
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Construction Sciences Pty Ltd
Site
Whyalla Laboratory
Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
22963
Date of Accreditation
01 Jun 2017
Contact
Mr Adam Gleeson P: +61 (03) 52773495
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
Whyalla Laboratory
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 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Shape | Flakiness | AS 1141.15 | |
Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis; Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm | AS 1141.11.1, AS 1141.12 | |||
Shape | Average least dimension | AS 1141.20.3 | |||
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 | |
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 | |
Compressive strength | Cube; Cylinder | AS 1012.9 | |||
Mass per unit volume - Fresh concrete | In situ measurement using fixed volume measure | AS 1012.5 | |||
Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Dimensions | AS 1012.12.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen manufacture and curing | Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory; Curing flexural strength specimens in the laboratory; Curing grout and mortar cube specimens in the laboratory; In situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens; In situ manufacture and curing of drying shrinkage specimens; In situ manufacture and curing of flexural strength specimens; In situ manufacture and curing of grout and mortar cubes | AS 1012.8.1, AS 1012.8.2, AS 1012.8.3, AS1012.8.4 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Linear shrinkage; Liquid limit; Plastic limit; Plasticity index | Casagrande; Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point | AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2, AS 1289.3.2.1, AS 1289.3.3.1, AS 1289.3.4.1 | |
Moisture content | Hot plate | AS 1289.2.1.6 | |||
Moisture content | Drying oven | AS 1289.2.1.1 | |||
Sieve analysis | Not applicable | AS 1289.3.6.1 | |||
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD); Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort; Standard compactive effort | AS 1289.5.1.1, AS 1289.5.2.1, AS 1289.5.4.2 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Density - In situ; Dry density ratio; Moisture ratio | Calculation; Measured; Nuclear gauge | AS 1289.5.4.1, AS 1289.5.8.1 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in situ penetration | Soils | Penetration in situ | Dynamic cone | AS 1289.6.3.2 | |
Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil sample preparation | Soils | Preparation of disturbed samples | Not applicable | AS 1289.1.1 | |
Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a bin; Aggregate from a conveyor belt; Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile | AS 1141.3.1 | |
Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete | AS 1012.1 | ||
Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed soil sampling from a face; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling from a windrow | AS 1289.1.2.1 | ||
Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling; Site selection - Systematic random stratified sampling | AS 1289.1.4.1, AS 1289.1.4.2 |
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Accreditation No.
1986
Site No.
22963
Print date
11 Mar 2025
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