
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Aargus Pty Ltd
Site
Tuggerah Laboratory
Accreditation No.
5452
Site No.
5445
Date of Accreditation
17 Jun 1994
Contact
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
| Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification | TfNSW TS 02799.51 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Bulk density | Compacted | AS 1141.4, TfNSW TS 02799.10 | |
| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.11.1, TfNSW TS 02799.02 | |||
| Particle size distribution | Fine particles in road materials | AS 1141.19 | |||
| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm | AS 1141.12, TfNSW TS 02799.04 | |||
| Shape | Proportional calliper | AS 1141.14, TfNSW TS 02799.12 | |||
| Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141.6.1, TfNSW TS 02799.08 | |||
| Shape | Average least dimension | AS 1141.20.1 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable | AS 1141.21 | |
| Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable | AS 1141.22, TfNSW TS 02799.13 | |||
| 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 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete | In situ measurement using fixed volume measure | AS 1012.5 | |
| Compressive strength | Core | AS 1012.14, TfNSW TS 02800.11 | |||
| Compressive strength | Cylinder | AS 1012.9 | |||
| Compressive strength | Cube | AS 1012.9, TfNSW TS 02800.49 | |||
| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions; Water displacement | AS1012.12.1, AS 1012.12.2 | |||
| Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure | AS 1012.4.2 | |||
| 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 grout and mortar cubes in the laboratory | TfNSW TS 02800.49 | |
| Specimen manufacture and curing | Manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens in the laboratory | AS 1012.8.4 | |||
| Specimen conditioning | Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens | AS 1012.14, TfNSW TS 02800.11 | |||
| Specimen manufacture and curing | Manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens in the laboratory | AS 1012 8.2, TfNSW TS 02800.24 | |||
| Specimen manufacture and curing | Manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens in the laboratory | AS 1012 8.1, TfNSW TS 02800.05 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Linear shrinkage | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.4.1, TfNSW TS 02795.08 | |
| Liquid limit | Casagrande one point | AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2, TfNSW TS 02795.04 | |||
| Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 1289.2.1.1, TfNSW TS 02795.14 | |||
| Plasticity index | Casagrande | AS 1289.3.3.1, TfNSW TS 02795.05 | |||
| Fine particles in road materials | Not applicable | TfNSW TS 02795.03 | |||
| Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.6.1, TfNSW TS 02795.02 | |||
| Plastic limit | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.2.1, TfNSW TS 02795.05 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort | AS 1289.5.2.1, TfNSW TS 02795.07 | |
| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort | AS 1289 5.1.1, TfNSW TS 02795.06,TfNSW TS 02796.01 | |||
| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Three compaction point | TfNSW TS 02795.24 | |||
| 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 - In situ | Nuclear gauge; Sand pouring apparatus; Sand-cone | AS 1289.5.3.1, TfNSW TS 02795.13, | |
| Dry density ratio | Calculation | AS 1289.5.4.1 | |||
| Relative compaction | Not applicable | TfNSW TS 02795.28 | |||
| Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289.5.7.1 | |||
| Density - In situ; Dry density ratio | Nuclear gauge | AS 1289.5.8.1, TfNSW TS 02795.36 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ penetration | Soils | Penetration in situ | Dynamic cone; Perth sand penetrometer | AS 1289.6.3.2, AS 1289.6.3.3 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens | AS 1289.6.1.1, TfNSW TS 02795.11 | |
| Compressive strength | Uniaxial maximum dry | TfNSW TS 02795.09, TfNSW TS 02795.10, TfNSW TS 02796.02 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Accelerated weathering pre-treatment; Not applicable; Repeated compaction pre-treatment | AS 1289.1.1, TfNSW TS 02794.02,TfNSW TS 02794.03,TfNSW TS 02795.01 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil reactivity | Soils | Reactivity | Shrink/swell | AS 1289.7.1.1 | |
| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a stockpile | AS 1141.3.1 | |
| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer | AS 1012.1, TfNSW TS 02800.01 | ||
| Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile | AS 1289.1.2.1 |
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Accreditation No.
5452
Site No.
5445
Print date
07 Dec 2025