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Book Quality Management of Hot Mix Asphalt

Download or read book Quality Management of Hot Mix Asphalt written by ASTM Committee D-4 on Road and Paving Materials and published by ASTM International. This book was released on 1996 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Quality Control and Quality Assurance of Hot Mix Asphalt Construction in Delaware

Download or read book Quality Control and Quality Assurance of Hot Mix Asphalt Construction in Delaware written by Radha Akkinepally and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the mid 60's the Federal Highway Administration began to encourage Departments of Transportation and Contractors toward the use of quality control and quality assurance (QA/QC) specifications, which are statistically based. For example, a QA specification has become an important component in organization commitment to overall quality management. This consists of several activities including: process control, acceptance, and sometimes independent assurance of product (Buttlar and Harrell, 1998). These specifications must be designed to reward good quality, and penalize poor quality. The QA specification, also called as the QA/QC specification, is a combination of end-result specifications and materials and methods specifications. The highway agency is responsible for the acceptance of the product that is produced by the contractor following or implementing quality control in order to produce a product that meets the specifications provided by the highway agency. QA specifications typically are statistically based specifications that use methods such as random sampling in which the properties of the desired products or constructions are described by appropriate statistical parameters, and lot by lot testing. These methods would help the contractor know whether or not the operations are producing the acceptable product. Specifications for the construction of asphalt pavements can be classified into propriety specifications, method-related specifications (MRS), end-result specifications (ERS), performance-related specifications (PRS) or combination of these specifications. Propriety Specification This type of specification refers to some specific product or its equivalent in its clauses; therefore, it limits the competition and often results in a cost increase. Since the buyer has to accept the product as a "black box", the buyer's risk is much higher than in the other three types of specifications Method Specification This type of specification outlines a specific material selection and construction operation process to be followed by the contractor in providing a product. Since there is no explicit product specified, this type of specification allows competition among various suppliers and contractors; but, because the buyer sets the requirements for materials and methods, the owner has to bear the responsibility of the performance. End-Result Specification The final characteristics of the product are stipulated in the end-result specification and the contractor is given considerable freedom in achieving those characteristics. It may specify a limit or range for any given material and/or construction characteristic. The risk for the contractor or agency depends on how the acceptance limits and processes are specified. Performance Related Specification (PRS) This type of specification holds the contractor responsible for the finished product's performance; thus, the contractor assumes considerable risk for the performance of the finished product. This type of specification is often used in conjunction with some type of warranty. The challenge here is to use "true" performance indicators, which may not be available for all materials and processes. Statistical acceptance specifications tend to provide a more defensible approach to specifying HMA construction than the previously used methods of specification (Muench and Mahoney, 2001).

Book Development of Specification Limits for Asphalt Pavements Based on Quality Control and Quality Assurance Data

Download or read book Development of Specification Limits for Asphalt Pavements Based on Quality Control and Quality Assurance Data written by Jian-Shiuh Chen and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asphalt content and aggregate gradation measurements for hot-mix asphalt (HMA) concrete were collected during the 2008 construction season to develop statistics for quality control (QC) and quality assurance (QA) programs for the Taiwan Highway Bureau (THB). Data were analyzed to determine if the quality characteristics followed a normal distribution in order to compare contractor and THB measurements and to develop specification limits. The quality test data were shown to follow a normal distribution; therefore, appropriate statistics could be developed from the normally distributed data. Differences between QC and QA test results were shown to be statistically significant for some of the mix properties. QA and QC comparisons indicated that QC data were less variable and tended to have more favorable test results that would give more favorable acceptance outcomes to contractors. This is a significant finding since highway agency pay factors assume the validity of QC data. A statistical process was established to determine a typical standard deviation value by taking into account the variability of both QC and QA data. The revised specification limits were developed as construction control tools for the quality characteristics of HMA mixtures. The revised specification limits were found to be loose enough to account for material, sampling, and testing variations but still tight enough to identify manufacturing and construction variability.

Book Quality Control and Quality Assurance of Hot Mix Asphalt Construction in Delaware

Download or read book Quality Control and Quality Assurance of Hot Mix Asphalt Construction in Delaware written by Radha Akkinepally and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis presents a study where the objective is the development of an appropriate statistical acceptance procedure for the Delaware Department of Transportation. DELDOT's modification of its specifications for the acceptance of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) in order to incorporate quality assurance concepts lead to requirements such as the emphasis laid on the HMA producer in terms of quality control activities such as performing component material tests, tracking test results on control charts and following the plan developed by DELDOT. The incorporation of new statistically based acceptance specifications used new criteria for acceptance rather than the previous methods of minimum test result requirements for numerous criteria. After the statistical acceptance procedure was reviewed and used for quantifying and evaluating the DELDOT's statistical plan, a comparative analysis between the developed procedure and the FAA and FHWA procedure was done for achieving the objective and providing recommendations and new composite pay factors were developed.

Book Quality Assurance Specification Review for Hot Mix Asphalt and Structural Concrete

Download or read book Quality Assurance Specification Review for Hot Mix Asphalt and Structural Concrete written by Chuck E. Hughes and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report includes three parts: (1) Final Report for Quality Assurance Specifications Review dated May 2000; (2) Addendum to the Final Report dated December 2000; and (3) Draft Construction Manual and Inspection Guidelines dated May 2000. The study tasks included a detailed analysis of the quality assurance (QA) special provision, evaluation of Department and Contractors risks, examination of practice of using Contractors tests results for acceptance, guidelines for effective use of QA specifications by field inspection staff, need for adjustments to material specification limits, interviews with Department and Contractor personnel and the impact of recommended changes to the Contractors.

Book Effectiveness Comparison of TxDOT Quality Control quality Assurance and Method Specifications

Download or read book Effectiveness Comparison of TxDOT Quality Control quality Assurance and Method Specifications written by Mansour Solaimanian and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality of the hot mix asphalt concrete produced under quality control/quality assurance (QC/QA) specification item 3063. During the first phase of this project, conducted between September 1996 and February 1997, an extensive amount of technical information and numerical information was gathered and analyzed. During the second phase of this project, various other activities were carried out, including a survey of other states to assess their approach in developing and implementing QC/QA specifications, a physical survey of QC/QA and non-QC/QA specification projects in Texas, and a limited evaluation of the cost of the projects. This report presents the results, findings, conclusions, and recommendations based on the collected information and on the work performed during the course of this research program.

Book Evaluation of State Quality Assurance Program Effectiveness

Download or read book Evaluation of State Quality Assurance Program Effectiveness written by James S. Moulthrop and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In early 2008, the Federal Highway Administration issued a task order under the Advanced Quality Systems Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract for a contractor to quantify the effectiveness of State quality assurance (QA) programs. The objective of the study was to develop, apply, and make recommendations for the use of a procedure that transportation departments could use to quantify and improve the effectiveness of existing quality assurance programs. Based on the knowledge and experience of the research team, four State highway agencies (SHAs) were chosen to participate. An introductory project meeting was held in December 2008, but due to personnel problems, only three agencies participated. The goal of the meeting was to discuss the objectives and scope of the project with State representatives and request their input. The three SHAs agreed to provide QA data from construction projects in their State for the team to analyze. Because sufficient data were not available to accomplish the original task, the scope was modified to use an analysis of acceptance procedures included in the agencies' specifications instead of using actual QA data. In summary, four SHA construction specifications were selected for analysis from three SHAs, two for hot mix asphalt (HMA) pavements and two for portland cement concrete (PCC) pavements. The study shows that either the computer program SPECRISK or computer simulation can be used to analyze the statistical risks of most, if not all, specifications. Both HMA pavement specifications and one of the PCC pavement specifications were amenable to analysis by SPECRISK because they are based on percent within limits as the statistical quality measure. The remaining PCC pavement specification was based on averages and had to be analyzed by computer simulation. Probabilistic Optimization for Profit (Prob. O. Prof) was one of the software programs anticipated to be useful in the analysis. However, it required data that were not available and thus could not be used in the analyses. The report includes analysis of the specifications, particularly the risks involved and recommendations for improving areas that are considered unclear or statistically invalid.

Book Modern Approaches To Quality Control

Download or read book Modern Approaches To Quality Control written by Ahmed Badr Eldin and published by IntechOpen. This book was released on 2011-11-09 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rapid advance have been made in the last decade in the quality control procedures and techniques, most of the existing books try to cover specific techniques with all of their details. The aim of this book is to demonstrate quality control processes in a variety of areas, ranging from pharmaceutical and medical fields to construction engineering and data quality. A wide range of techniques and procedures have been covered.

Book Evaluation of State Quality Assurance Program Effectiveness

Download or read book Evaluation of State Quality Assurance Program Effectiveness written by James S. Moulthrop and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In early 2008, the Federal Highway Administration issued a task order under the Advanced Quality Systems Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract for a contractor to quantify the effectiveness of State quality assurance (QA) programs. The objective of the study was to develop, apply, and make recommendations for the use of a procedure that transportation departments could use to quantify and improve the effectiveness of existing quality assurance programs. Based on the knowledge and experience of the research team, four State highway agencies (SHAs) were chosen to participate. An introductory project meeting was held in December 2008, but due to personnel problems, only three agencies participated. The goal of the meeting was to discuss the objectives and scope of the project with State representatives and request their input. The three SHAs agreed to provide QA data from construction projects in their State for the team to analyze. Because sufficient data were not available to accomplish the original task, the scope was modified to use an analysis of acceptance procedures included in the agencies' specifications instead of using actual QA data. In summary, four SHA construction specifications were selected for analysis from three SHAs, two for hot mix asphalt (HMA) pavements and two for portland cement concrete (PCC) pavements. The study shows that either the computer program SPECRISK or computer simulation can be used to analyze the statistical risks of most, if not all, specifications. Both HMA pavement specifications and one of the PCC pavement specifications were amenable to analysis by SPECRISK because they are based on percent within limits as the statistical quality measure. The remaining PCC pavement specification was based on averages and had to be analyzed by computer simulation. Probabilistic Optimization for Profit (Prob.O.Prof) was one of the software programs anticipated to be useful in the analysis. However, it required data that were not available and thus could not be used in the analyses. The report includes analysis of the specifications, particularly the risks involved and recommendations for improving areas that are considered unclear or statistically invalid.