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<br />Attendant Booth Additions 32 12 16 - 6 <br />Orange County, North Carolina AUGUST 20205 <br />TRC PN: 670493 <br /> <br />3.9 FIELD QUALITY CONTROL <br />A. Testing Agency: Contractor will use Engineer approved NCDOT certified testing <br />personnel or employ a qualified independent testing agency, at no additional <br />cost to the Owner as part of base bid work, to perform field investigations and <br />test and to prepare test reports. <br /> <br />1. Contractor’s approved personnel or Testing Agency will conduct and in- <br />terpret tests and state in each report whether tested Work complies with or <br />deviates from specified requirements. <br />2. Test reports shall be supplied to the Engineer within 7 days of said testing. <br />B. All testing shall follow NCDOT Standards and Specifications and any other <br />requirements specific to the project driveway permit. <br />C. Additional testing, at Contractor's expense, will be performed to determine compliance <br />of corrected Work with specified requirements. <br />1. Engineer is to be notified within 24 hours of failing tests. <br />D. Thickness: In-place compacted thickness of hot-mix asphalt courses will be <br />determined according to ASTM D 3549. <br />E. Surface Smoothness: Finished surface of each hot-mix asphalt course will be tested <br />for compliance with smoothness tolerances. <br />F. In-Place Density: Samples of uncompacted paving mixtures and compacted pavement <br />will be secured by testing agency according to DOT requirements. <br />1. In-place density of compacted pavement will be determined by testing core <br />samples according to ASTM D 1188 or ASTM D 2726. <br />a. One core sample will be taken for every 1000 sq. yd. or less of installed <br />pavement, but in no case will fewer than 3 cores be taken. <br />b. Field density of in-place compacted pavement may also be determined by <br />nuclear method according to ASTM D 2950 and correlated with <br />ASTM D 1188 or ASTM D 2726. <br />G. Remove and replace or install additional hot-mix asphalt where test results or <br />measurements indicate that it does not comply with specified requirements. <br /> <br />END OF SECTION 32 12 16 <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 34F94CE0-2CE8-49C5-B7C4-6B696F8E23C3