GHD Pty Ltd

Site

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 Limitations
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 size distribution Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm

AS 1141.12, RMS (NSW) Method T203

TfNSW TS 02799.04
Particle density of fine aggregate; Water absorption of fine aggregate Weighing-in-water

AS 1141.5
Particle size distribution Sieve analysis

AS 1141.11.1, RMS (NSW) Method T201

TfNSW TS 02799.02
Particle density of coarse aggregate; Water absorption of coarse aggregate Weighing-in-water

AS 1141.6.1
Bulk density Compacted; Uncompacted

AS 1141.4
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 one point

AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2, TfNSW T108;

TfNSW TS 02795.04
Plastic limit Not applicable

AS 1289.3.2.1, TfNSW T109;

TfNSW TS 02795.05
Moisture content Drying oven

AS 1289.2.1.1, RMS (NSW) Method T120

TfNSW TS 02795.14
Particle density Not applicable

AS 1289.3.5.1
Linear shrinkage Not applicable

AS 1289.3.4.1, TfNSW T113;

TfNSW TS 02795.08
Fine particles in road materials Not applicable

TfNSW T107;

TfNSW TS 02795.03
Sieve analysis Not applicable

AS 1289.3.6.1, TfNSW T106;

TfNSW TS 02795.02
Moisture content Microwave oven

RMS (NSW) Method T180

TfNSW TS 02795.39
Description, identification and classification Not applicable

AS 1726 Tables 9 and 10 (Laboratory tests only)
Plasticity index Casagrande

AS 1289.3.3.1, TfNSW T109;

TfNSW TS 02795.05
Moisture content Hot plate

RMS (NSW) Method T121

TfNSW TS 02795.15
Moisture content Correlation

 RMS (NSW) Method T2105

TfNSW TS 02799.09
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics Soils 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
Maximum dry density Not applicable

RMS (NSW) Method T164

TfNSW TS 02795.26
Dry density/moisture content relationship Three compaction point

RMS (NSW) Method T162

TfNSW TS 02795.24
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
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 field density Soils Relative compaction Not applicable

RMS (NSW) Method T166

TfNSW TS 02795.28
Compaction control Hilf

AS 1289.5.7.1
Field moisture content Nuclear gauge

AS 1289.5.8.1, RMS (NSW) Method T173

TfNSW TS 02795.36
Dry density ratio Calculation

AS 1289.5.4.1
Density index Not applicable

AS 1289.5.6.1
Density - In-situ Sand pouring apparatus; Sand-cone; Volume extraction; Water replacement

AS 1289.5.3.1, 

AS 1289.5.3.5,

 RMS (NSW) Method T119,

RMS (NSW) Method T165

TfNSW TS 02795.13
Moisture ratio Measured

AS 1289.5.4.1
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
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in-situ strength Soils Shear strength - In-situ Vane AS 1289.6.2.1
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 Not applicable

AS 1289.1.1, TfNSW T105;

TfNSW TS 02795.01
Soil pre-treatment Accelerated weathering pre-treatment; Repeated compaction pre-treatment

TfNSW T102; TfNSW T103;

TfNSW TS 02794.02,TfNSW TS 02794.03
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 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 Triaxial consolidate drained BS EN ISO 17892-9
Triaxial strength Modified triaxial unconfined RMS (NSW) Method T171

TfNSW TS 02795.33
Sample collection Aggregates Not applicable Aggregate from a stockpile

AS 1141 3.1
Soils Not applicable Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile

AS 1289.1.2.1

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