Pavements

Materials Quality Assurance

Utilization of quality assurance procedures and tools that ensure as-constructed pavements match designs.

• Quality Assurance
• Warranties

Guidance

• Use of Quality Price Adjustments in Federal-Aid Highway Construction (03/30/2023)

Publications

• Tech Brief: Quality Assurance Random Sampling and Sample Security,
  FHWA-HIF-24-022 2024
• Tech Brief: Quality Assurance Asphalt Mixture Sampling,
  FHWA-HIF-24-071 2024
• Quality Assurance Stewardship Review Summary Report for Years 2019-2023,
  FHWA-HIF-24-074 2024
• Successful Practices for Quality Management of Pavement Surface Condition Data Collection and Analysis,
  FHWA-RC-23-0002 2023
• Tech Brief: Use of Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA) in Concrete Paving Mixtures,
  FHWA-HIF-22-020 2022

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Research

Projects

• Quality Assurance Data Analysis as a Leading Indicator for Infrastructure Condition Performance Management (FHWA-PROJ-14-0018)
• Guidance and Tools to Improve the Core Elements of State Quality Assurance Programs (FHWA-PROJ-13-0019)
• Development of a Rapid Method for Quality Assurance of Entrained Air-Void Properties in Hardened Concrete (FHWA-PROJ-12-0065)
• Analysis of Construction Quality Assurance Procedures on Federally Funded Local Public Agency Projects (FHWA-PROJ-12-0042)
• Application of Laser Shearography to Asphalt Issues (FHWA-PROJ-12-0006)

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