Material quality assurance risk assessment.

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• Creators:
  Goulias, Dimitrios ; Karimi, Sahand
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Quality assurance
  • Quality control
  • Risk analysis
  • Contractors
  • Construction projects
  • Construction industry--Quality control
  • Building materials--Quality control
  • Risk assessment
  • Government contractors
  • Construction projects
• Publication/ Report Number:
  MD-13-SP909B4K
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Maryland
• Edition:
  Final report.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Maryland. State Highway Administration. Office of Policy & Research
• Abstract:
  Over the past two decades the role of SHA has shifted from quality control (QC) of materials and ; placement techniques to quality assurance (QA) and acceptance. The role of the Office of Materials ; Technology (OMT) has been shifting towards assurance of material quality and oversight of contractor ; quality control operations. ; Since SHA deals with a variety of materials and construction processes there is a wide spectrum of ; specifications and acceptance requirements. It was the objective of this study to identify typical material ; QC/QA procedures and a) examine their conformance in relation to the federal requirements for defining ; QA plans, Independent Assurance (IA) procedures, and material certification; b) identify potential ; improvements to existing SHA QA plans, when necessary; c) assess product variability based on ; production QC data, when available; and iv) evaluate risks related to material acceptance data when ; applicable (i.e., when acceptance data are available). To address these objectives the research team had ; several meetings with SHA engineers from the (1) Soils and Aggregates Division, (2) Concrete Technology ; Division, and (3) Structural Materials and Coatings Division in order to identify the type of materials to ; include in the study, and fine tune the specific steps of the research approach to follow.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  SP909B4K
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25508/dot_25508_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.16 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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