National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Pioneer North Queensland Pty Ltd
Site
Technical Services, Cairns
Hanson Construction Materials Pty Ltd Technical Services, Cairns
Accreditation No.
11470
Site No.
11463
Date of Accreditation
13 May 1996
Contact
Availability
Services conditionally 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 binder adhesion | Aggregates | Degree of precoating; Resistance to stripping | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q212B, MR (Qld) Method Q216 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Clay and fine silt; Organic impurities; Weak particles contaminants | Colour test; Settling | AS 1141.32, AS 1141.33, AS 1141.34 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm | AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12 | |
Particle density of coarse aggregate; Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.5, AS 1141.6.1 | |||
Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted | AS 1141.4 | |||
Shape | Average least dimension; Crushed faces; Flakiness; Proportional calliper | AS 1141.14; AS 1141.15; AS 11141.18; AS 1141.20.1; AS 1141.20.3, MR (Qld) Method Q201 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Degradation factor on coarse aggregate | MR (Qld) Method Q208B | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable | AS 1141.22 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt adhesion and stripping | Asphalts | Binder paste drain-off; Degree of particle coating | Not applicable | AS/NZS 2891.11, Austroads Method AG:PT/T235 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt extraction and grading | Asphalts | Bitumen content and aggregate grading | Ignition oven; Reflux | AS/NZS 2891.3.1, MR (Qld) Method Q308A, Austroads Method AG:PT/T234 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt field density | Asphalts | Characteristic values; Density ratio and air voids; Field density | Nuclear gauge backscatter mode; Thin-lift nuclear gauge | MR (Qld) Method Q020, MR (Qld) Method Q306E, MR (Qld) NGTM Method N04, MR (Qld) NGTM Method N05 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt filler | Asphalts | Apparent particle density of filler | Not applicable | AS/NZS 1141.7 | |
Voids in dry compacted filler | Not applicable | AS/NZS 1141.17 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt mechanical properties | Asphalts | Marshall stability and flow | MR (Qld) Method Q305 | ||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt mix design | Asphalts | Mix composition | Marshall method | MR (Qld) Method Q309 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt performance | Asphalts | Permeability | MR (Qld) Method Q304A | ||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Asphalt volumetric properties | Asphalts | Sample preparation | Vacuum drying | MR (Qld) Method Q303A | |
Binder film thickness; Bulk density; Fixed and free binder; Voids and density relationship | Mensuration; Presaturation; Silicone sealing; Waxing | AS/NZS 2891.7.1, AS/NZS 2891.8, AS/NZS 2891.9.1, AS/NZS 2891.9.2, AS/NZS 2891.9.3, | |||
Mix volume ratio density | Not applicable | MR (QLD) method Q318 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar consistence in situ | Concrete, grout and mortar | Compactibility index; Slump flow | Cone; J-ring; T500 | AS 1012.3.1, AS 1012.3.4, AS 1012.3.5 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions | AS 1012.12.1 | |
Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure | AS 1012.4.2 | |||
Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete | In situ measurement using fixed volume measure | AS 1012.5 | |||
Compressive strength | Cylinder | AS 1012.9 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen manufacture and curing | Manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens in the laboratory; Manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens in the laboratory; Manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens in the laboratory; Manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes in the laboratory | AS 1012.8.1, AS 1012.8.2, AS 1012.8.3, AS 1012.8.4 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement surfacing characteristics | Road pavements | Penetration depth; Texture depth | Ball embedment; Sand patch | Austroads Method AGPT/T250, | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Cone plasticity index; Linear shrinkage; Liquid limit; Moisture content; Plastic limit; Plasticity index; Sieve analysis; Weighted plasticity index | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point; Correlation; Drying oven; Hot plate; Microwave oven | AS 1289.2.1.1, AS 1289.2.1.6, AS 1289.2.3.1, AS 1289 3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2, AS 1289 3.2.1, AS 1289.3.3.1, AS 1289.3.3.2, AS 1289.3.4.1, AS 1289.3.6.1, | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Compaction to nominated levels; Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort | AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q142A, MR (Qld) Method Q142B, MR (Qld) Method Q145A | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens | AS 1289.6.1.1, | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable | AS 1289.1.1, | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Laboratory stabilisation of soil | MR (Qld) Method Q135A, MR (Qld) Method Q135B | ||
Compaction; Compressive strength; Laboratory stabilisation of soil; Sample preparation; Stabiliser working time | Cementitious stabilisation time; Uniaxial unconfined | MR (Qld) Method Q115, MR (Qld) Method Q136A, MR (Qld) Method Q251A, MR (Qld) Method Q251B | |||
Cement content | Heat of neutralisation | MR (Qld) Method Q134 | |||
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a bin; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a truck | AS 1141.3.1, MR (Qld) Method Q060 | |
Asphalts | Not applicable | Extraction of an asphalt core - Wet technique; Uncompacted asphalt | AS/NZS 2891.1.1, AS 2891.1.2 | ||
Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling | AS 1289.1.4.2, MR (Qld) Method Q050 | |||
Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer | AS 1012.1 | ||
Soils | Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling | MR (Qld) Method Q050 |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Materials
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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Analysis of bituminous materials - Properties | Bituminous materials | Softening point | Ring and ball | Austroads Method AGPT/T131 | |
Torsional recovery | Not applicable | Austroads ATM 122 |
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 - Soil classification | Soils | Moisture content | Hot plate | AS 1289.2.1.6 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q101A, MR (Qld) Method Q101B | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Cement content | Heat of neutralisation | MR (Qld) Method Q134 | |
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a bin; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a truck | AS 1141.3.1, MR (Qld) Method Q060 | |
Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed soil sampling from a truck | Qld Method Q060 |
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Accreditation No.
11470
Site No.
11463
Print date
07 Dec 2024