U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
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Washington, DC 20590
202-366-4000
Federal Highway Administration Research and Technology
Coordinating, Developing, and Delivering Highway Transportation Innovations
| Project Information | ||
| Project ID: | FHWA-PROJ-13-0019 | |
| Project Name: | Guidance and Tools to Improve the Core Elements of State Quality Assurance Programs | |
| Project Status: | Active | |
| Start Date: | January 24, 2014 | |
| End Date: | January 25, 2018 | |
| Contact Information | ||
| Last Name: | Duval | |
| First Name: | Richard | |
| Telephone: | 202-493-3365 | |
| E-mail: | Richard.Duval@dot.gov | |
| Office: | Office of Infrastructure Research and Development | |
| Team: | Infrastructure Analysis and Construction Team [HRDI-20] | |
| Program: | Innovative Pavement Research and Deployment | |
| Project detail | ||
| Roadmap/Focus area(s): | Infrastructure Research and Technology Strategic Plan and Roadmap | |
| Project Description: | Develop improved guidance for highway quality assurance practices. | |
| Goals: | Develop guidance documents for improved quality assurance (QA) on highway projects. Create task orders to accomplish QA improvement tasks. | |
| Product Type: | Article Draft standard, specifications, or guidelines Research report Software Techbrief Technical report Training materials | |
| Test Methodology: | Contract research | |
| Expected Benefits: | Guidance documents for improved quality assurance on highway projects. | |
| Deliverables: | 1. Name: Guidance documents, training, and simple software for developing and improving quality assurance core elements. Product Type(s): Research report, Draft standard, specifications, or guidelines, Training materials, Technical report, Techbrief, Software, Article Description: Improved guidance for highway quality assurance. 2. Name: Development of a Manual Using Nondestructive Testing and Case Studies on Precast Concrete Elements in Highway Construction Product Type(s): Research report, Training materials, Draft standard, specifications, or guidelines, Techbrief Description: Guidance Manual | |
| FHWA Topics: | Roads and Bridges--Construction and Project Management | |
| TRT Terms: | Quality Assurance Infrastructure Research Highways Construction Project Management Pavements |
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| FHWA Disciplines: | Construction and Project Management Pavement and Materials Structures Geotechnical Design |
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| Subject Areas: | Construction Pavements Data and Information Technology Geotechnology Highways Maintenance and Preservation Materials Research Law |
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