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