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QC Personnel
Responsibilities

FDOT Inspectors
&
Manufacturer Personnel
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State Materials Manual

Concrete Pipe
Quality
Control
Box Culverts
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Roles and Responsibilities

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QC Responsibilities
Manufacturer
• QC of production, inspection, storage,
shipping
• Maintain QC Plan
FDOT District Materials Office
• Plant Verification Inspections / Material
Testing
• Plant QC Plan Review and
Maintenance
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Level I QC Personnel
Concrete Pipe / Box Culverts
Routine concrete inspection / testing
Raw materials tests
Pre-pour form and steel inspection
Concrete batching, mixing, and placement
Post-pour inspection
Familiar with specifications
Completed / passed 12-hour course/exam
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Level II QC Personnel
Concrete Pipe / Box Culverts
• Design and verification of concrete mix
• Evaluate repairs and implementation
• Advanced knowledge of specifications,
standard indices, test methods, and shop
drawings
• Level I certified
• Additional 5 hours training and exam
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Plastic Property, Laboratory, and

Compressive Strength Testing

Precast Concrete Box Culverts

Plastic Property Test Personnel (wet cast
only)
ACI Concrete Field Testing Technician, Grade I
Laboratory Concrete Test Personnel
ACI Level I Concrete Laboratory Technician- Grade I
Concrete Strength Test Personnel
Either (1) or (2) certification:
(1) ACI Level I Concrete Laboratory Technician- Grade I
Or (2) ACI Concrete Strength Testing Technician
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QC Manager
Concrete Pipe / Box Culverts
Level I Certification
Level II Certification
2 years concrete production related
experience
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Plant Qualification Review

Process

Plant submits proposed QC Plan

District Materials Office Review
Manufacturing
Quality Control Testing
Inspections and Documentation
Forming, Steel Placement
Storage and Shipping
Approval – “A” on Qualified Producer List
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Maintaining Quality Control Plan

and Plant Qualification Status
Annual plant qualification reviews
Test data representing all pipe diameters
Submit any changes to QC Plan
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Section 6.2 of the

Materials Manual also
lists the responsibilities of
the District Materials
Office inspector, such as
reviewing test data,
cylinders, testing
apparatus, etc.
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Section 6.2.6.2.2, Volume

I of the FDOT Materials
Manual describes the
duties of the FDOT
Verification Inspectors for
inspecting pipe plants.

Similarly, Section
6.3.6.2.2, Volume I of the
FDOT Materials Manual
describes the FDOT
Inspector duties for
precast box culvert plants.
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Section 6.2.7, Volume II of the

FDOT Materials Manual
describes the duties of pipe plant
QC personnel.

A description of duties is listed in

this section for QC Managers as
well as Level I and Level II QC
Technicians.

Other responsibilities of the QC

Manager, such as records
managementand supervision, are
described throughout Section
6.2, Volume II.
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Quality Control Rules and

Resources
• Company Requirements
• Plant Quality Control Plan
• FDOT Materials Manual
• FDOT Specifications
• FDOT Standards Index
• ASTM Specifications
• AASHTO Standards and
Specifications