# Presentation: 486195

## FAA Partnership Conference Fort Worth TX March 2005

- Jeffrey Rapol, AAS-100, Airport Engineering Division
- Washington DC, 20591 202-267-7474
- jeffrey.rapol@faa.gov

- Session C Airport Engineering
- Contractor Quality Control

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## Objectives of Presentation

- Provide Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) References
- _FAA Advisory Circulars_ (ACs)
- _FAA Orders_
- Overview of FAA Headquarters and FAA Region Roles
- Questions / Dialog / Interaction

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## FAA Guidance

- FAA AC 150/5370-10A Standards for Specifying Construction of Airports
- General Provisions (Sponsor, Engineer, Contractor)
- Acceptance Testing Laboratory (Engineer)
- Item P-401, Item P-501
- FAA Order 5100.38B AIP Handbook
- Appendix 9 and Appendix 10 (Engineer)
- Projects over $250,000 (Sponsor)
- Appendix 7, Grant Condition T

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## FAA Order 5100.38B AIP Handbook

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## FAA Order 5100.38B AIP Handbook

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## FAA Order 5100.38B AIP Handbook

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## FAA Order 5100.38B AIP Handbook

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## Laboratory Accrediting Authorities 

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## A2LA

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## NVLAP

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## Corps of Engineers

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## Corps of Engineers

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## CCRL

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## AASHTO (AMRL)

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## CMEC

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## http://www.faa.gov/arp  

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## AC 150/5370-10A

- CONTRACTOR QUALITY CONTROL PROGRAM ADDED TO THE GENERAL PROVISIONS in 1994.  The Contractor submits a program to the engineer for review.  The program becomes a living document that shows how the contractor expects to deal with all process-control issues.
- Referenced from Item P-401 and Item P-501
- About 90% of Runways are HMA
- About 10% of Runways are PCC
- Minimum requirements for the program are specified, CONTRACTOR has full responsibility.

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## Contractor Quality Control Program

- Quality Control Technicians:
- May be engineers, engineering technicians or experienced craftsmen with appropriate qualifications equivalent to:
- NICET Level II or higher construction materials or highway construction technician, or
- Certification by state or nationally recognized organization.

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## Quality Control Technicians

- NICET  National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies
- SAT Society of Asphalt Technologists
- DOT QC/QA Certification
- New England Transportation Technician Certification Program
- FAA New England Region is a partner in this effort.
- FHWA effort to standardize Technical Requirements for Construction Materials Testing

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## General Provisions Section 100

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## Item P-401 Contractor QC Program

- QUALITY CONTROL PROGRAM. The Contractor shall address all elements which effect the quality of the pavement including, but not limited to:
- Mix Design
- Mixing and Transportation
- Aggregate Grading
- Placing and Finishing
- Quality of Materials
- Joints, Stockpile Management
- Compaction
- Proportioning
- Surface smoothness

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## Item P-401 Contractor QC Program

- _Asphalt Content_. A minimum of two extraction per lot.
- _Gradation_.  A minimum of twice per lot.
- _Moisture Content of Aggregate_. A minimum of once per lot.
- _Moisture Content of Mixture_.  Once per lot.
- _Temperatures_.  At least four times per lot, at necessary locations (dryer, bitumen storage tank, mixture at the plant, and  mixture at the job site).
- _In‐Place Density Monitoring_. Nuclear gauge may be used to monitor the pavement density.
- _Additional Testing_.  Any additional testing that the Contractor deems necessary.

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## FAA Assumption for Mat Density

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## FAA Assumption for Air Voids

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## FAA Assumption for Air Voids

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## FAA Assumption for Air Voids

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## Item P-501 Contractor QC Program

- QUALITY CONTROL PROGRAM.  The Contractor shall address all elements which effect the quality of the pavement including but not limited to:
- Mix Design, Proportioning, Mixing and Transportation
- Dowel Placement and Alignment
- Aggregate Gradation
- Flexural or Compressive Strength
- Quality of Materials
- Placing and Consolidation
- Finishing and Curing
- Stockpile Management
- Joints, Surface Smoothness
- CORRECTIVE ACTION IDENTIFIED FOR ALL ITEMS

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## Minimum Corrective Action Items

- _Fine and Coarse Aggregate Gradation_.  When two consecutive averages of five tests are outside of specification limits, immediate steps, including a halt to production, shall be taken to correct the grading.
-  _Aggregate Moisture Content_.  Whenever the moisture content changes by more than 0.5 percent, the scale settings for the aggregate batcher(s) and water batcher shall be adjusted.
-  _Slump and Air Content_.  The Contractor shall halt production and adjust the amount of air-entraining admixture whenever:
- 	(1)  one point falls outside the Suspension Limit
- 	(2)  two points in a row fall outside the Action Limit.

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## FAA Assumption for Strength

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## FAA Assumption for Thickness

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## Excel Spreadsheet and PWL

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## FAA Role

- Headquarters Offices
- Issue Guidance
- Request Reports from Regions
- Develop Strategy to Add Quality Control to More Specification Items
- Region Offices
- Administer Guidance
- Request Reports from Sponsors

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## Questions / Dialog / Interaction

- What are your most common issues?
- Item P-401
- Item P-501

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