content | Nuclear gauge | AS 1289 5.8.1, RMS (NSW) Method T173 TfNSW TS 02795.36 | |||
| Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio | Calculation; Measured | AS 1289 5.4.1 | |||
| Relative compaction | Not applicable | RMS (NSW) Method T166 TfNSW TS 02795.28 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ penetration | Soils | Penetration in situ | Perth sand penetrometer | AS 1289 6.3.3 | |
| Penetration in situ | Dynamic cone | AS 1289 6.3.2 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable | AS 1289 1.1, TfNSW T105 TfNSW TS 02795.01 | |
| Soil pre-treatment | Accelerated weathering pre-treatment; Repeated compaction pre-treatment | TfNSW T102; TfNSW T103; TfNSW TS 02794.02; TfNSW TS 02794.03 | |||
| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile | AS 1141 3.1 | |
| Soils | 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 |
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Accreditation No.
12318
Site No.
12311
Print date
21 Nov 2025