TIME-SAVING METHODS IN HIGHWAY ENGINEERING - CHAPTER 8: MATERIALS AND TESTS

STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT RESPONSES TO SEVEN QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO AIDS IN REDUCING THE WORK-LOAD OF THE MATERIALS AND TESTING DIVISION ARE PRESENTED IN A TABLE AND IN A QUESTION-BY-QUESTION SUMMARY. THE QUESTIONS PERTAIN TO MATERIALS EXPLORATION, PROCESSING, AND TESTING USE OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY, STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES, USE OF HIGH-SPEED COMPUTERS, AND MISCELLANEOUS SHORT-CUTS. SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS REPORTED INCLUDE: REPLACEMENT OF MANUAL TESTING WITH MODERN POWER EQUIPMENT, USE OF ASSEMBLY-LINE PROCEDURES, USE OF STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES, USE OF CROSS-INDEXING OF RECORDS, AERIAL PHTOGRAPHY FOR IDENTIFICATION OF SOIL TYPES, TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES AND MATERIALS LOCATION, USE OF ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY METHOD FOR SUBSURFACE EXPLORATION AND SOIL LOGGING, USE OF TELETYPE, USE OF TRAINING COURSES AND INFORMATIONAL BULLETINS. THE VALUE OF PUNCHED-CARD METHODS IN COMPUTING AND RECORD-KEEPING TO FACILITATE ACCESS AND ANALYSIS, AND STATISTICAL CONTROL OF ROUTINE TESTING IS NOTED.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • pp 181-222, 6 FIG, 2 TAB
• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Research Board

  2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC    20418
• Authors:
  • Campbell, M E
• Publication Date: 1956-5

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Geological surveying; Information processing; Materials; Materials tests; Photogrammetry; Productivity; Questionnaires; Records management; Soils; Statistical quality control; Surveys
• Uncontrolled Terms: Time savings
• Old TRIS Terms: Material surveys; Photogrammetric engineering; Soil exploration
• Subject Areas: Finance; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00217183
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 11 1972 12:00AM