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 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Water absorption of fine aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.5 |
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| Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5 |
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| Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 RMS (NSW) Method T211, RMS (NSW) Method T212 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
RMS (NSW) Method T262 |
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| Shape | Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14 RMS (NSW) Method T213 |
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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| Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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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 |
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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 | Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable |
AS 1141.21 RMS (NSW) Method T205 |
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| Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable |
AS 1141.22 RMS (NSW) Method T215 |
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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 |
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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 - Fresh concrete | In-situ measurement using fixed volume measure |
AS 1012.5 RMS (NSW) Method T303 |
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| 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 |
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| Flexural strength | Modulus of rupture |
AS 1012.11 RMS (NSW) Method T328 |
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| Compressive strength | Core; Cylinder |
AS 1012.9, AS 1012.14 RMS (NSW) Method T306, RMS (NSW) Method T310 |
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| Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure |
AS 1012.4.2 RMS (NSW) Method T320 |
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| Specimen preparation | Capping of compressive strength specimens |
RMS (NSW) Method T305 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 4133.1.1.1 |
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| Compressive strength | Uniaxial load rate controlled; Uniaxial strain rate controlled |
AS 4133.4.2.1, AS 4133.4.2.2, RMS (NSW) Method T229 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1 RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109;TfNSW T105; |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 RMS (NSW) Method T113;TfNSW T113; |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1 RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109;TfNSW T105; |
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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 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2 RMS (NSW) Method T108;TfNSW T108;TfNSW T105; |
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| Fine particles in road materials | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T107;TfNSW T107; |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T106;TfNSW T106;, MR (Qld) Method Q103A |
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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 |
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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 |
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| Maximum dry density | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T164 |
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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 consolidation | Soils | Consolidation | One-dimensional |
AS 1289.6.6.1 |
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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 |
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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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| Relative compaction | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T166 |
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| Density index | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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| Density - In-situ | Sand pouring apparatus; Sand-cone |
AS 1289.5.3.1 RMS (NSW) Method T119 |
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| Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289.5.8.1, RMS (NSW) Method T173 |
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| Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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| Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Density - In-situ | Volume extraction |
RMS (NSW) Method T165 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
RMS (NSW) Method T102;TfNSW T102;TfNSW T105;, RMS (NSW) Method T103;TfNSW T103;TfNSW T105; |
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| Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289.1.1 RMS (NSW) Method T105;TfNSW T105; MR (Qld) Method Q101 |
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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 |
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| Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined |
RMS (NSW) Method T116, RMS (NSW) Method T131 |
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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 |
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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
01 Jul 2022