National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Construction Sciences Pty Ltd
Site
Traralgon Laboratory
Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
15125
Date of Accreditation
10 Aug 2015
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 |
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| Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32 |
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| Clay and fine silt | Settling |
AS 1141.33 |
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| Coarse aggregate quality | Visual comparison |
AS 1141.30.1 RC (Vic) Method 372.01 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Shape | Average least dimension; Flakiness; Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14 AS 1141.15 AS 1141.20.2 AS 1141.20.3 |
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| 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 |
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| Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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| Sample preparation | Untreated bulk samples |
RC (Vic) Method 301.01 |
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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 | Flakiness | RC (Vic) Method 302.11 | |||
| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis | RC (Vic) Method 375.11 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Degradation factor on fine aggregate |
AS 1141.25.3 |
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| 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 |
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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; J-ring; T500 |
AS 1012.3.1 AS 1012.3.5 |
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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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| 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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| Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure |
AS 1012.4.2 |
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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 | 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 |
AS 1012.8.1 AS 1012.8.2 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 AG:PT/T251 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.1 AS 1289 3.1.2 |
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| Description, identification and classification |
AS 1726 Tables 9 and 10 (Laboratory classification elements only) |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1 |
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| Sieve analysis |
AS 1289.3.6.1 |
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| Moisture content | Hot plate | AS 1289.2.1.6 | |||
| Weighted plasticity index | Not applicable |
RC (Vic) Method 326.01 |
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| Linear shrinkage |
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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| 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 dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class |
AS 1289.3.8.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Density index | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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| Moisture ratio assessment of dry back | Not applicable |
RC (Vic) Method 316.14 |
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| Density - In-situ; Field moisture content | Nuclear gauge; Sand-cone |
AS 1289.5.3.1 AS 1289.5.8.1 |
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| Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.4.1 RC (Vic) Method 316.00 |
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| Density ratio - density decay correction factor | Calculation | RC (Vic) Method 330.04 | |||
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Sample preparation | Cement stabilisation; Lime stabilisation |
RC (Vic) Method 301.03 RC (Vic) Method 301.06 |
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| Density decay correction factor for granular materials | Not applicable |
RC (Vic) Method 330.03 |
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| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | 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 sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
AS 1289.1.4.1 RC (Vic) Method 316.10 |
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| 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 |
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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Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
15125
Print date
19 Apr 2024
