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 | RMS (NSW) Method T276 TfNSW TS 02799.51 | |
| 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 TfNSW TS 02799.04 | |
| Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water | AS 1141 6.1, RMS (NSW) Method T209 TfNSW TS 02799.08 | |||
| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis | AS 1141.11.1, RMS (NSW) Method T201 TfNSW TS 02799.02 | |||
| Shape | Average least dimension | AS 1141 20.1 | |||
| Particle size distribution | Fine particles in road materials | AS 1141 19 | |||
| Bulk density | Compacted | AS 1141.4, RMS (NSW) Method T211 TfNSW TS 02799.10 | |||
| Shape | Proportional calliper | AS 1141 14, RMS (NSW) Method T213 TfNSW TS 02799.12 | |||
| 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, RMS (NSW) Method T215 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, RMS (NSW) Method T301 TfNSW TS 02800.02 | |
| 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, RMS (NSW) Methods T320 | |
| Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete | In situ measurement using fixed volume measure | AS 1012 5, RMS (NSW) Method T303 TfNSW TS 02800.04 | |||
| Compressive strength | Core | AS 1012 14, RMS (NSW) Method T310 TfNSW TS 02800.11 | |||
| Compressive strength | Cylinder | AS 1012 9, RMS (NSW) Method T306 TfNSW TS 02800.07 | |||
| Compressive strength | Cube | AS 1012 9, RMS (NSW) Method T375 TfNSW TS 02800.49 | |||
| Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions; Water displacement | AS1012.12.1, AS 1012.12.2, RMS (NSW) Method T316, RMS (NSW) Method T317 TfNSW TS 02800.16,TfNSW TS 02800.17 | |||
| Specimen preparation | Capping of compressive strength specimens | RMS (NSW) Method T305 TfNSW TS 02800.06 | |||
| 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 drying shrinkage specimens in the laboratory | AS 1012 8.4 | |
| Specimen conditioning | Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens | AS 1012 14, RMS (NSW) Method T310 TfNSW TS 02800.11 | |||
| Specimen manufacture and curing | Manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens in the laboratory | AS 1012 8.2, RMS (NSW) Method T327 TfNSW TS 02800.24 | |||
| Specimen manufacture and curing | Manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes in the laboratory | RMS (NSW) Method T375 TfNSW TS 02800.49 | |||
| Specimen manufacture and curing | Manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens in the laboratory | AS 1012 8.1, RMS (NSW) Method T304 TfNSW TS 02800.05 | |||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement structural performance | Road pavements | Structural performance evaluation | Benkelman beam | RMS (NSW) Method T160 TfNSW TS 02795.22 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Plastic limit | Not applicable | AS 1289 3.2.1, RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109 TfNSW TS 02795.05 | |
| Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1289 3.6.1, RMS (NSW) Method T106;TfNSW T106; TfNSW TS 02795.02 | |||
| Fine particles in road materials | Not applicable | RMS (NSW) Method T107;TfNSW T107; TfNSW TS 02795.03 | |||
| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable | AS 1289 3.4.1, RMS (NSW) Method T113;TfNSW T113; TfNSW TS 02795.08 | |||
| Liquid limit | Casagrande one point | AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2, RMS (NSW) Method T108;TfNSW T108 TfNSW TS 02795.04 | |||
| Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 1289 2.1.1, RMS (NSW) Method T120 TfNSW TS 02795.14 | |||
| Plasticity index | Casagrande | AS 1289 3.3.1, RMS (NSW) Method T109;TfNSW T109 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, RMS (NSW) Method T112 TfNSW TS 02795.07 | |
| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort | AS 1289 5.1.1, RMS (NSW) Method T111, RMS (NSW) Method T130 TfNSW TS 02795.06,TfNSW TS 02796.01 | |||
| 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 | Dry density ratio | Calculation | AS 1289 5.4.1 | |
| Relative compaction | Not applicable | RMS (NSW) Method T166 TfNSW TS 02795.28 | |||
| Density - In situ | Nuclear gauge; Sand pouring apparatus; Sand-cone | AS 1289 5.3.1, RMS (NSW) Method T119, RMS (NSW) Method T173 TfNSW TS 02795.13, TfNSW TS 02795.36 | |||
| Compaction control | Hilf | AS 1289 5.7.1 | |||
| Dry density ratio | Nuclear gauge | AS 1289 5.8.1, RMS (NSW) Method T173 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, RMS (NSW) Method 117 | |
| Compressive strength | Uniaxial maximum dry | RMS (NSW) Method T114, RMS (NSW) Method T116, RMS (NSW) Method T131 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 | Not applicable | AS 1289 1.1, RMS (NSW) Method T102;TfNSW T102;TfNSW T105;, T103;TfNSW T103;TfNSW T105 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, RMS (NSW) Method T300 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
12 Jul 2025