RCA Australia
provide specialist
consultancy services
in geotechnical
and environmental
engineering,
environmental
monitoring, acoustics
and construction
materials testing
Our offices are located in Newcastle and Singleton with
accredited NATA earthworks and environmental testing
laboratories.
Our workforce comprises environmental and geotechnical
engineers, geologists, environmental scientists, hygienists,
industrial chemists, micro-biologists and technicians.
We hold professional indemnity insurance of $10 million and
$20 million public liability insurance along with third party
accreditation for our quality and safety systems.
We pride ourselves on timely, personal and professional
services to meet our clients’ requirements.
We actively practice workplace improvement in quality,
safety and environment and are committed to technical
skills advancement through structured internal training
programmes and external professional development.
Image: A frozen dust gauge
Services
Geotechnical Engineering
Site investigation
Road works and pavements
Mine infrastructure
Commercial, industrial and
residential developments
Slope stability assessment and design
Geotechnical modelling and analysis
Engineering geology
Forensic geotechnical engineering
Mine subsidence assessment
Environmental Engineering
Contaminated site assessment
Hydrogeology and groundwater assessment
Environmental management
On site effluent disposal
Landfill design and management
Monitoring ground and surface water
Acid sulfate assessment
Site remediation
Soil and groundwater sampling
Environmental Monitoring
Laboratory testing services
Compliance monitoring for
licence/consent conditions
Water sampling and analysis
Soil sampling
Air and dust sampling and analysis
Construction Materials Testing
On site testing services
Laboratory testing services
Soil and aggregate testing
Concrete testing
RCA Acoustics
Acoustic design and specification
Noise and vibration monitoring – attended
and unattended logging
Audiometric testing
Image: Logging of rail noise near Aberdeen
Major Projects
Pacific Highway Upgrade:
Ballina Bypass
Karuah to Bulahdelah
Sapphire to Woolgoolga
Tintenbar to Ewingsdale
Woolgoolga to Glenugie
Minimbah Third Track
Honeysuckle Redevelopment
Charlestown Bypass
Steel River Project
Former Steelworks Redevelopment
Hunter Expressway
Pasminco Redevelopment
Image: Rail Investigation at Breeza
Construction
Materials Testing
Level 1 and 2 earthworks
testing for commercial and
residential developments, roads
and railways
Pavement investigation and design
Site classification in accordance
with AS2870
Material evaluation for construction use
Pavement materials evaluation
Aggregate testing for asphalt and
concretes
Concrete testing
Nuclear density gauge testing
RTA HILF rapid compactions
Atterberg limits, California Bearing
Ratio tests
Particle size distributions and unconfined compressive strength testing
Benkelmen Beam deflection testing
Aggregate testing
There is an environmental scientist
located in the Singleton office.
Image: Benkelmen Beam Deflection Testing
RCA operates a NATA accredited construction
materials testing laboratory.
Services:
• Level 1 and 2 earthworks testing for commercial
and residential developments, roads and railways
• Pavement investigation and design
• Drayton Rail Loop Upgrade – John Holland Rail
• Site classification in accordance with AS2870
• Maitland to Whittingham third track, Stage 1 –
Hunt8r Alliance
• Material evaluation for construction use
• Beresfield/Thornton link road, Daracon
• Pavement materials evaluation
• MR184 Windsor Road Upgrade Daracon
• Aggregate testing for asphalt and concretes
• MR108 Nelson Bay Road Upgrade Daracon
• Concrete testing
• Charlestown Bypass, Barclay Mowlem and
Thiess contractors
In addition to our base laboratory in Newcastle,
we operate and maintain a fully equipped NATA
registered Annex Laboratory that can be easily
moved from one construction project to another.
RCA had a local team of Geotechnicians and
technicians working at our annex laboratory
servicing the $1.7 billion Hunter Expressway
Project. The Hunter Expressway which provides
a 40 kilometre link between the M1 Motorway
and Branxton.
RCA provided a range of geotechnical testing
services for the 27km western section constructed
by Abigroup which reaches from Kurri Kurri to
Branxton.
Some of RCA’s testing services include:
• Nuclear density gauge testing
• RTA HILF rapid compactions
• Atterberg limits, California Bearing Ratio tests
• Particle size distributions and unconfined
compressive strength testing
• Benkelmen Beam deflection testing
• Aggregate testing.
This project began in May 2011 and at its peak RCA
had approximately 40 staff on site completing up
to 1500 tests per week. RCA Project Manager Joe
Scully has overseen laboratory operations for this
project.
Projects undertaken by the testing services
section include:
• Hunter Expressway, AbiGroup Contractors
• Earthworks testing on former Pasminco site
containment cell and access roads
• Mt Arthur North Project, John Holland, Daracon Group
• Pacific Highway, Lyons Road to New England
Road Coffs Harbour
• Eungai Southern Duplication Seovic Pty Ltd
• Brunswick Heads Bypass Seovic Pty Ltd
• Gap Road Deviation, Woodburn P Ward
Civil Engineering
• Realignment of New England Highway, Liverpool
Range Thiess Contractors
• Geary’s Gap Federal Highway Project Civilcon
• Bulahdelah Bypass (supplementary testing
services) Thiess Contractors
• New England Highway, John Renshaw Drive
Belmadar Constructions
• Tarro Interchange Fletcher Constructions
• Taree Bypass Stage 6 Seovic Pty Ltd
For more detailed information,
please contact:
Joe Scully
Laboratory Manager
Ph: + 61 2 4902 9224
Mob: 0467 053 892
Email:[email protected]
Matt Flood
Laboratory Co-ordinator
Ph: 61 2 4902 9203
Mob: 0428 670 418
Email:[email protected]
Image: test pitting in rail corridor
Contact
Newcastle Office
92 Hill Street
PO Box 175
Carrington 2294
Ph: +61 2 4902 9200
Email: [email protected]
Singleton Office
2/8 Mathry Close
PO Box 3013
Singleton 2330
Ph: +61 2 6572 1234
Email: [email protected]