National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Earth Test
Site
Tolga Laboratory
CONSOIL SOLUTIONS PTY LTD trading as Earth Test
Accreditation No.
18563
Site No.
20508
Date of Accreditation
23 Dec 2011
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 binder adhesion | Aggregates | Degree of precoating | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q216 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32 |
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| Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle density of coarse aggregate; Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.6.1 | |
| Shape | Crushed faces |
AS 1141.18 |
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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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| Shape | Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14 |
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| Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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| Shape | Average least dimension |
AS 1141.20.3 |
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| Shape | Flakiness |
AS 1141.15, MR (Qld) Method Q201 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Degradation factor on coarse aggregate | AS 1141.25.2, MR (Qld) Method Q208B | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable |
AS 1141.21 |
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| Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable |
AS 1141.22 |
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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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| Compactibility index | Not applicable |
AS 1012.3.4 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Compressive strength | Cylinder |
AS 1012.9 |
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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 - Hardened concrete | Dimensions |
AS 1012.12.1 |
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| Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete | In-situ measurement using fixed volume measure |
AS 1012.5 |
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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 | Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory; Curing flexural strength 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 |
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 | Plasticity index | Casagrande; Cone |
AS 1289.3.3.1, AS 1289.3.3.2, MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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| Weighted plasticity index | Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q252 | |||
| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2 |
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| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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| Liquid limit | Cone four point; Cone one point |
AS 1289.3.9.1, AS 1289.3.9.2, MR (Qld) Method Q104A, MR (Qld) Method Q104D |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1, MR (Qld) Method Q106 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Oversize material | Oversize material treatment |
MR (Qld) Method Q143 |
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| Compaction to nominated levels | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q145A |
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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, MR (Qld) Method Q142A, MR (Qld) Method Q142B |
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| Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.4.2, MR (Qld) Method Q144A |
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| 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 | Density index | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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| Degree of saturation | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q146 |
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| Relative compaction | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q140A |
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| Characteristic field density values | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q020 |
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| Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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| Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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| Density - In-situ | Sand-cone |
AS 1289.5.3.1, MR (Qld) Method Q141B |
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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 | |
| 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 pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q101, MR (Qld) Method Q101A, MR (Qld) Method Q101B, MR (Qld) Method Q101C, MR (Qld) Method Q101D, MR (Qld) Method Q101E |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil reactivity | Soils | Reactivity | Shrink/swell |
AS 1289.7.1.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Sample preparation | Cement stabilisation |
MR (Qld) Method Q135A |
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| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a bin; Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a truck |
AS 1141.3.1, MR (Qld) Method Q060 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection by spot sampling |
MR (Qld) Method Q061 |
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| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from deposited concrete |
AS 1012.1 |
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| Not applicable | Hardened concrete by coring |
AS 1012.14 |
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| Soils | Not applicable | Site selection by spot sampling |
MR (Qld) Method Q061 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.1, AS 1289.1.4.2, MR (Qld) Method Q050 |
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| Not applicable | Disturbed soil sampling from a face; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling in-situ |
AS 1289.1.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q060 |
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| Not applicable | Undisturbed soil sampling by open-drive sampler |
AS 1289.1.3.1 |
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Accreditation No.
18563
Site No.
20508
Print date
03 Dec 2023
