Quality

• Construction and Materials Quality Assurance
• Accelerated Construction Technology Transfer
• National Highway Specifications
• Quality Assurance Stewardship Reviews
  • Quality Assurance Stewardship Review Summary Report for Fiscal Years 2003 Through 2008 

Publications

• Construction Oversight: They Build What We Accept
• National Plain Language Peer to Peer Conference
• Construction Program Management and Inspection Guide, August 2004
• Major Types of Transportation Construction Specifications
• Performance Specifications Strategic Roadmap, Spring 2004
• Materials Notebook

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Publications

• Construction Quality Assurance for Design-Build Highway Projects,
  FHWA-HRT-12-039 2012
• Tech Brief: Acceptance for Non-structural Precast Elements,
  FHWA-HIF-12-045 2012
• National Review on Nonstructural Precast Concrete Elements,
  2012
• Techbrief: Independent Assurance Program,
  FHWA-HIF-12-001 2012
• The Multiple Stress Creep Recovery (MSCR) Procedure,
  FHWA-HIF-11-038 2011

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Current Projects

• Quality Assurance Stewardship Reviews
• Quality Assurance Stewardship Activities
  • Quality Assurance Stewardship Review Summary Report for Fiscal Years 2003 through 2006
• Memorandum on Technical Advisory T 6120.3 Use of Contractor Test Results in the Acceptance Decision, Recommended Quality Measures, and the Identification of Contractor/Department Risks
• Questions and Answers on the Quality Assurance Regulation (23 CFR 637)
• Non-Regulatory Supplement 23 CFR Part 637
• Memorandum Laboratory Qualification (Superceded by Non-Regulatory Supplement 23 CFR Part 637)
• Memorandum Technician Qualification (Superceded by Non-Regulatory Supplement 23 CFR Part 637)

Software

• Quality Assurance Software for the Personal Computer, Demonstration Project 89

Construction Guide

• Experimental Work Plans for Proprietary Products
• Quality Assurance
• Standard Specifications and Plans
• Stockpiled Materials

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Fact Sheets

• Accelerated Reconstruction: Weekend Intersection Replacement
• Optimizing Highway Performance: Enhancing Pavement Smoothness
• Optimizing Highway Performance: Meeting the Customers' Needs
• Optimizing Highway Performance: Partnering for Work Zone Safety in South Carolina
• Optimizing Highway Performance: Pavement Preservation

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Memos

• Construction Program Management and Inspection Guide and Workshops
• Establishment of Construction Quality Improvement Team
• National Highway Specifications Website
• OSHA's Final Rule on Steel Erection
• Quality Assurance (QA) in Materials and Construction Followup Discussion

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Technical Advisories

• Development and Review of Specifications
• T5080.16 Development and Review of Specifications
• T5140.11 Quality Control and Quality Assurance Inspections on Welded-Steel Fracture-Critical Members
• T5080.12 Specification Conformity Analysis
• T6120.3 Use of Contractor Test Results in the Acceptance Decision, Recommended Quality Measures, and the Identification of Contractor/Department Risks

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Generic Construction Related Review Guidelines

• Asphalt Pavement Density
• Asphalt Pavements - Statewide
• Asphalt Pavements #1
• Asphalt Pavements #2
• Bituminous Surfacing

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Other Related Information

• NCHRP Synthesis 346 - State Quality Assurance Programs (.pdf, 0.9 mb)