National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Construction Sciences Pty Ltd
Site
Tindal Laboratory
Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
25395
Date of Accreditation
12 Apr 2023
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 | Organic impurities | Colour test | AS 1141.34 | |
| Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.32 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Shape | Flakiness; Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14 AS 1141 15 |
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate; Particle density of fine aggregate; Water absorption of coarse aggregate; Water absorption of fine aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.5 AS 1141.6.1 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.11.1 AS 1141.12 |
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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 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Flexural strength | Modulus of rupture |
AS 1012.11 |
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| Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure |
AS 1012.4.2 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete | In situ measurement using fixed volume measure |
AS 1012.5 |
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| Compressive strength | Cube; Cylinder |
AS 1012.9 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions; Water displacement |
AS 1012.12.1, AS 1012.12.2 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen manufacture and curing | 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 |
AS 1012.8.1, AS 1012.8.2, AS 1012.8.4 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 |
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| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1 |
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| Moisture content | Hot plate | AS 1289.2.1.6 | |||
| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2 |
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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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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Density - In situ | Nuclear gauge; Sand-cone |
AS 1289.5.3.1, AS 1289.5.8.1 |
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| Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 | |||
| Density index; Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1, AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ penetration | Soils | Penetration - In situ | Dynamic cone |
AS 1289.6.3.2 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens |
AS 1289.6.1.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil sample preparation | Soils | Preparation of disturbed samples | Not applicable | ||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined | AS 5101.4 | |
| Cement content | Heat of neutralisation | AS 5101.3.3 | |||
| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; 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 |
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| Soils | Not applicable | Site selection - Random stratified sampling | AS 1289.1.4.2 | ||
| 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 |
AS 1289.1.2.1 |
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Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
25395
Print date
20 Sep 2026