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GHD Pty Ltd

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Sydney Laboratory

Accreditation No.

679

Site No.

672

Date of Accreditation

27 Nov 1967

Address

Unit 5/43 Herbert Street
Artarmon, NSW 2064
Australia

ghd.com.au

Contact

Mr David Brooke P: +61 (02) 94624860

Availability

Services available to external clients

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes

Sydney Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Infrastructure and Asset Integrity

Service	Product	Determinant	Technique	Procedure
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 properties	Aggregates	Particle density of coarse aggregate; Water absorption of coarse aggregate	Weighing-in-water	AS 1141.6.1
		Particle size distribution	Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm	AS 1141.12, RMS (NSW) Method T203 TfNSW TS 02799.04
		Particle size distribution	Sieve analysis	AS 1141.11.1, RMS (NSW) Method T201 TfNSW TS 02799.02
		Bulk density	Compacted; Uncompacted	AS 1141.4
		Particle density of fine aggregate; Water absorption of fine aggregate	Weighing-in-water	AS 1141.5
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Rock properties	Rocks	Porosity	Not applicable	AS 4133.2.1.1, AS 4133.2.1.2
		Point load strength index	Not applicable	AS 4133.4.1, RMS (NSW) Method T223 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	Deformation	Strain rate controlled	AS 4133.4.3.2
		Compressive strength	Uniaxial load rate controlled	AS 4133.4.2.1, RMS (NSW) Method T229 TfNSW TS 02799.26
		Deformation	Load rate controlled	AS 4133.4.3.1
		Compressive strength	Uniaxial strain rate controlled	AS 4133.4.2.2
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification	Soils	Liquid limit	Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point	AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2, TfNSW T108; TfNSW TS 02795.04
		Moisture content	Correlation	RMS (NSW) Method T2105 TfNSW TS 02799.09
		Fine particles in road materials	Not applicable	TfNSW T107; TfNSW TS 02795.03
		Moisture content	Hot plate	RMS (NSW) Method T121 TfNSW TS 02795.15
		Plastic limit	Not applicable	AS 1289.3.2.1, TfNSW T109; TfNSW TS 02795.05
		Particle density	Not applicable	AS 1289.3.5.1 (2006)
		Description, identification and classification	Not applicable	AS 1726 Tables 9 and 10 (Laboratory tests only)
		Linear shrinkage	Not applicable	AS 1289.3.4.1, TfNSW T113; TfNSW TS 02795.08
		Plasticity index	Casagrande	AS 1289.3.3.1, TfNSW T109; TfNSW TS 02795.05
		Sieve analysis	Not applicable	AS 1289.3.6.1, TfNSW T106; TfNSW TS 02795.02
		Moisture content	Drying oven	AS 1289.2.1.1, RMS (NSW) Method T120 TfNSW TS 02795.14
		Moisture content	Microwave oven	RMS (NSW) Method T180 TfNSW TS 02795.39
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics	Soils	Dry density/moisture content relationship	Standard compactive effort	AS 1289.5.1.1, RMS (NSW) Method T111, RMS (NSW) Method T130 TfNSW TS 02795.06,TfNSW TS 02796.01
		Maximum dry density	Not applicable	RMS (NSW) Method T164 TfNSW TS 02795.26
		Dry density/moisture content relationship	Modified compactive effort	AS 1289.5.2.1, RMS (NSW) Method T112 TfNSW TS 02795.07
		Minimum and maximum dry density	Not applicable	AS 1289.5.5.1
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil consolidation	Soils	Consolidation	One-dimensional	AS 1289.6.6.1
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion	Soils	Dispersion	Pinhole	AS 1289.3.8.3
		Dispersion	Emerson class	AS 1289.3.8.1
		Dispersion	Percentage (%)	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, RMS (NSW) Method T185 TfNSW TS 02795.43
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 laboratory bearing properties	Soils	Compressive strength	Uniaxial maximum dry	RMS (NSW) Method T114 TfNSW TS 02795.09
		Bearing ratio	Remoulded specimens	AS 1289.6.1.1, RMS (NSW) Method T117, RMS (NSW) Method T132 TfNSW TS 02795.11,TfNSW TS 02796.03
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
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil permeability	Soils	Permeability	Constant head for a remoulded specimen; Falling head for a remoulded specimen; Flexible wall permeameter	AS 1289.6.7.1, AS 1289.6.7.2, AS 1289.6.7.3
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
		Soil pre-treatment	Not applicable	AS 1289.1.1, TfNSW T105; 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	AS 1289.6.2.2
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation	Soils	Compressive strength	Uniaxial unconfined	AS 5101.4 RMS (NSW) Method T116, RMS (NSW) Method T131 TfNSW TS 02795.10,TfNSW TS 02796.02
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil triaxial strength	Soils	Triaxial strength	Triaxial consolidate drained	BS EN ISO 17892-9
		Triaxial strength	Triaxial undrained without pore water pressure measurement	AS 1289.6.4.1
		Triaxial strength	Triaxial undrained with pore water pressure measured	AS 1289.6.4.2 ASTM D2166
		Triaxial strength	Modified triaxial unconfined	RMS (NSW) Method T171 TfNSW TS 02795.33

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ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

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