
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 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification |
RMS (NSW) Method T276 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141 12, RMS (NSW) Method T203 |
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Shape | Average least dimension |
AS 1141 20.1 |
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Bulk density | Compacted |
AS 1141.4, RMS (NSW) Method T211 |
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Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141 6.1, RMS (NSW) Method T209 |
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Shape | Proportional calliper |
AS 1141 14, RMS (NSW) Method T213 |
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Particle size distribution | Fine particles in road materials |
AS 1141 19 |
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Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.11.1, RMS (NSW) Method T201 |
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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, RMS (NSW) Method T215 |
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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, RMS (NSW) Method T301 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Compressive strength | Cube |
AS 1012 9, RMS (NSW) Method T375 |
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Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure |
AS 1012 4.2, RMS (NSW) Methods T320 |
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Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete | In-situ measurement using fixed volume measure |
AS 1012 5, RMS (NSW) Method T303 |
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Compressive strength | Core |
AS 1012 14, RMS (NSW) Method T310 |
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Compressive strength | Cylinder |
AS 1012 9, RMS (NSW) Method T306 |
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Specimen preparation | Capping of compressive strength specimens |
RMS (NSW) Method T305 |
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Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions; Water displacement |
AS1012.12.1, AS 1012.12.2, RMS (NSW) Method T316, RMS (NSW) Method T317 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen conditioning | Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens |
AS 1012 14, RMS (NSW) Method T310 |
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Specimen manufacture and curing | Manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens in the laboratory |
AS 1012 8.4 |
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Specimen manufacture and curing | Manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens in the laboratory |
AS 1012 8.2, RMS (NSW) Method T327 |
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Specimen manufacture and curing | Manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens in the laboratory |
AS 1012 8.1, RMS (NSW) Method T304 |
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Specimen manufacture and curing | Manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes in the laboratory |
RMS (NSW) Method T375 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement structural performance | Road pavements | Structural performance evaluation | Benkelman beam |
RMS (NSW) Method T160 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289 3.3.1, RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109;TfNSW T105; |
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Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289 3.6.1, RMS (NSW) Method T106;TfNSW T106; |
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Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289 3.2.1, RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109;TfNSW T105; |
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Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289 3.4.1, RMS (NSW) Method T113;TfNSW T113; |
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Fine particles in road materials | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T107;TfNSW T107; |
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Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289 2.1.1, RMS (NSW) Method T120 |
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Liquid limit | Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2, RMS (NSW) Method T108;TfNSW T108;TfNSW T105; |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.2.1, RMS (NSW) Method T112 |
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Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289 5.1.1, RMS (NSW) Method T111, RMS (NSW) Method T130 |
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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 | Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289 5.4.1 |
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Relative compaction | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T166 |
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Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289 5.7.1 |
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Density - In-situ | Sand pouring apparatus; Sand-cone |
AS 1289 5.3.1, RMS (NSW) Method T119, T162, 173 |
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Dry density ratio | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289 5.8.1, RMS (NSW) Method T173 |
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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 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial maximum dry |
RMS (NSW) Method T114, RMS (NSW) Method T116, RMS (NSW) Method T131 |
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Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens |
AS 1289 6.1.1, RMS (NSW) Method 117 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289 1.1, RMS (NSW) Method T102;TfNSW T102;TfNSW T105;, T103;TfNSW T103;TfNSW T105;, T105 |
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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 | Cement content | In-situ heat of neutralisation measurement |
AS 5101 4 |
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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 |
AS 1012 .1, RMS (NSW) Method T300 |
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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
12 Aug 2022