CERTIFICATION AND ACCREDITATION PROGRAMS: A CONTRACTOR'S PERSPECTIVE

In recent years, the highway paving community has made notable strides to improve the quality of asphalt pavements that will ultimately result in longer lasting roads. The most conspicuous of these improvements is Superpave which has ushered in better asphalt binder characterization and mix design procedures. Coupled with Quality Control/Quality Assurance (QC/QA) programs it has also created a need for education and reeducation that will likely have as much of a positive impact on the HMA industry as the new test methods. All of these developments make technician certification and laboratory accreditation programs indispensable. This paper provides a contractor's perspective of certification and accreditation. The need for standardized certification and accreditation programs is presented and discussed.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

  100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700
  West Conshohocken, PA  United States  19428-2957
• Authors:
  • Wesr, R C
  • Lynn, T A
• Conference:
  • Hot Mix Asphalt Construction: Certification and Accreditation Programs. Symposium
  • Location: Nashville, Tennessee
  • Date: 1998-12-8 to 1998-12-8
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 70-75

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt mixtures; Certification; Hot mix asphalt; Pavement performance; Quality assurance; Quality control; Technicians; Training programs
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Education and Training; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00799191
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0803126190
• Report/Paper Numbers: STP: 1378
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 15 2000 12:00AM