# Presentation: 042962

## FAA Partnership Conference Fort Worth TX March 2005

**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
- New Pavement Bad? – Now What

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## Objectives of Presentation

- Provide Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) References
- _FAA Advisory Circulars_ (ACs)
- _Engineering Briefs_
- Overview of FAA Headquarters and FAA Region Roles
- Questions / Dialog / Interaction
- Is FAA Guidance Clear?, Available?
- What Can We Do To Help You?

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## FAA Guidance

- FAA AC 150/5370-10A Standards for Specifying Construction of Airports
- General Provisions (Sponsor, Engineer, Contractor)
- Individual Specification Item Guidance
- (e.g. Items P-401 and P-501)
- Engineering Briefs.

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## General Provisions

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## General Provisions Section 50

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## General Provisions Section 50

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## General Provisions Section 50

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## General Provisions Section 50

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## General Provisions Section 60

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## General Provisions Section 100

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## General Provisions Section 100

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## General Provisions Section 100

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## General Provisions Section 100

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## General Provisions Section 100

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## Item P-401

- 401‐5.2  ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA.

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## Item P-401

- 401-5.2  Acceptance Criteria.
- (1)  Mat Density and Air Voids.
- (2)  Stability and Flow.
- (3) Joint Density.
- (4) Thickness.
- (5)  Smoothness.
- (6)  Grade.
- Lot Size. The Engineer shall specify the lot size.
-  Outliers. Outliers shall be discarded, and the PWL shall be determined using the remaining test values.

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## Item P-401

- 401‐5.3  RESAMPLING PAVEMENT.
- a.  General.  Resampling of a lot of pavement for mat density.  Only one resampling per lot will be permitted.
- (1)  A redefined PWL shall be calculated for the resampled lot.  The number of tests used to calculate the redefined PWL shall include the initial tests made for that lot plus the retests.
- (2)  The cost for resampling and retesting shall be borne by the Contractor.
- b.  Payment for Resampled Lots.  The redefined PWL for a resampled lot shall be used to calculate the payment for that lot.
- c.  Outliers.  In accordance with ASTM E 178, at a significance level of 5 percent, discarding outliers when computing the PWL.

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## Item P-501

- 501-5.2  ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA.

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## Item P-501

- 501-5.2 Acceptance Criteria.
- (1) Flexural Strength.
- (2) Thickness.
- (3) Smoothness.  Where the departure from correct cross section exceeds 1/2 inch (13 mm), the pavement shall be removed and replaced at the expense of the Contractor when so directed by the Engineer.
- (4)  Grade.  Lateral Deviation and Vertical Deviation.
- (5)  Edge Slump. When excessive edge slump cannot be corrected before the concrete has hardened, the area with excessive edge slump shall be removed and replaced at the expense of the Contractor.
- (6)  Dowel Bar Alignment.
- f.  Removal and Replacement of Concrete.  Any area or section of concrete that is removed and replaced shall be removed and replaced back to planned joints.

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## Item P-401 and Item P-501

- Item P-401.  Testing organizations performing acceptance these tests shall meet the requirements of ASTM D 3666.
-  Item P-501.  Testing organizations performing acceptance these tests shall meet the requirements of ASTM C 1077.

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## Related Engineering Briefs

- In All Cases, the Use of Engineering Briefs Must Be Coordinated With the FAA.

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## FAA AIP Handbook References

- FAA Order 5100.38B Guidance

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## FAA AIP Handbook References

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## When Paving Exceeds $250,000

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## When Paving Exceeds $250,000

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## FAA Role

- Headquarters Offices
- Issue Guidance
- Provide Technical Support to Regions
- Develop Consistency When Addressing Individual Project Issues.
- Region Offices
- Administer Guidance
- Gather Information
- Sponsors, Engineers, Contractors Have Varied Interpretations of What Happened.
- Make Recommendation to Headquarters and Issue Decision.

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## Questions

- Is FAA Guidance Clear?, Available?
- What Can We Do To Help You?
- How Often is This An Issue?

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