Construction Sciences Pty Ltd

Site

Traralgon Laboratory

Accreditation No.

1986

Site No.

15125

Date of Accreditation

10 Aug 2015

Address

Unit 2 and 3, 43 Eastern Road
Traralgon, VIC 3844
Australia

constructionsciences.net

Contact

Mr Bob Harris P: +61 (03) 93386555

Availability

Services available to external clients

Construction Sciences Pty Ltd address map

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Traralgon Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Infrastructure and Asset Integrity

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate abrasion Aggregates Abrasion resistance Los Angeles machine value

AS 1141.23

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants Aggregates Organic impurities Colour test

AS 1141.34

Clay and fine silt Settling

AS 1141.33

Weak particles contaminants Sieve analysis

AS 1141.32

Coarse aggregate quality Visual comparison

AS 1141.30.1

RC (Vic) Method 372.01

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties Aggregates Particle density of coarse aggregate; Particle density of fine aggregate; Water absorption of coarse aggregate; Water absorption of fine aggregate Weighing-in-water

AS 1141.5

AS 1141.6.1

Shape Average least dimension; Flakiness; Proportional calliper

AS 1141.14

AS 1141.15

AS 1141.20.2

AS 1141.20.3

Particle size distribution Sieve analysis RC (Vic) Method 375.11
Sample preparation Untreated bulk samples

RC (Vic) Method 301.01

Particle size distribution Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm

AS 1141.11.1

AS 1141.12

Shape Flakiness RC (Vic) Method 302.11
Bulk density Compacted; Uncompacted

AS 1141.4

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness Aggregates Soundness Degradation factor on fine aggregate

AS 1141.25.3
RC (Vic) Method 370.05

Soundness Degradation factor on coarse aggregate

AS 1141.25.2

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate stabilisation Aggregates Cement content Heat of neutralisation AS 5101.3.3
Unconfined compressive strength Not applicable

AS 5101.4

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar consistence in situ Concrete, grout and mortar Slump flow Cone; J-ring; T500

AS 1012.3.1

AS 1012.3.5

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties Concrete, grout and mortar Air content of freshly mixed concrete Reduced air pressure

AS 1012.4.2

Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete Dimensions

AS 1012.12.1

Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete In situ measurement using fixed volume measure

AS 1012.5

Compressive strength Cube; 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 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; Moist curing drying shrinkage specimens in the laboratory

AS 1012.8.1

AS 1012.8.2

AS 1012.8.4

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement surfacing characteristics Road pavements Penetration depth Ball embedment

Austroads Method AG:PT/T251

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification Soils Moisture content Hot plate AS 1289.2.1.6
Sieve analysis

AS 1289.3.6.1

Liquid limit Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point

AS 1289.3.1.1

AS 1289 3.1.2

Linear shrinkage

AS 1289.3.4.1

Description, identification and classification

AS 1726 Tables 9 and 10 (Laboratory classification elements only)

Plasticity index Casagrande

AS 1289.3.3.1

Plastic limit Not applicable

AS 1289.3.2.1

Weighted plasticity index Not applicable

RC (Vic) Method 326.01

Moisture content Drying oven

AS 1289.2.1.1

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

Dry density/moisture content relationship Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort

AS 1289.5.1.1

AS 1289.5.2.1

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion Soils Dispersion Sand equivalent

AS 1289.3.7.1

Dispersion Emerson class

AS 1289.3.8.1

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density Soils Density - In situ; Field moisture content Nuclear gauge; Sand-cone

AS 1289.5.3.1

AS 1289.5.8.1

Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio Not applicable

AS 1289.5.4.1

RC (Vic) Method 316.00

Density ratio - density decay correction factor Calculation RC (Vic) Method 330.04
Moisture ratio assessment of dry back Not applicable

RC (Vic) Method 316.14

Compaction control Hilf

AS 1289.5.7.1

Density index Not applicable

AS 1289.5.6.1

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 Assignment of CBR and percent swell; Remoulded specimens

AS 1289.6.1.1
RC (Vic) Method 324.01

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment Soils Soil pre-treatment Not applicable; Repeated compaction pre-treatment

AS 1289.1.1

RC (Vic) Method 301.01

RC (Vic) Method 301.05

TfNSW T102

TfNSW T103

TfNSW T105

TfNSW TS 02794.02,TfNSW TS 02794.03,TfNSW TS 02795.01

Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation Soils Density decay correction factor for granular materials Not applicable

RC (Vic) Method 330.03

Sample preparation Cement stabilisation; Lime stabilisation

RC (Vic) Method 301.03

RC (Vic) Method 301.06

Sample collection Aggregates Not applicable Aggregate from a stockpile

AS 1141.3.1

Concrete, grout and mortar Not applicable Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete

AS 1012.1

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

AS 1289.1.2.1

Not applicable Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling

AS 1289.1.4.1

RC (Vic) Method 316.10

Fixed Remote Site – Leongatha

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Infrastructure and Asset Integrity

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
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 stabilisation Soils Compressive strength Uniaxial unconfined AS 5101.4
Cement content Heat of neutralisation AS 5101.3.3

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