
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
STS Geotechnics Pty Ltd
Site
Sydney Laboratory
Accreditation No.
2750
Site No.
2743
Date of Accreditation
16 Nov 1989
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 | Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification | TfNSW TS 02799.51 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.6.1 | |
Moisture content | Drying oven | TfNSW TS 02799.39 | |||
Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Not applicable | AS 1141.6.1 | |||
Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.5 | |||
Particle size distribution | Fine particles in road materials; Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm | AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12, AS 1141.19, TfNSW TS 02799.02,TfNSW TS 02799.04 | |||
Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted | AS 1141.4, TfNSW TS 02799.10,TfNSW TS 02799.11 | |||
Shape | Proportional calliper | AS 1141.14, TfNSW TS 02799.12 | |||
Water absorption of fine aggregate | Not applicable | AS 1141.5 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate stabilisation | Aggregates | Unconfined compressive strength | Not applicable | AS 5101.4 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable | AS 1141.22, TfNSW TS 02799.13 | |
Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable | AS 1141.21, TfNSW TS 02799.06 | |||
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 | |
Compactibility index | Not applicable | AS 1012.3.4 | |||
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 | |
Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure | AS 1012.4.2 | |||
Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions; Water displacement | AS 1012.12.1, AS 1012.12.2, | |||
Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete | In situ measurement using fixed volume measure | AS 1012.5, TfNSW TS 02800.04 | |||
Flexural strength | Modulus of rupture | AS 1012.11 | |||
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; Curing flexural strength specimens in the laboratory; In situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens; In situ manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens | AS 1012.8.1, AS 1012.8.2, TfNSW TS 02800.05,TfNSW TS 02800.24 | |
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 | TfNSW TS 02795.22 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Point load strength index | Not applicable | AS 4133.4.1, TfNSW TS 02799.21 | |
Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 4133.1.1.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock strength and deformation | Rocks | Compressive strength | Uniaxial load rate controlled; Uniaxial strain rate controlled | AS 4133.4.2.1, AS 4133.4.2.2, TfNSW TS 02799.26 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Linear shrinkage | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.4.1, TfNSW TS 02795.08 | |
Plasticity index | Casagrande | AS 1289.3.3.1, TfNSW TS 02795.05 | |||
Moisture content | Drying oven; Hot plate; Microwave oven; Sand bath | AS 1289.2.1.1, AS 1289.2.1.4, AS 1289.2.1.6 TfNSW TS 02795.14,TfNSW TS 02795.15,TfNSW TS 02795.39 | |||
Fine particles in road materials | Not applicable | TfNSW TS 02795.03 | |||
Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.6.1 MR (Qld) Method Q103A TfNSW TS 02795.02 | |||
Particle density | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.5.1 | |||
Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point | AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2 TfNSW TS 02795.04 | |||
Plastic limit | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.2.1, TfNSW TS 02795.05 | |||
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 | |
Maximum dry density | Not applicable | TfNSW TS 02795.26 | |||
Dry density/moisture content relationship | Three compaction point | TfNSW TS 02795.24 | |||
Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.5.1 | |||
Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort | AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1 MR (Qld) Method Q142A TfNSW TS 02795.06,TfNSW TS 02795.07,TfNSW TS 02796.01 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class; Percentage (%) | AS 1289.3.8.1, AS 1289.3.8.2 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil electrical properties | Soils | Electrical resistance | Not applicable | AS 1289.4.4.1, TfNSW TS 02795.43 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Relative compaction | Not applicable | TfNSW TS 02795.28 | |
Density - In situ | Volume extraction | TfNSW TS 02795.27 | |||
Moisture ratio | Measured | AS 1289.5.4.1 | |||
Density - In situ | Sand pouring apparatus; Sand-cone | AS 1289.5.3.1, TfNSW TS 02795.13 | |||
Density - In situ | Nuclear gauge | AS 1289.5.8.1, TfNSW TS 02795.36 | |||
Dry density ratio | Calculation | AS 1289.5.4.1 | |||
Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 | |||
Density index | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.6.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil fine particles | Soils | Fine particle analysis | Hydrometer | AS 1289.3.6.3 | |
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 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens; Undisturbed samples | AS 1289.6.1.1, AS 1289.6.1.2, TfNSW TS 02795.11 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil natural contaminants | Soils | Acidity | pH | AS 1289.4.3.1, TfNSW TS 02795.16 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Accelerated weathering pre-treatment; Repeated compaction pre-treatment | TfNSW TS 02794.02,TfNSW TS 02794.03, | |
Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable | AS 1289.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q101, TfNSW TS 02795.01 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil reactivity | Soils | Reactivity | Shrink/swell | AS 1289.7.1.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil shear strength | Soils | Shear strength | Direct shear force; Effective angle of internal friction | AS 1289.6.2.2 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Stabiliser rate of spread rate | In situ measurement | TfNSW TS 02796.06 | |
Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | TfNSW TS 02795.10,TfNSW TS 02796.02 | |||
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a bin; Aggregate from a conveyor belt; Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a truck; Aggregate from a windrow | AS 1141.3.1 | |
Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete; Hardened concrete by coring | AS 1012.1, AS 1012.14, TfNSW TS 02800.01 | ||
Soils | Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling | AS 1289.1.4.1 | ||
Not applicable | Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Undisturbed soil sampling by open-drive sampler | AS 1289.1.2.1, AS 1289.1.3.1 |
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Accreditation No.
2750
Site No.
2743
Print date
02 Jul 2025