National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Construction Sciences Pty Ltd
Site
Warabrook Laboratory
Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
16822
Date of Accreditation
01 Dec 2016
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 | Clay and fine silt | Settling | AS 1141.33 | |
Foreign material in recycled aggregate | Manual classification |
RMS (NSW) Method T276 TfNSW TS 02799.51 |
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Weak particles contaminants | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32 |
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Organic impurities | Colour test | AS 1141.34 | |||
Sugar | Fehlings solution | AS 1141.35 | |||
Light particles contaminants | Segregation by density | AS 1141.31 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Shape | Assessment by flow time and void content; Average least dimension; Flakiness; Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14, AS 1141.15, AS 1141.20.1, AS 1141.20.2 RMS (NSW) Method T213, RMS (NSW) Method T235, RMS (NSW) Method T239, RMS (NSW) Method T275, TfNSW TS 02799.12,TfNSW TS 02799.32,TfNSW TS 02799.36,TfNSW TS 02799.50, TfNSW TS 02799.54 |
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Particle density of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1 RMS (NSW) Method T209 TfNSW TS 02799.08 |
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Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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Particle density of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5 RMS (NSW) Method T210 TfNSW TS 02799.09 |
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Particle size distribution | Fine particles in road materials; Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 2 ?m; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12, AS 1141.13, AS 1141.19 RMS (NSW) Method T201, RMS (NSW) Method T203 TfNSW TS 02799.02,TfNSW TS 02799.04 |
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Water absorption of fine aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.5 RMS (NSW) Method T210 TfNSW TS 02799.09 |
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Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Not applicable |
AS 1141.6.1 RMS (NSW) Method T209 TfNSW TS 02799.08 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Exposure to sodium sulfate solution; Methylene blue value |
AS 1141.24, AS 1141.66, TfNSW TS 02806.36 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Aggregate crushing value | Not applicable |
AS 1141.21 TfNSW TS 02799.06 |
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Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable |
AS 1141.22 TfNSW TS 02799.13 |
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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 TfNSW TS 02800.02 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Flexural strength | Modulus of rupture |
AS 1012.11 |
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Uniformity of mixing | Not applicable | AS 1379 Appendix A | |||
Compressive strength | Core; Cube; Cylinder |
AS 1012.9, AS 1012.14 RMS (NSW) Method T305, RMS (NSW) Method T306, RMS (NSW) Method T310 TfNSW TS 02800.06,TfNSW TS 02800.07,TfNSW TS 02800.11 |
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Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions; Water displacement |
AS 1012.12.1, AS 1012.12.2 RMS (NSW) Method T316, RMS (NSW) Method T317 TfNSW TS 02800.16 |
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Air content of freshly mixed concrete | Reduced air pressure |
AS 1012.4.2 |
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Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete | In-situ measurement using fixed volume measure |
AS 1012.5 |
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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 | In-situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens; In-situ manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes; 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 1012.8.3, AS 1012.8.4 RMS (NSW) Method T304 TfNSW TS 02800.05 |
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Specimen conditioning | Wet conditioning of hardened concrete core specimens |
AS 1012.14 |
Except Clause 6.2 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Road pavement structural performance | Road pavements | Structural performance evaluation | Benkelman beam; Deflection monitoring |
RMS (NSW) Method T160, RMS (NSW) Method T199 (2014); TfNSW T199; TfNSW TS 02795.22,TfNSW TS 02795.55 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil chemical properties | Soils | Organic matter | Titration | AS 1289.4.1.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Fine particles in road materials | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T107 (2012); TfNSW T107; TfNSW TS 02795.03 |
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Plasticity index | Casagrande; Cone |
AS 1289.3.3.1 RMS (NSW) Method T109 (2012); TfNSW T109; TfNSW TS 02795.01,TfNSW TS 02795.05 |
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Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1 RMS (NSW) Method T109 (2012); TfNSW T109; TfNSW TS 02795.01,TfNSW TS 02795.05 |
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Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1 RMS (NSW) Method T113 (2012); TfNSW T113; TfNSW TS 02795.08 |
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Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1 RMS (NSW) Method T106 (2012); TfNSW T106; TfNSW TS 02795.02 |
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Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2 RMS (NSW) Method T108 (2012); TfNSW T108 TfNSW TS 02795.01,TfNSW TS 02795.04 |
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Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 RMS (NSW) Method T120 TfNSW TS 02795.14 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Maximum dry density | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T164 TfNSW TS 02795.26 |
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Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort; Three compaction point |
AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1 RMS (NSW) Method T111, RMS (NSW) Method T112, RMS (NSW) Method T130, RMS (Method) T162 TfNSW TS 02795.06,TfNSW TS 02795.07,TfNSW TS 02796.01,TfNSW TS 02795.24 |
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Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.4.2 |
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Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.5.1 RMS (NSW) Method T164 TfNSW TS 02795.26 |
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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 - In-situ | Nuclear gauge; Sand-cone |
AS 1289.5.3.1, AS 1289.5.8.1 RMS (NSW) Method T119, RMS (NSW) Method T173 TfNSW TS 02795.13,TfNSW TS 02795.36 |
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Moisture ratio | Measured |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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Relative compaction | Not applicable |
RMS (NSW) Method T166 TfNSW TS 02795.28 |
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Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289.5.4.1 |
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Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289.5.7.1 |
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Density index | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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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 TfNSW TS 02795.23 |
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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 TfNSW TS 02795.09,TfNSW TS 02795.10,TfNSW TS 02796.02 |
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Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens |
AS 1289.6.1.1 TfNSW TS 02795.11 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Accelerated weathering pre-treatment; Repeated compaction pre-treatment |
AS 1289.1.1 RMS (NSW) Method T102 (2012); TfNSW T102; RMS (NSW) T103 (2012); TfNSW T103; RMS (NSW) Method T105 (2012); 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 reactivity | Soils | Reactivity | Shrink/swell |
AS 1289.7.1.1 |
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Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined |
AS 5101.4 |
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Lime demand | Not applicable | TfNSW TS 02797.02 | |||
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 TfNSW TS 02800.01 |
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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 |
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Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
16822
Print date
18 Apr 2024