Douglas Partners Pty Ltd

Site

Sydney Laboratory

Accreditation No.

828

Site No.

821

Date of Accreditation

24 Apr 1970

Address

96 Hermitage Road
West Ryde, NSW 2114
Australia

douglaspartners.com.au

Contact

Mr Andrew Hutchings P: +61 (02) 98090666

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 Shape Proportional calliper

AS 1141.14; RMS (NSW) Method T213
Particle size distribution Fine particles in road materials

AS 1141.19; RMS (NSW) Method T107;TfNSW T107;
Particle size distribution Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm

AS 1141.12; RMS (NSW) Method T203
Shape Crushed faces RMS (NSW) Method T239
Water absorption of fine aggregate Not applicable

AS 1141.5, RMS (NSW) Method T210
Shape Average least dimension AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.2, RMS (NSW) Method T235, RMS (NSW) Method T275
Particle size distribution Sieve analysis

AS 1141.11.1; RMS (NSW) Method T201
Water absorption of coarse aggregate Not applicable

AS 1141.6.1, RMS (NSW) Method T209
Particle density of fine aggregate Weighing-in-water

AS 1141.5, RMS (NSW) Method T210
Particle density of coarse aggregate Weighing-in-water

AS 1141.6.1, RMS (NSW) Method T209
Bulk density Compacted; Uncompacted

AS 1141.4
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification Soils Sieve analysis Not applicable

AS 1289 3.6.1; RMS (NSW) Method T106;TfNSW T106;
Plastic limit Not applicable

AS 1289.3.2.1; RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109
Plasticity index Casagrande

AS 1289.3.3.1; RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109
Liquid limit Casagrande one point

AS 1289.3.1.2
Moisture content Sand bath

AS 1289.2.1.2, RMS (NSW) Method T121
Moisture content Drying oven

AS 1289.2.1.1; RMS (NSW) Method T120
Moisture content Hot plate

RMS (NSW) Method T121
Linear shrinkage Not applicable

AS 1289 3.4.1; RMS (NSW) Method T113;TfNSW T113;
Liquid limit Casagrande four point

AS 1289.3.1.1; RMS (NSW) Method T108;TfNSW T108
Fine particles in road materials Not applicable

RMS (NSW) Method T107;TfNSW T107;
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
Dry density/moisture content relationship Standard compactive effort

AS 1289.5.1.1; RMS (NSW) Method T111, RMS (NSW) Method T130
Maximum dry density Not applicable

RMS (NSW) Method T164
Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) Not applicable

AS 1289.5.4.2

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Minimum and maximum dry density Not applicable

AS 1289.5.5.1

 Sydney Water supplier of field testing services
Dry density/moisture content relationship Three compaction point

RMS (NSW) Method T162
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion Soils Dispersion Emerson class AS 1289.3.8.1
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density Soils Compaction control Hilf

AS 1289.5.7.1

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Relative compaction Not applicable

RMS (NSW) Method T166
Density index Not applicable

AS 1289.5.6.1

 Sydney Water supplier of field testing services
Density - In-situ Nuclear gauge

AS 1289.5.8.1, RMS (NSW) Method T173

 Sydney Water supplier of field testing services
Moisture ratio Measured

AS 1289.5.4.1

 Sydney Water supplier of field testing services
Dry density ratio Calculation

AS 1289.5.4.1

 Sydney Water supplier of field testing services
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 laboratory bearing properties Soils Bearing ratio Remoulded specimens AS 1289.6.1.1; RMS (NSW) Method T117, RMS (NSW) Method T132
Compressive strength Uniaxial maximum dry RMS (NSW) Method T114
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment Soils Soil pre-treatment Not applicable

AS 1289.1.1, RMS (NSW) Method T105;TfNSW T105;
Soil pre-treatment Accelerated weathering pre-treatment

RMS (NSW) Method T103;TfNSW T103
Soil pre-treatment Repeated compaction pre-treatment

RMS (NSW) Method T102;TfNSW T102
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 stabilisation Soils Compressive strength Uniaxial unconfined

AS 5101.4, RMS (NSW) Method T116, RMS (NSW) Method T131
Sample collection Aggregates Not applicable Aggregate from a stockpile

AS 1141.3.1; RMS (NSW) Method T100
Soils Not applicable Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling from a windrow

AS 1289.1.2.1; RMS (NSW) Method T100

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