A Review of Acceptance Schedule of Payment for Asphalt Pavements in Alabama

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• Creators:
  Ajede, Akeem ; Yin, Fan ; Tran, Nam
• Corporate Creators:
  Auburn University. National Center for Asphalt Technology
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; Alabama. Department of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Acceptance tests
  • Asphalt pavements
  • Contract administration
  • Contractors
  • Methodology
  • Paving
  • Payment
  • Quality control
  • Recommendations
  • Scheduling
  More +
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Alabama ; United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Auburn University. National Center for Asphalt Technology
• Abstract:
  The objective of this project is to review the current acceptance schedules of payment in the Alabama Department of Transportation's (ALDOT’s) Standard Specifications for Highway Construction. The aim of the review is to determine if the acceptance schedule of payment is representative of the current contractors’ performance. This study also reviews the level of disincentive and incentive applied to contractors based on acceptance test data from previous paving projects. This report comprises of five chapters. Chapter 1 provides the introduction of the report, which contains background information, study objective, scope of the work, and organization of the report. Chapter 2 contains a review of quality control (QC) and acceptance procedures and a summary of current practices for the acceptance schedule of payment for asphalt mixtures in Alabama and neighboring states. Chapter 3 consists of a description of the compiled acceptance database and detailed discussions of the statistical analysis and results. Chapter 4 describes the methodology used to develop ALDOT’s current acceptance schedule of payment and how the current acceptance schedule would change if it was based on recent acceptance data. Finally, Chapter 5 presents the conclusions and recommendations of the study.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  930-948
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/62425/dot_62425_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.88 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:dd04bb9a079b9e3a54d566a1e9567a0383b0e13cb6f939ccb0adc022defe22c2