Construction Materials Testing Classes of Test February 2014
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Construction Materials Testing Classes of test The following is a listing of the classes and subclasses of tests available in the field of Construction Materials Testing. The individual scopes of accreditation of facilities provide more detail than the classes and subclasses listed below by also including reference to test methods. In some cases, the scopes will include descriptions of the type of test performed, or limit the scope of tests to particular products or parts of a test. Notes: 1. It is not uncommon for a test method to call up other methods. Where these other methods are an integral part of the test procedure that is required to be followed, then accreditation must also cover the other methods. For example: Accreditation for soil testing to many of the procedures contained in AS 1289 will ordinarily require accreditation for AS 1289.1.1 and AS 1289.2.1.1. Accreditation for testing to AS 1289.3.3.2 requires accreditation to be held for AS 1289.3.9.1 or.3.9.2. Accreditation for testing to AS 2341.24 requires accreditation to be held for AS 2341.9 and.23. Accreditation for sedimentation testing to AS 2341.27 requires accreditation for AS 2341.9. 2. Methods that serve as references, but do not detail any procedural requirements, are not normally listed in the scope of accreditation. Copies of these do not need to be held by the facility. 3. Methods that serve as references that detail procedural requirements (e.g. equipment specifications, verification procedures or other information pertinent to the testing) are not listed in the scope of accreditation. Copies of these methods must, however, be held by the facilities (e.g. AS1289.0, AS1141.1,.2). 4. Class 2.02 (Remote work sites) provides details for any fixed facility away from the accredited base facility from which testing may be performed under the direct control of the base facility, although coverage in these instances is limited to tests where the distance or time factors associated with transport from the remote location can significantly influence the test results. Allowable tests include AS 1012 1, 3.1, 4.2, 8.1 (for concrete curing sites), AS 1289 2.1.1, AS 5101 3.3 (for remote quarry sites) and AS 5101 4 (preparation), AS 1289 5.1.1, 5.2.1, 5.4.1, 5.7.1, 5.8.1 (for remote soil testing sites). The scope of accreditation will detail the specific tests undertaken at any such fixed facility for each listed site address. Class 2.02 also provides details where a facility has demonstrated the capability to perform tests from a mobile facility under the direct control of an accredited base facility. The scope of accreditation will detail the specific range of testing for which any such mobile facility is suitably equipped. The requirements for the establishment of annex facilities, including notification to NATA of the project location, will apply for any deployment of such mobile facilities undertaken as part of a contracted project (i.e., other than for general call-out work). February 2014 Page 3 of 8
Classes of test 2.01 Establishment of annex facilities 2.02 Remote work sites 2.11 Cements and cementitious materials.02 Sample preparation.13 Calcium and lime content.14 Water retention tests.15 Slaking tests.16 Loss on ignition.17 Chemical composition.22 Soundness tests.23 Density tests.25 Strength tests.27 Shrinkage tests.28 Autoclave expansion tests.29 Moisture tests.30 Particle size tests.32 Fineness tests.33 Setting and consistency tests.35 Air content tests 2.12 Concrete, grout and mortar.12 Consistence.13 Air content of freshly mixed concrete.14 Mass per unit volume of freshly mixed concrete.15 Bleeding.20 Making and curing test specimens.23 Compression tests on moulded specimens.25 Indirect tensile tests.26 Flexural strength tests.27 Mass per unit volume of hardened concrete.28 Drying shrinkage.31 Creep tests.32 Modulus of elasticity determinations.33 Setting time.51 Mixer uniformity tests.81 Admixtures 2.15 Rocks.11 Moisture content tests.12 Porosity and density tests.21 Chemical tests.31 Petrographic examination February 2014 Page 4 of 8
.41 Strength tests.51 Swelling and slake durability tests 2.16 Aggregates.02 Sampling of aggregates.03 Sample preparation.04 Sampling of rock spalls, gabions, boulders and drill core.11 Bulk density.12 Particle density and water absorption.13 Particle size distribution.16 Particle shape tests.20 Aggregate strength.23 Soundness tests.24 Contaminants.30 Alkali reactivity.32 Petrographic examination.33 Degradation tests.34 Moisture content.35 Polishing.37 Filler.40 Adhesion of aggregates and binders.51 Stabilisation tests.61 Recycled aggregates 2.17 Bituminous materials.02 Sample preparation.12 Viscosity tests.13 Penetration tests.15 Particle size tests.18 Density tests.21 Residue tests.24 Sedimentation and segregation tests.26 Water content tests.28 Softening point tests.32 Flashpoint tests.35 Durability tests.42 Ductility.50 Distillation tests.53 Volatiles tests.57 Coating tests.59 Chemical tests.62 Toughness and torsional recovery tests 2.18 Soils.02 Site selection.03 Sample preparation.11 Classification tests.21 Chemical tests February 2014 Page 5 of 8
.32 Compaction tests.35 Field density tests.42 Bearing strength tests laboratory.43 Strength tests laboratory.45 Consolidation tests.46 Permeability tests.47 Strength and penetration tests - field.51 Reactivity tests.61 Soil stabilisation preparation methods.62 Soil stabilisation physical tests.63 Soil stabilisation chemical tests.64 Soil stabilisation strength tests.66 Soil stabilisation field tests 2.19 Asphalts.02 Site selection.03 Sample preparation.10 Asphalt analysis.20 Mechanical properties.30 Volumetric properties.40 Field tests.50 Mix design.60 Adhesion and stripping.71 Filler.75 Additives 2.22 Masonry, clay and concrete products.10 Sampling.20 Dimensional tests.30 Strength tests.40 Resistance tests.50 Density and moisture tests.60 Permeability and absorption tests 2.24 Pavements and surfaces.10 Vehicle count and classification.20 Surface profile tests.30 Surface characteristics.40 Structural tests.50 Pedestrian Surfaces 2.26 Road marking materials.10 Glass.30 Paint.99 Other road marking materials February 2014 Page 6 of 8
2.54 Construction materials testing equipment.10 Nuclear moisture/density gauges blocks calibration.60 Pavement testing devices.99 Other equipment 2.80 Other materials Amendments Note 4 on page 3 was added 2.02 changed from Concrete Curing Sites to Remote work sites 2.12 Concrete, grout and mortar.11 Mixing concrete and making test specimens in the laboratory.30 Cement content of hardened concrete 2.13 Cement and clay based products was deleted 2.14 Refractories was deleted 2.17 Bituminous materials.11 Bitumens was deleted.22 Tars was deleted.23 Fillers was deleted.31 Cutback bitumens was deleted.41 Bitumen emulsions was deleted.51 Polymer modified binders was deleted 2.22 was changed from Masonry, units and segmental pavers to Masonry, clay and concrete products 2.23 Gypsum and gypsum products was deleted 2.25 Masonry was deleted 2.26 was changed from Road making materials to Road marking materials.20 Geotextiles was deleted.99 was changed from Other materials to Other road marking materials 2.54 Construction Materials Testing equipment 0.20 was deleted 0.30 was deleted 0.40 was deleted 0.50 was deleted February 2014 Page 7 of 8
2.90 was deleted February 2014 Page 8 of 8