Construction and Materials Tips

The Construction Division publishes construction and materials articles and advisories regularly and on an as-needed basis.

• Bridge
• Contract Administration
• Asphalt & Chemical
• Flexible Pavements
• Materials & Pavements Administration
• Rigid Pavements
• Geotechnical, Soils and Aggregates
• Traffic Materials & Coatings
• Traffic
• Other

Bridge

Date	Title	Format
02/10	Determining Required Concrete Cylinder Size
06/10	Fly Ash Supply (Condensed and Full-length)
04/12	Fly Ash: Here Today? (Maybe), Gone Tomorrow? (Maybe)
01/07	Guidelines for Handling Asbestos
03/06	New Electronic Review of Shop Drawings
10/05	Saw-cutting Grooves on Bridge Decks

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Contract Administration

Date	Title	Format
07/12	Bulletin Board Packet (may be used to check a contractor's project bulletin board)
01/08	Contract Claim Procedure Amended
09/07	The Disputes and Claims Analysis Process
12/06	Guide to Contract Change Orders
06/09	Guide to Contractor Overhead
12/07	Guide to Labor Burden
04/11	Item 585 - Ride Quality of Pavement Surfaces
07/09	Project Schedule Development Guide Using Critical Path Method
10/06	Subcontractor Prompt Payment
09/06	Water Sources for Construction Projects during Droughts

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Asphalt & Chemical

Date	Title	Format
01/08	Epoxy Safety
01/08	FAQ's for Performance Grade Binders
01/08	NRM and DMS-11000
11/05	Opening Stuck Valves on Asphalt Piping
01/08	Premature Failure of Asphaltic Pavement Bordering Vehicle Wire Loop

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Flexible Pavements

Date	Title	Format
03/06	Blind Sampling
02/09	Crack Attenuating Mixtures and Rich Bottom Layer Mixtures
03/06	FAQs for Hot Mix Asphalt Mix Design
01/08	FAQs for Ride Specifications
09/05	Flexible Pavement Design FAQs
08/06	Hamburg Wheel Test
01/08	Proper Use of Tack Coat
08/06	Revised Guidelines on Minimum Roadway Placement Temperatures
05/08	Use of Tapered Longitudinal Joints Such As the Notched Wedge Joint

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Materials & Pavements Administration

Date	Title	Format
09/10	Using Ground-Coupled Radar Techniques to Detect Concealed Subsurface Voids
01/09	FAQs About Network-Level Falling Weight Deflectometer Data Collection
06/08	FAQs About the Falling Weight Deflectometer
01/08	Guide Schedule for Sampling and Testing (2004)
01/08	Quality Monitoring Programs and Material Producer List

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Rigid Pavements

Date	Title	Format
01/11	Calcium Aluminate Cement Concrete (Class CAC Concrete)
06/11	Calcium Aluminate Cement Concrete (Class CAC Concrete) Important Items for Construction and Inspection
06/06	Concrete Curing (Condensed)
06/06	Concrete Curing (Full-length)
01/11	Fiber Reinforced Concrete (FRC) DMS-4550
01/11	Fiber Reinforced Concrete (FRC) Important Items for Construction and Inspection
06/10	Fly Ash Supply (Condensed and Full-length)
01/08	Hot Weather Concreting
09/06	Precast Concrete Products
01/08	Sawing Concrete Pavement

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Geotechnical, Soils and Aggregates

Date	Title	Format
09/05	Guidelines for Modification and Stabilization of Soils and Base for Use in Pavement Structures
09/05	Guidelines for Treatment of Sulfate-Rich Soils and Bases in Pavement Structures
09/08	Recycled Concrete Aggregates Make Cents
06/10	Best Practices for Sampling Flexible Base
12/10	New Special Provision for Compost

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Traffic Materials & Coatings

Date	Title	Format
06/06	Concrete Curing (Condensed)
06/06	Concrete Curing (Full-length)
01/10	Field Testing of Concrete Curing Compound
01/08	Sign Warranty

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Traffic

Date	Title	Format
01/08	Enforcement of Electrical Certification
09/11	Update to Enforcement of Electrical Certification, Training and Videos

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Other

Date	Title	Format
01/08	Critical Information Regarding Requests and Information
01/08	Source Document/Contract Records and SiteManager (SM)

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Questions/Comments

For newsletter publication information, contact the Construction Division at (512) 416-2367. For technical information, contact the person cited in the article.