CONSTRUCTION AND MATERIALS MANUAL

1 May 2018 Page 1 CONSTRUCTION AND MATERIALS MANUAL Wisconsin Department of Transportation TABLE OF CONTENTS chapter 8: MATERIALS Testing, sampling , Acceptance Section 8-10 MATERIALS - General .. Control of MATERIALS .. Approval of MATERIALS .. Quality Management Program .. Nonconforming MATERIALS .. Noncontractual Price Reduction Guidelines Section 8-13 Weighed MATERIALS .. Truck Scales .. Conveyor Scales .. Storage Hopper Scales .. Plant Scales Section 8-15 Density Testing .. General .. Nuclear Gauges .. Nuclear Density Gauge Safety .. Annual Bureau of Technical Services Gauge Block Calibration Procedures .. Nuclear Density Testing HMA .. Project Nuclear Density Testing .. QMP QC and QV Nuclear Density Gauge Comparison .. HMA QMP Reference Site Monitoring .. Non QMP HMA Nuclear Density Reference Site Monitoring .. Use of Nuclear Moisture/Density Gauges on HMA .. Procedure for Determining Limits of Unacceptable Material.

2 Soils Reference Site Monitoring .. Test Strip Requirements for Stone Matrix Asphalt (SMA) and Coarse (Gap-graded) mixes .. Reports Forms .. Acceptance and Incentive/Disincentive .. Density Data Submittal Section 8-20 Independent Assurance Program .. General Section 8-30 QMP - General .. Scope .. Quality Management Program .. Highway Technician Certification Program (HTCP) .. Verification and Quality Assurance .. Contractor Quality Control .. Quality Control Laboratory and Equipment .. Quality Control Start Up Activities .. Inspection .. sampling and Testing .. Corrective Action .. Testing Precision .. Dispute Resolution .. Contractor Non-Performance of QMP sampling & Testing CMM chapter 8 Table of Contents May 2018 Page 2 Section 8-32 QMP - Subgrade .. Quality Management Plan Description .. Contract Quality Control Plan .. Pre-Startup Activities .. Excavations Below Subgrade .. Field Density/Moisture Control Testing.

3 Documentation .. Corrective Action .. Quality Assurance Aspects for the Contractor Section 8-34 QMP - Aggregate .. sampling and Testing .. Department Testing .. Dispute Resolution .. Aggregate for Concrete Pavement Attachment 1 .. Pooled t-Test Procedure Section 8-35 QMP - Concrete .. Concrete Pavement and Concrete Structures .. Ancillary Concrete Section 8-36 QMP - HMA .. General .. Personnel Requirements (Through HTCP) .. Laboratory Requirements .. sampling Hot Mix Asphalt .. Sample Identification .. Required Testing and Calculated Properties .. HMA Quality Management Program Documentation .. Documentation .. Quality Verification Program .. Example Worksheet Section 8-38 Ride Quality .. Profile Testing for Ride Quality .. Equipment and Personnel .. Testing .. Pavement Categories .. Localized Roughness .. Segment IRI Pay Adjustments .. Documentation and Reporting Section 8-40 MATERIALS sampling .

4 General .. sampling Responsibility .. Personnel .. Selection of sampling Method .. Submittal of Samples to Central MATERIALS Laboratory .. Source of MATERIALS Report, Department Form DT1349 .. Material Specifications Transition Period Section 8-45 MATERIALS Testing and Acceptance - General .. General .. MATERIALS Approval Methods .. Diary Documentation and Visual Inspection .. Acceptance of Small Quantities .. Prefix 155 Miscellaneous MATERIALS .. Test Report Record .. DT1310 Certification of MATERIALS CMM chapter 8 Table of Contents May 2018 Page 3 Section 8-46 MATERIALS Data Collection and Reporting Software System .. System Component Overview .. Electronic Reporting System Operations .. System Version Updates .. Troubleshooting System Malfunctions or Inconsistencies .. Support and Contacts List .. Top FAQs .. Appendix Section 8-50 MATERIALS Testing and Acceptance Guide Exhibit 1 .. MATERIALS Testing and Acceptance Guide Section 8-55 MATERIALS Testing and Acceptance - Earthwork.

5 Field Test Procedures for Moisture-Density Relationship of Gravelly Soils .. Field Determination of Density for Embankments Section 8-60 MATERIALS Testing and Acceptance - Aggregates .. General .. Aggregate Source Approval .. Aggregate Acceptance .. Marginal Source Testing .. sampling Aggregates .. Reducing Samples of Aggregate to Test Size .. Aggregate Particle Shape .. Field Determination of Moisture Content of Fine and Coarse Aggregates .. Field Test Procedures for Sieve Analysis of Aggregates .. Aggregate Acceptance Tests .. Field Determination of Density for Aggregate Courses .. Field Density Testing by the Sand Cone Method Part 1 .. Field Density Testing by the Sand Cone Method Part 2 Section 8-65 Asphaltic Binder MATERIALS .. General .. sampling Asphaltic MATERIALS .. Certification Method of Acceptance for Asphalt Binders Section 8-66 Asphalt Mixture Design .. Asphaltic Mixture Design .. Laboratory Standard Method of Asphaltic Mix Design (previously called WisDOT Test Method 1559).

6 Mixture Design Life .. Amended JMF Reports and JMF Report Reviews .. Non Traditional or Non-Standard Mixture Design Reports Section 8-70 MATERIALS Testing and Acceptance - Concrete .. General .. Concrete Mixtures and MATERIALS .. Concrete Production and Equipment .. Concrete sampling and Testing .. Acceptance Attachment 1 .. Field Check Test of Air Meters Using a Calibration Canister Attachment 2 .. Field Determination of Concrete Pavement Thickness by Magnetic Image Tomography (MIT Scan) Attachment 3 .. Certification Method of Acceptance for Portland Cement Attachment 4 .. Characterization of the Air-Void System of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Sequential Pressure Method (Super Air Meter (SAM)) Section 8-75 MATERIALS Testing and Acceptance - Structures .. Plant Certification Program for Fabrication of Prestressed Concrete Members CMM chapter 8 Table of Contents May 2018 Page 4 .. Certification Method of Acceptance for Components for Bridges.

7 Fabricator Certification of Shipments and Documentation Attachment 1 .. Department Plant Certification Program Requirements Attachment 2 .. Schedule of Tests Attachment 3 .. Plant Inspection Fabrication Forms