National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Construction Sciences Pty Ltd
Site
Toowoomba Laboratory
Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
22454
Date of Accreditation
26 Nov 2014
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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| 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 binder adhesion | Aggregates | Degree of precoating | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q216 |
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| 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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| Organic impurities | Colour test |
AS 1141.34 |
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| 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 |
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| Shape | Average least dimension; Crushed faces; Flakiness; Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14, AS 1141.15, AS 1141.18, AS 1141.20.3 MR (Qld) Method Q201 |
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| Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5 MR (Qld) Method Q214A |
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| Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.6.1 MR (Qld) Method Q214B |
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| Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1 MR (Qld) Method Q214B |
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| Water absorption of fine aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.5 MR (Qld) Method Q214A |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Degradation factor on coarse aggregate; Degradation factor on source rock |
AS 1141.25.1, AS 1141.25.2, |
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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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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar consistence in-situ | Concrete, grout and mortar | Slump flow; Vebe value | Cone; J-ring; Not applicable; T500 |
AS 1012.3.1, AS 1012.3.3, AS 1012.3.5 |
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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 | Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Increased air pressure; Reduced air pressure |
AS 1012.4.1, AS 1012.4.2 |
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| Bleeding | In-situ analysis - Freshly mixed concrete |
AS 1012.6 |
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| Compressive strength | Cube; Cylinder |
AS 1012.9 (except clause 4.2) AS 1478.2 Appendix A and C |
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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 | 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; In-situ manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes |
AS 1012.8.1, AS 1012.8.2, AS 1012.8.3, AS 1012.8.4 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement surfacing characteristics | Road pavements | Penetration depth | Ball embedment |
Austroads Method AGPT/T251 |
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| Texture depth | Sand patch | Austroads Method AGPT/T250 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Sieve analysis; Weighted plasticity index | Fines ratio; Not applicable | MR (Qld) Method Q252, MR (Qld) Method Q253 | |
| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 MR (Qld) Method Q106 |
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| Plastic limit | Casagrande one point; Cone four point |
AS 1289.3.2.1 MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point; Cone four point; Cone one point |
AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2, AS 1289.3.9.1 MR (Qld) Method Q104A, MR (Qld) Method Q104D |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 MR (Qld) Method Q103A |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande; Cone |
AS 1289.3.3.1, AS 1289.3.3.2 MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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| Moisture content | Correlation; Drying oven; Infrared light; Microwave oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1, AS 1289.2.1.4, AS 1289.2.1.5, AS 1289.2.3.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | 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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| Compaction to nominated levels | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q145A |
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| Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable | AS 1289.5.5.1 | |||
| Oversize material | Oversize material treatment |
MR (Qld) Method Q143 |
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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, MR (Qld) Method Q168 |
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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 MR (Qld) Method Q141A, MR (Qld) Method Q141B, MR (Qld) Method NGTM N01, MR (Qld) Method NGTM N02, MR (Qld) Method NGTM N03 |
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| Moisture ratio | Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 MR (Qld) Method Q140A, MR (Qld) Method Q250 |
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| Characteristic field density values | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q020 |
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| 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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| Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 MR (Qld) Method Q140A |
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| Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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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, MR (Qld) Method Q114B |
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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, MR (Qld) Method Q113A, MR (Qld) Method Q113B, MR (Qld) Method Q113C |
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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 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Cement content | Heat of neutralisation |
MR (Qld) Method Q134 |
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| Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined |
MR (Qld) Method Q135B |
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| Stabiliser rate of spread rate | In-situ measurement |
MR (Qld) Method Q719 |
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| Laboratory stabilisation of soil | Cement; Lime stabilisation |
MR (Qld) Method Q135A |
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| Sample preparation | UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Field mix; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Laboratory mix | MR (Qld) Method Q251A, MR (Qld) Method Q251B | |||
| Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined |
MR (Qld) Method Q115 |
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| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile; Aggregate from a truck; Site selection by spot sampling |
AS 1141.3.1 MR (Qld) Method Q060, MR (Qld) Method Q061 |
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| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete; Hardened concrete by coring |
AS 1012.1, AS 1012.14 |
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| Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a face; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling from a windrow; Disturbed soil sampling from an open-drive; Disturbed soil sampling in-situ; Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling; Site selection by spot sampling |
AS 1289.1.2.1, AS 1289.1.4.2 MR (Qld) Method Q050, MR (Qld) Method Q061 |
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Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
22454
Print date
19 Apr 2024
