Blueprint Changes to the Asphalt Program Regional Asphalt Meetings

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3. Overview Blueprint Team Review of VDOT Processes Team Recommendations Status of Recommendations

4. Blueprint Team David Lee – Chair, Salem Materials Haroon Shami – Culpeper Materials Steven Mullins – Bristol Materials Richard Schreck – VAA Rep. Rick James – VTCA Rep David Branscome – Old Dominion Rep Trenton Clark – Scribe

5. Quality Assurance Program Required by 23 CFR 637B Includes QA, IA, VST and QC By law, must be performed on: Federal Aid Projects on the National Highway System By spec, QC required on all VDOT projects Stress all changes must still comply with 23 CFR 637B – Quality Assurance Procedures for ConstructionStress all changes must still comply with 23 CFR 637B – Quality Assurance Procedures for Construction

6. Definitions – 23 CFR 637B QA – Quality assurance; All factors that comprise the State highway agency's (SHA) determination of the quality of the product as specified in the contract requirements. These factors include verification sampling, testing, and inspection and may include results of quality control sampling and testing VST – Verification sampling and testing; Sampling and testing performed to validate the quality of the product IA – Independent assurance; Activities that are an unbiased and independent evaluation of all the sampling and testing procedures used in the acceptance program QC – Quality control; All contractor/vendor operational techniques and activities that are performed or conducted to fulfill the contract requirements Review of definitions since we have changed what we call things.Review of definitions since we have changed what we call things.

7. Review of VDOT Processes Asphalt Plant Asphalt Lab Asphalt Field VDOT Lab VDOT Office Goal – identified time consuming activities that can be modified or eliminated

8. Team Recommendations Move to Web-Based collection and entry of contractor QC lab data and VDOT VST core data Modify VDOT Verification and Independent Assurance Testing of Field Quality Control Data Modify VDOT Verification and Independent Assurance Testing of Lab QC Data Depth Checks of Base Material Adoption of new Job Mix Approval Process

9. Status of Recommendations – 1 Web-Based Application Approved by Chief Engineer and Chief of Research and Technology Planning underway Scoping meeting to be held in near future

10. Status of Recommendations – 1 Web-Based Application Same functions as current HMA data suite (i.e. control charts, spec checks, materials flags, etc.) Contractor upload of results to application Access to VDOT results Electronic submittal of TL-127 Incorporation of VDOT density data

11. Status of Recommendations – 2 Field Verification and Independent Assurance Program All core/plug based 20% of VST lots monitored; VST lot 5,000 ft 2 cores/plugs per lot Minimum 1 core per control strip per project verified in VDOT lab No VDOT nuclear gauge testing

12. Status of Recommendations – 3 Lab Verification and Independent Assurance Program New Mixes – 1 sample per first two lots, 1 sample every other lot Roll-over Mixes – 1 sample in first lot, 1 sample every other lot Lot size 4,000 tons

13. Status of Recommendations – 4 Depth Checks on Base Still in progress Single lift bases, use density cores/plugs for thickness Multiple lift bases, VDOT testing in 2010 with allowance for contractor coring Team established to recommend new approach; recommendations due in May

14. Job Mix Formula – 5 New process adopted To be detailed later

15. Other Work Underway Lot Size for Field Density Acceptance Material Certification Schools

16. Lot Size Team (VDOT and Industry) working on new approach Recommendation due in May Incorporates SMA and Dense Graded Asphalt

17. Materials Certification Schools No changes in schools for 2010 Proficiency testing Allow contractor testing of personnel Contractor identified trainer Trainer must be VDOT certified Contractor must contact State Materials Engineer with proposed trainer(s) VDOT test VDOT employees, consultants and non-contractor employees (i.e. local governments) Details still be worked out; more information to come

18. Blueprint Changes to the Asphalt Program Regional Asphalt Meetings