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 |
RMS (NSW) Method T276 TfNSW TS 02799.51 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Shape | Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14 RMS (NSW) Method T213 TfNSW TS 02799.12 |
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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| Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 RMS (NSW) Method T211, RMS (NSW) Method T212 TfNSW TS 02799.10,TfNSW TS 02799.11 |
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| Water absorption of fine aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.5 |
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| Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
RMS (NSW) Method T262 TfNSW TS 02799.39 |
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| 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 RMS (NSW) Method T201, RMS (NSW) Method T203 TfNSW TS 02799.02,TfNSW TS 02799.04 |
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| Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate stabilisation | Aggregates | Unconfined compressive strength | Not applicable |
AS 5101.4 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable |
AS 1141.22 RMS (NSW) Method T215 TfNSW TS 02799.13 |
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| Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable |
AS 1141.21 RMS (NSW) Method T205 TfNSW TS 02799.06 |
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| 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 RMS (NSW) Method T301 TfNSW TS 02800.02 |
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| Compactibility index | Not applicable |
AS 1012.3.4 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions; Water displacement |
AS 1012.12.1, AS 1012.12.2 RMS (NSW) Method T316, RMS (NSW) Method T317 TfNSW TS 02800.16,TfNSW TS 02800.17 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete | In-situ measurement using fixed volume measure |
AS 1012.5 RMS (NSW) Method T303 TfNSW TS 02800.04 |
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| Flexural strength | Modulus of rupture |
AS 1012.11 RMS (NSW) Method T328 TfNSW TS 02800.25 |
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| Specimen preparation | Capping of compressive strength specimens |
RMS (NSW) Method T305 TfNSW TS 02800.06 |
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| Compressive strength | Core; Cylinder |
AS 1012.9, AS 1012.14 RMS (NSW) Method T306, RMS (NSW) Method T310 TfNSW TS 02800.07,TfNSW TS 02800.11 |
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| Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure |
AS 1012.4.2 RMS (NSW) Method T320 TfNSW TS 02800.20 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 RMS (NSW) Method T304, RMS (NSW) Method T327 TfNSW TS 02800.05,TfNSW TS 02800.24 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement structural performance | Road pavements | Structural performance evaluation | Benkelman beam |
RMS (NSW) Method T160 TfNSW TS 02795.22 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties | Rocks | Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 4133.1.1.1 |
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| 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 - 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, RMS (NSW) Method T229 TfNSW TS 02799.26 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1 TfNSW T109 TfNSW TS 02795.05 |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 TfNSW T113; TfNSW TS 02795.08 |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1 TfNSW T109 TfNSW TS 02795.05 |
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| 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 RMS (NSW) Method T120, RMS (NSW) Method T121, RMS (NSW) Method T180 TfNSW TS 02795.14,TfNSW TS 02795.15,TfNSW TS 02795.39 |
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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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| Fine particles in road materials | Not applicable |
TfNSW T107; TfNSW TS 02795.03 |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 TfNSW T106; MR (Qld) Method Q103A TfNSW TS 02795.02 |
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| Particle density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.5.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.5.1 |
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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 | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1 RMS (NSW) Method T111, RMS (NSW) Method T112 MR (Qld) Method Q142A RMS (NSW) Method T130 TfNSW TS 02795.06,TfNSW TS 02795.07,TfNSW TS 02796.01 |
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| Maximum dry density | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T164 TfNSW TS 02795.26 |
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| Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.4.2 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class; Percentage (%) |
AS 1289.3.8.1, AS 1289.3.8.2 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil electrical properties | Soils | Electrical resistance | Not applicable |
AS 1289.4.4.1 TfNSW TS 02795.43 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Relative compaction | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T166 TfNSW TS 02795.28 |
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| Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Density - In-situ | Sand pouring apparatus; Sand-cone |
AS 1289.5.3.1 RMS (NSW) Method T119 TfNSW TS 02795.13 |
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| Moisture ratio | Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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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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| Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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| Density - In-situ | Volume extraction |
RMS (NSW) Method T165 |
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| Density index | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil fine particles | Soils | Fine particle analysis | Hydrometer |
AS 1289.3.6.3 |
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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; Undisturbed samples |
AS 1289.6.1.1, AS 1289.6.1.2 RMS (NSW) Method T117 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 RMS (NSW) Method T123 TfNSW TS 02795.16 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Accelerated weathering pre-treatment; Repeated compaction pre-treatment |
TfNSW T102;TfNSW T103; TfNSW TS 02794.02,TfNSW TS 02794.03, |
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| Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289.1.1 RMS (NSW) Method T105;TfNSW T105; MR (Qld) Method Q101 TfNSW TS 02795.01 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil reactivity | Soils | Reactivity | Shrink/swell |
AS 1289.7.1.1 |
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| 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 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Stabiliser rate of spread rate | In-situ measurement |
RMS (NSW) Method T136 TfNSW TS 02796.06 |
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| 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 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 |
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| 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 RMS (NSW) Method T300 TfNSW TS 02800.01 |
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| Soils | Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.1 |
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| 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
10 Dec 2023
