National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Down to Earth Geotechnical and Environmental Pty Ltd
Site
Sydney Laboratory
Accreditation No.
19788
Site No.
23079
Date of Accreditation
04 Dec 2015
Address
Unit 11, 93-97 Newton Road
Wetherill Park, NSW 2164
Australia
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 contaminants | Aggregates | Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification |
RMS (NSW) Method T276 TfNSW TS 02799.51 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Point load strength index | Not applicable |
AS 4133.4.1; RMS (NSW) Method T223 TfNSW TS 02799.21 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.1; AS 1289.3.1.2; TfNSW T108; TfNSW T105 TfNSW TS 02795.01,TfNSW TS 02795.04 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1; RMS (NSW) Method T120 TfNSW TS 02795.14 |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1; RMS (NSW) Method T106; TfNSW T106 TfNSW TS 02795.02 |
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| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1; TfNSW T109; TfNSW TS 02795.01,TfNSW TS 02795.05 |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1; RMS (NSW) Method T113; TfNSW T113 TfNSW TS 02795.08 |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1; TfNSW T109; TfNSW TS 02795.01,TfNSW TS 02795.05 |
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| Fine particles in road materials | Not applicable |
AS 1141.19, RMS (NSW) Method T107 TfNSW TS 02795.03 |
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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 |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort |
RMS (NSW) Method T130 TfNSW TS 02796.01 |
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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; RMS (NSW) Method T111; RMS (NSW) Method T112 TfNSW TS 02795.06,TfNSW TS 02795.07 |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Three compaction point |
RMS (NSW) Method T162 TfNSW TS 02795.24 |
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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 | Moisture ratio | Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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| Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1; RMS (NSW) Method T173 TfNSW TS 02795.36 |
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| Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Relative compaction | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T166 TfNSW TS 02795.28 |
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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; RMS (NSW) Method T161 TfNSW TS 02795.23 |
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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; RMS (NSW) Method T117 TfNSW TS 02795.11 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289.1.1; TFNSW T102, TFNSW T105 TfNSW TS 02794.02,TfNSW TS 02795.01 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined |
RMS (NSW) Method T116, RMS (NSW) Method T131 TfNSW TS 02795.10,TfNSW TS 02796.02 |
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| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a truck; Aggregate from a windrow |
AS 1141.3.1; RMS (NSW) Method T100 TfNSW TS 02794.01 |
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| 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; RMS (NSW) Method T100 TfNSW TS 02794.01 |
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Accreditation No.
19788
Site No.
23079
Print date
03 Dec 2023
