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

Mr Jesse Gao P: +61 0430966665

Availability

Services available to external clients

Down to Earth Geotechnical and Environmental Pty Ltd address map

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Sydney 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 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 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 Compressive strength Core; Cylinder AS 1012.9, AS 1012.14, TfNSW TS 02800.07, TfNSW TS 02800.11
Compacted density - In situ; Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete Dimensions; Water displacement AS 1012.12.1, AS 1012.12.2
Air content of freshly mixed concrete Reduced air pressure AS 1012.4.2
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing Concrete, grout and mortar Specimen conditioning Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens AS 1012.14
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
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement structural performance Road pavements Structural performance evaluation Benkelman beam; Deflection monitoring TfNSW TS 02795.02. TfNSW TS 02795.55
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

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification Soils Linear shrinkage Not applicable

AS 1289.3.4.1; RMS (NSW) Method T113; TfNSW T113

TfNSW TS 02795.08

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

Plasticity index Casagrande

AS 1289.3.3.1;  TfNSW T109; 

TfNSW TS 02795.01,TfNSW TS 02795.05

Sieve analysis Not applicable

AS 1289.3.6.1; RMS (NSW) Method T106; TfNSW T106

TfNSW TS 02795.02

Moisture content Drying oven

AS 1289.2.1.1; RMS (NSW) Method T120

TfNSW TS 02795.14

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

Fine particles in road materials Not applicable AS 1141.19, RMS (NSW) Method T107

TfNSW TS 02795.03

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics Soils Dry density/moisture content relationship Standard compactive effort RMS (NSW) Method T130

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; RMS (NSW) Method T111; RMS (NSW) Method T112

TfNSW TS 02795.06,TfNSW TS 02795.07

Maximum dry density; Minimum and maximum dry density Not applicable AS 1289.5.5.1, TfNSW TS 02795.26
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 dispersion Soils Dispersion Emerson class AS 1289.3.8.1
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density Soils Compaction control Hilf

AS 1289.5.7.1

Relative compaction Not applicable

RMS (NSW) Method T166

TfNSW TS 02795.28

Density index; Dry density ratio Calculation

AS 1289.5.4.1, AS 1289.5.6.1

Moisture ratio Measured

AS 1289.5.4.1

Density - In situ Nuclear gauge

AS 1289.5.8.1; RMS (NSW) Method T173

TfNSW TS 02795.36

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

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

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 Accelerated weathering pre-treatment TfNSW TS02794.04
Soil pre-treatment Not applicable

AS 1289.1.1; TFNSW T102, TFNSW T105

TfNSW TS 02794.02,TfNSW TS 02795.01

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

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; RMS (NSW) Method T100

TfNSW TS 02794.01

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; RMS (NSW) Method T100

TfNSW TS 02794.01

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