MATERIALS TESTING REQUIREMENTS

(List is not all-inclusive, illustrative of types of testing needs)

Qualifications

The Construction Inspector (Materials) provided by the consultant to fill Materials Tester
positions shall have a minimum of three (3) years of experience performing the work being
requested by WSDOT. In addition to this experience, the individuals proposed by the
consultant must be Western Alliance for Quality Transportation Construction (WAQTC) and
American Concrete Institute (ACI) qualified to perform the following tests. Also all materials
testing will be in accordance with the WSDOT Construction Manual (M44-01).

The consultant shall also provide documentation that the individuals proposed for this work
are capable of operating the following equipment:

• Brovold Gyratory Compactor

• Barnstead Thermoline Ignition Furnace
• A manual or mechanical Sand Equivalency Shaker
• Troxler 3430 and/or 3450 Nuclear Moisture/Density Gauge – The individual
operating this gauge must possess a valid thermo luminescent dosimeter (nuke
badge). Monitoring of radiation of the consultant’s nuke badge is the responsibility of
the consultant.

Test Methods

Aggregate Test Methods

1. AASHTO T 2, Sampling of Aggregate

2. AASHTO R 76, Reducing Samples of Aggregate to Testing Size
3. AASHTO T 255, Total Evaporable Moisture Content of Aggregate by Drying
4. AASHTO T 27, Sieve Analysis of Fine and Coarse Aggregates; and AASHTO T 11, Materials
Finer than 75 µm (No. 200) Sieve in Mineral Aggregate by Washing
5. AASHTO T 335, Determining the Percentage of Fracture in Course Aggregate
6. AASHTO T 176, Plastic Fines in Graded Aggregates and Soils by the Use of the Sand Equivalent
Test

Asphalt II Test Methods

1. AASHTO T 168, Sampling of Bituminous Paving Mixtures

2. AASHTO R 47, Reducing Samples of Asphalt Mixtures to Testing Size
3. AASHTO T 329, Moisture Content of Asphalt Mixtures by Oven Method
4. AASHTO T 308, Determining the Asphalt Binder Content of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) by the Ignition
Method
 5. AASHTO T 209, Theoretical Maximum Specific Gravity and Density of Hot Mix Asphalt Paving
Mixtures
6. AASHTO T 166, Bulk Specific Gravity of Compacted Hot Mix Asphalt Using Saturated Surface-
Dry Specimens
7. AASHTO R 66, Sampling of Asphalt Materials
8. AASHTO T 30, Mechanical Analysis of Extracted Aggregate
9. AASHTO T 312, Asphalt Mixture Specimens By Means of the Superpave Gyratory Compactor
10. WAQTC TM 13, Volumetric Properties of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA)

In-Place Density Test Methods

1. AASHTO T 255, Total Evaporable Moisture Content of Aggregate by Drying; and AASHTO T 265,
Laboratory Determination of Moisture Content of Soils
2. AASHTO T 99 AND T 180, Moisture-Density Relations of Soils
3. AASHTO T 272, One-Point Method for Determining Maximum Dry Density and Optimum Moisture
4. AASHTO T 310, In-Place Density and Moisture Content of Soil and Soil-Aggregate by Nuclear
Methods (Shallow Depth)
5. AASHTO T 355, In-place Density of Asphalt Mixtures by Nuclear Methods

ACI Test Methods

1. C1064/C1064M—Temperature of Freshly Mixed Hydraulic-Cement Concrete

2. C172/C172M—Sampling Freshly Mixed Concrete
3. C143/C143M—Slump of Hydraulic-Cement Concrete
4. C138/C138M—Density (Unit Weight), Yield, and Air Content (Gravimetric) of Concrete
5. C231/C231M—Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Pressure Method
6. C173/C173M—Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Volumetric Method
7. C31/C31M—Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens in the Field

For this year, testers will be WAQTC qualified but will be using current WSDOT methods when testing. As
an example, see the testing methods below.

Current WSDOT Density Test Methods

HMA

1. WSDOT FOP for AASHTO T 355 In-Place Density of Asphalt Mixtures Using the Nuclear
Moisture-Density Gauge
2. WSDOT Test Method T 716 Method of Random Sampling for Locations of Testing and Sampling
Sites

Embankment and Surfacing

1. WSDOT FOP for AASHTO T 310 In-Place Density and Moisture Content of Soil and Soil-
Aggregate by Nuclear Methods (Shallow Depth)
2. WSDOT Standard Operating Procedure SOP 615 Determination of the % Compaction for
Embankment & Untreated Surfacing Materials Using the Nuclear Moisture-Density Gauge