Standard Operating Procedures
6601 Centennial Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37243 0360
Phone: 615.350.4100
Fax: 615.350.4128
1. Administrative
1-1: Quality Assurance for the Sampling, Testing of Materials and Products June 1, 2023
1-2: Independent Assurance Program January 5, 2023
1-2B: Independent Assurance Program For Alternative Delivery Projects March 1, 2019
1-3: Field Technician Certification Requirements April 3, 2023
1-4: Laboratory Qualification Requirements June, 13 2022
1-5: Proprietary Products Procedures July 12, 2022
1-6: Project Materials Certification June 1, 2019
1-7: State Partnership for Inspection of Precast, Ready Mix, and Aggregate Producers February 1, 2022
1-8: Build America, Buy America (BABA) Requirements December 22, 2022 Appendix A: Flowchart Establishing the Rules and Interpretations
Appendix B: BABA Construction Materials by Material Code
Appendix C: BABA Status by Material Code
1-9: Materials Exceptions for Alternative Delivery Projects August 1, 2023
2. Aggregate
2-1: Aggregate Approval Process July 25, 2022
2-2: Procedures for Borrow Excavation Approval and Quality Monitoring September 26, 2023
3. Liquid Asphalt and Hot Mix Asphalt
3-1: Performance Grade Asphalt Cement Certified Supplier Requirements December 16, 2020
3-2: Emulsified Asphalt Certified Supplier Requirements August 18, 2018
3-3: Acceptance and Verification of Maintenance "In-Place" Hot Mix Asphalt March 31, 2021
3-4: Submittal and Approval of Hot Mix Asphalt Mix Designs August 18, 2018
3-5: Asphalt Pavement Test Strips
3-6: Submittal and Approval of Microsurface Mix Designs August 31, 2020
4. Cement and Concrete
4-1: QC and Acceptance of Portland Cement Concrete for Bridge Decks February 20, 2014
4-2: Procedures for Obtaining, Handling, and Testing Concrete Cores for Acceptance July 28, 2022
4-3: Procedures for Ready Mix Concrete Plant Certification July 25, 2022
4-4: Procedures for Submittal and Approval of Concrete Mixture October 12, 2022
4-5: Volumetric Concrete Mobile Mixer Approval Procedures July 25, 2022
4-6: Procedures for Field Sampling of Cementitous Material June 11, 2019
5. Precast and Prestressed Concrete
5-3: Manufacture and Acceptance of Precast Concrete Products February 1, 2022
Part 1: Guidelines for Precast Product Verification January 18, 2019
Part 2: Evaluation Forms for Precast Product Verification by Destructive Testing January 18, 2019
Part 3: Precast Manufacturing Tolerances January 18, 2019
Part 4: Substitution Submission of Designs January 18, 2019
5-4: Procedures for Prestressed Concrete Construction September 6, 2023
6. Specialty Items
6-1: Procedures and Qualifications for Guardrail Manufacturer and Supplier June 22, 2022
6-2: Requirements For Shop Inspections of Structural Steel Beams June 1, 2023
7. Testing Guidance
7-1: Nuclear Density Testing April 13, 2022
7-2: Nuclear Gauge Safety Plan August 18, 2023
8. Electronic Records Guidance
8-1: Electronic Records File Naming Effective January 25, 2023
Please visit the Construction Division website for information on Standard Specifications and Special Provisions