QC Personnel Responsibilities

1. QC PersonnelResponsibilities FDOT Inspectors & Manufacturer Personnel

2. State Materials Manual Concrete Pipe Quality Control Box Culverts

5. Roles and Responsibilities

6. QC Responsibilities • Manufacturer • QC of production, inspection, storage, shipping • Maintain QC Plan • FDOT District Materials Office • Plant Verification Inspections / Material Testing • Plant QC Plan Review and Maintenance

7. Level I QC PersonnelConcrete Pipe / Box Culverts Routine concrete inspection / testing Raw materials tests Pre-pour form and steel inspection Concrete batching, mixing, and placement Post-pour inspection Familiar with specifications Completed / passed 12-hour course/exam

8. Level II QC PersonnelConcrete Pipe / Box Culverts • Design and verification of concrete mix • Evaluate repairs and implementation • Advanced knowledge of specifications, standard indices, test methods, and shop drawings • Level I certified • Additional 5 hours training and exam

9. Plastic Property, Laboratory, and Compressive Strength Testing • Precast Concrete Box Culverts • Plastic Property Test Personnel (wet cast only) • ACI Concrete Field Testing Technician, Grade I • Laboratory Concrete Test Personnel • ACI Level I Concrete Laboratory Technician- Grade I • Concrete Strength Test Personnel • Either (1) or (2) certification: • (1) ACI Level I Concrete Laboratory Technician- Grade I • Or (2) ACI Concrete Strength Testing Technician

10. QC ManagerConcrete Pipe / Box Culverts Level I Certification Level II Certification 2 years concrete production related experience

11. Section 6.2 Plant Qualification Review Process • Plant submits proposed QC Plan • District Materials Office Review • Manufacturing • Quality Control Testing • Inspections and Documentation • Forming, Steel Placement • Storage and Shipping • Approval – “A” on Qualified Producer List

12. Maintaining Quality Control Plan and Plant Qualification Status • Annual plant qualification reviews • Test data representing all pipe diameters • Submit any changes to QC Plan

13. Section 6.2 of the Materials Manual also lists the responsibilities of the District Materials Office inspector, such as reviewing test data, cylinders, testing apparatus, etc.

14. Section 6.2.6.2.2, Volume I of the FDOT Materials Manual describes the duties of the FDOT Verification Inspectors for inspecting pipe plants. Similarly, Section 6.3.6.2.2, Volume I of the FDOT Materials Manual describes the FDOT Inspector duties for precast box culvert plants.

15. Section 6.2.7, Volume II of the FDOT Materials Manual describes the duties of pipe plant QC personnel. A description of duties is listed in this section for QC Managers as well as Level I and Level II QC Technicians. Other responsibilities of the QC Manager, such as records managementand supervision, are described throughout Section 6.2, Volume II.

17. Quality Control Rules and Resources • Company Requirements • Plant Quality Control Plan • FDOT Materials Manual • FDOT Specifications • FDOT Standards Index • ASTM Specifications • AASHTO Standards and Specifications