Cast In Place Concrete
- Review of mix design
- Inspection of placement of reinforcing steel
- Inspection of placement and/or perform proof loading of mechanical couplers
- Inspection of placement of concrete
- Slump control
- Temperature monitoring
- Concrete compression tests
Reinforcing Steel
- Review of mill certificates
- Inspection of bar size and grade
- Inspection of laps, ties and splices
- Inspection of conformance of reinforcement to drawing
Post-Tensioned Concrete
- Inspection of placement of cables
- Stressing operations
- Cable laboratory tension tests
Shotcrete
- Observation of qualifications of contractor’s nozzlemen
- Inspection of placement of reinforcing steel
- Inspection of placement of shotcrete
- Observation of shotcrete test panels
- Coring of panels for comprehensive tests
Structural Steel Welding
- Review of mill certifications
- Review of welding procedures
- Inspection of shop fabrications
- Ultrasonic tests of complete penetration welds
- Continuous inspection of all welding operations
- Inspection and tests of all high strength bolted connections
Structural Masonry
- Review of mix designs
- Observation of fabrication of composite prisms
- Inspection of placement of masonry units, reinforcing steel and grout
- Mortar, grout and prism tests
Metal Fabrication and Steel Decking
- Review of welding procedures and qualifications
- Inspection of shop fabrications
- Inspection of field welding operations
Epoxy Grouted Dowels, Anchors and Holdowns
- Inspection of drilled holes for depth, diameter, and cleanliness
- Observation of placement of epoxy grouted dowels and anchors
- Perform proof load testing (as needed)
Roof Diaphragm Nailing/Shear Wall Nailing
- Verification of type and thickness of plywood
- Verification of size and type of nails
- Observation of placement and nailing of plywood roof/wall diaphragms
Batch Plant
- Review of plant certification
- Request of verification of calibration dates on scales, dispensers and meters
- Review of approved mix design proportions and bands
- Determination of batch load amounts and spacing of loads
- Request of copies of all batch weights per each load for tolerance calculation of compliance
- Verification of weight cement per ASTM C94
- Observation of additions of manual dispensed color, waterproofing mix plasticizer
- Verification that water tanks on trucks are full
- Verification that drum revolution counters are zeroed
- Verification of temperature and batch times
- Creation of unit weight, air content, slump, shrink molds, flex beams
- Communication with weigh master as needed
Additional inspections will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
