National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Down to Earth Geotechnical and Environmental Pty Ltd
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 | Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification |
TfNSW TS 02799.51 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm | AS 1141.11.1, TfNSW TS 02799.02, TfNSW TS 02799.04 | |
| Shape | Proportional calliper | AS 1141.14 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable | AS 1141.22 | |
| 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 | Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure | AS 1012.4.2 | |
| Compacted density - In situ; Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions; Water displacement | AS 1012.12.1, AS 1012.12.2 | |||
| Compressive strength | Core; Cylinder | AS 1012.9, AS 1012.14, TfNSW TS 02800.07, TfNSW TS 02800.11 | |||
| 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, TfNSW TS 02800.05 | |
| Specimen conditioning | Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens | AS 1012.14 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement structural performance | Road pavements | Structural performance evaluation | Benkelman beam; Deflection monitoring | TfNSW TS 02795.22. TfNSW TS 02795.55 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Point load strength index | Not applicable |
AS 4133.4.1; TfNSW TS 02799.21 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1; 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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| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.1; AS 1289.3.1.2; TfNSW T108 TfNSW TS 02795.04 |
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| Moisture content | Correlation; Drying oven; Microwave oven | TfNSW TS 02795.39, TfNSW TS 02795.56, ASTM D2216 | |||
| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1; 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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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1; RMS (NSW) Method T106; TfNSW T106 TfNSW TS 02795.02 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1; TfNSW TS 02795.14 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Maximum dry density; Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.5.1, TfNSW TS 02795.26 | |
| 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 | Three compaction point |
RMS (NSW) Method T162 TfNSW TS 02795.24 |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort | TfNSW TS 02796.01 | |||
| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1; AS 1289.5.2.1; TfNSW TS 02795.06,TfNSW TS 02795.07 |
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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 | Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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| Relative compaction | Not applicable |
TfNSW TS 02795.28 |
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| Density index; Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1, AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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| Density - In situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1; TfNSW TS 02795.36 |
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| Moisture ratio | Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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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; 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; TfNSW TS 02795.11 |
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| 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; TfNSW TS 02794.02,TfNSW TS 02795.01 |
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| Soil pre-treatment | Accelerated weathering pre-treatment | TfNSW TS02794.04 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined |
TfNSW TS 02795.10,TfNSW TS 02796.02 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil thermal properties | Soils | Thermal conductivity | In situ measurement; Laboratory measurement | ASTM D5334 | |
| 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; TfNSW TS 02794.01 |
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| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer | AS 1012.1, TfNSW TS 02800.01 | ||
| 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; TfNSW TS 02794.01 |
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Accreditation No.
19788
Site No.
23079
Print date
24 Aug 2026