District 8-0 Winter Construction School February 23rd, 2012 PTM 611 Linda A. Atkinson

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District 8-0 Winter Construction SchoolFebruary 23rd, 2012

PTM 611

Linda A. AtkinsonBureau of Project Delivery (BOPD)

Innovation & Support Services Division (ISSD)Construction Quality Assurance Section (CQAS)

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PTM 611

• PTM 611 Making and Curing Concrete Compression and Flexural Test Specimens in the Field

• Revised December 2011

• Change 5 to the 2003 edition of Publication 19

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• Materials Quality Assurance Stewardship Review

– Recommendation

• “Security of field cured cylinders should be improved.”

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• Questionnaire to all 50 States• Best Practices• Dissimilar Acceptance and Quality Control

Processes

– Nothing or Not Applicable (20)– Locks on Cure Boxes (2)– Metal Tags (1)

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• Metal Tags

>5mm

Saw orGrind into Tolerance

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• Destructible Stickers

• Controlled Environment

• Worked Good

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• Statewide Pilot Project

– 3 Projects per District– Pre-fab facilities

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• Results…………………….

Some Good

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• Some NOT SO GOOD….

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• Back to Basics

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• Making and Curing Concrete Compression and Flexural Test Specimens in the Field

– Added Section 12

• Identification and Security of Compression Test Specimen Molds and Compression Test Specimens Molded on Construction Projects

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• 12.1 Identification of Specimen Molds

– A PENNDOT Representative shall identify each specimen mold with the following info

• Date Molded• Construction Area• Specimen Type• Series Number• Class of Concrete• AND Most Importantly…….

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• Each Specimen Mold Must Contain the Signature of a

– PennDOT Representative– Contractor’s Certified Technician

• Technician’s Certification Number

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• 12.2 Identification of Specimens

– The PennDOT Representative will transfer the EXACT SAME Info on the Specimens

• Date Molded• Construction Area• Specimen Type• Series Number• Class of Concrete• AND Most Importantly……….

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• Each Specimen Must Contain the Signature of a

– PennDOT Representative– Contractor’s Certified Technician

• Certification Number

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• Date Molded• Construction Area• Series Number• Class of Concrete• Specimen Type• PennDOT Rep Signature• Concrete Technician• Technician’s Certification #

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• TABLE B Section 704

Lot Sizes for Concrete AcceptanceConstruction Areas

Structural Concrete (S)Pavement Concrete (P)Pavement Patching Concrete (PP)Incidental Concrete (M) Pavement Concrete RPS (RPS)

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• Specimen Types

– Acceptance Testing (AT)– Quality Control Testing (QC)– Verification Testing (VT)– Independent Assurance Testing (IA)– Quality Assurance Testing (QA)

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