National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Construction Sciences Pty Ltd
Site
Taree Laboratory
Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
9612
Date of Accreditation
10 Aug 2015
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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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33 RMS (NSW) Method T268 |
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| Organic impurities | Colour test |
AS 1141.34 RMS (NSW) Method T260 |
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| Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32 RMS (NSW) Method T202 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | 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 T107;TfNSW T107;, RMS (NSW) Method T201, RMS (NSW) Method T203 |
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| Shape | Average least dimension; Crushed faces; Flakiness; Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14, AS 1141.15, AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.2 RMS (NSW) Method T213, RMS (NSW) Method T235, RMS (NSW) Method T239, RMS (NSW) Method T275 |
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate; Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1 RMS (NSW) Method T209 |
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| Particle density of fine aggregate; Water absorption of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5 RMS (NSW) Method T210 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Methylene blue value |
AS 1141.66 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable |
AS 1141.22 |
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| Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable |
AS 1141.21 |
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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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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Compressive strength; Specimen preparation | Capping of compressive strength specimens; Core; Cube; Cylinder |
AS 1012.9 RMS (NSW) Method T305, RMS (NSW) Method T306, RMS (NSW) Method T310, RMS (NSW) Method T375 |
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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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| Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete | In-situ measurement using fixed volume measure |
AS 1012.5 RMS (NSW) Method T303 |
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| Flexural strength | Modulus of rupture |
AS 1012.11 RMS (NSW) Method T328 |
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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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| Specimen preparation | Dressing of voids |
RMS (NSW) Method T368 |
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| Uniformity of mixing | Not applicable | AS 1379 Appendix A | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen conditioning | Dry conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens; 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; Curing grout and mortar cube specimens in the laboratory; In-situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens; In-situ manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens; In-situ manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens; Moist curing drying shrinkage specimens in the laboratory |
AS 1012.8.1, AS 1012.8.2, AS 1012.8.4 RMS (NSW) Method T304, RMS (NSW) Method T312, RMS (NSW) Method T327, RMS (NSW) Method T375 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement structural performance | Road pavements | Structural performance evaluation | Benkelman beam; Deflection monitoring |
RMS (NSW) Method T160, RMS (NSW) Method T199;TfNSW T199; |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Moisture content | Drying oven; Sand bath |
AS 1289.2.1.1, AS 1289.2.1.2 RMS (NSW) Method T120, RMS (NSW) Method T121 |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1 RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109;TfNSW T105; |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 RMS (NSW) Method T106;TfNSW T106; |
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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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| 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 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | 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 RMS (NSW) Method T164 |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort; Three compaction point |
AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1 RMS (NSW) Method T111, RMS (NSW) Method T112, RMS (NSW) Method T130, RMS (NSW) Method T162 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Density index | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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| Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge; Sand pouring apparatus; Sand-cone |
AS 1289.5.3.1, AS 1289.5.8.1 RMS (NSW) Method T119, RMS (NSW) Method T173 |
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| Moisture ratio | Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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| Relative compaction | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T166 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial maximum dry |
RMS (NSW) Method T114 |
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| Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens |
AS 1289.6.1.1 |
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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 |
AS 1289.1.1 RMS (NSW) Method T102;TfNSW T102;TfNSW T105;, RMS (NSW) Method T103;TfNSW T103;TfNSW T105;, RMS (NSW) Method T105 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | RMS (NSW) Method T116, RMS (NSW) Method T131 | |
| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a stockpile |
AS 1141.3.1 |
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| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete |
AS 1012.1 RMS (NSW) Method T300 |
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| 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; Disturbed soil sampling in-situ; Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
AS 1289.1.2.1, AS 1289.1.4.1, AS 1289.1.4.2 RMS (NSW) Method T100 |
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Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
9612
Print date
22 Jan 2022