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This Section provides material quality control and quality assurance
services for the Department out of lab facilities located in Mount
Stewart and Summerside.
This Section is also responsible for providing technical support in
ensuring quality assurance testing for materials incorporated into
the transportation infrastructure.
Provide Quality Control/Quality Assurance testing of;
- Soils,
- Aggregates,
- Asphalt cement
- Ashphaltic concrete,
- Portland cement concrete,
- Field supervision of highway construction and highway maintenance
projects,
- Inspection of highway construction and highway
maintenance projects,
both during and after completion.
Provision of expert technical advice to regional engineering staff to aid in the preparation of
design, estimates and contract documents.
Pre-construction investigations, sampling and testing for
the development of structural design and preparation
of contract documents.
Perform deflection testing on selected pavement test sites to monitor pavement strength and advise
on the implementation and removal of Spring Weight Restrictions.
Evaluation of highway construction projects by assessing test data and inspection reports
for compliance with contract specifications and testing the validity of structural design
assumptions.
- For further information contact;
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Terry Kelly - Senior Manager
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Dorothy McKeigan - Administration Assistant
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Brian Kelly - Lab Supervisor
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Nancy Wood - Lab Supervisor
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* Last
updated October 5, 2004
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