Amend 0006 - 014529 Testing Laboratory Services.pdf

Wilmington VA Medical Center, Wilmington, DE VA Project #460-325 Addition for Mental Health 100% Final CD Review Submission: 11/28/22

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SECTION 01 45 29

TESTING LABORATORY SERVICES

PART 1 - GENERAL

1.1 DESCRIPTION:

This section specifies materials testing activities and inspection services required during project construction to be provided by a

Testing Laboratory retained by the General.

1.2 APPLICABLE PUBLICATIONS:

A. The publications listed below form a part of this specification to the extent referenced. The publications are referred to in the text by the basic designation only.

B. American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

(AASHTO):

T27-11 .................Standard Method of Test for Sieve Analysis of

Fine and Coarse Aggregates

T96-02 (R2006) .........Standard Method of Test for Resistance to

Degradation of Small-Size Coarse Aggregate by

Abrasion and Impact in the Los Angeles Machine

T99-10 .................Standard Method of Test for Moisture-Density

Relations of Soils Using a 2.5 Kg (5.5 lb.)

Rammer and a 305 mm (12 in.) Drop

T104-99 (R2007) ........Standard Method of Test for Soundness of

Aggregate by Use of Sodium Sulfate or Magnesium

Sulfate

T180-10 ................Standard Method of Test for Moisture-Density

Relations of Soils using a 4.54 kg (10 lb.)

Rammer and a 457 mm (18 in.) Drop

T191-02(R2006) .........Standard Method of Test for Density of Soil In-

Place by the Sand-Cone Method

T310-13 ................Standard Method of Test for In-place Density and Moisture Content of Soil and Soil-aggregate by Nuclear Methods (Shallow Depth)

C. American Concrete Institute (ACI):

506.4R-94 (R2004) ......Guide for the Evaluation of Shotcrete

D. American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM):

A370-12 ................Standard Test Methods and Definitions for

Mechanical Testing of Steel Products

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C31/C31M-10 ............Standard Practice for Making and Curing

Concrete Test Specimens in the Field

C33/C33M-11a ...........Standard Specification for Concrete Aggregates

C39/C39M-12 ............Standard Test Method for Compressive Strength of Cylindrical Concrete Specimens

C109/C109M-11b .........Standard Test Method for Compressive Strength of Hydraulic Cement Mortars

C136-06 ................Standard Test Method for Sieve Analysis of Fine and Coarse Aggregates

C138/C138M-10b .........Standard Test Method for Density (Unit Weight), Yield, and Air Content (Gravimetric) of

Concrete

C143/C143M-10a .........Standard Test Method for Slump of Hydraulic

Cement Concrete

C172/C172M-10 ..........Standard Practice for Sampling Freshly Mixed

Concrete

C173/C173M-10b .........Standard Test Method for Air Content of freshly

Mixed Concrete by the Volumetric Method

C1064/C1064M-11 ........Standard Test Method for Temperature of Freshly

Mixed Portland Cement Concrete

C1077-11c ..............Standard Practice for Agencies Testing Concrete and Concrete Aggregates for Use in Construction and Criteria for Testing Agency Evaluation

D422-63(2007) ..........Standard Test Method for Particle-Size Analysis of Soils

D698-07e1 ..............Standard Test Methods for Laboratory Compaction

Characteristics of Soil Using Standard Effort

D1143/D1143M-07e1 ......Standard Test Methods for Deep Foundations

Under Static Axial Compressive Load

D1556-07 ...............Standard Test Method for Density and Unit

Weight of Soil in Place by the Sand-Cone Method

D1557-09 ...............Standard Test Methods for Laboratory Compaction

Characteristics of Soil Using Modified Effort

(56,000ft lbf/ft3 (2,700 KNm/m3))

D6938-10 ...............Standard Test Method for In-Place Density and

Water Content of Soil and Soil-Aggregate by

Nuclear Methods (Shallow Depth)

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E164-08 ................Standard Practice for Contact Ultrasonic

Testing of Weldments

E329-11c ...............Standard Specification for Agencies Engaged in

Construction Inspection, Testing, or Special

Inspection

E543-09 ................Standard Specification for Agencies Performing

Non-Destructive Testing

E605-93(R2011) .........Standard Test Methods for Thickness and Density of Sprayed Fire Resistive Material (SFRM)

Applied to Structural Members

E1155-96(R2008) ........Determining FF Floor Flatness and FL Floor

Levelness Numbers

F3125/F3125M-15 ........Standard Specification for High Strength

Structural Bolts, Steel and Alloy Steel, Heat

Treated, 120 ksi (830 MPa) and 150 ksi (1040

MPa) Minimum Tensile Strength, Inch and Metric

Dimensions

E. American Welding Society (AWS):

D1.D1.1M-10 ............Structural Welding Code-Steel

1.3 REQUIREMENTS:

A. Accreditation Requirements: Construction materials testing laboratories must be accredited by a laboratory accreditation authority and will be required to submit a copy of the Certificate of Accreditation and Scope of Accreditation. The laboratory’s scope of accreditation must include the appropriate ASTM standards (i.e.; E329, C1077, D3666, D3740, A880, E543) listed in the technical sections of the specifications.

Laboratories engaged in Hazardous Materials Testing shall meet the requirements of OSHA and EPA. The policy applies to the specific laboratory performing the actual testing, not just the “Corporate

Office.”

B. Inspection and Testing: Testing laboratory shall inspect materials and workmanship and perform tests described herein and additional tests requested by Resident Engineer. When it appears materials furnished, or work performed by Contractor fail to meet construction contract requirements, Testing Laboratory shall direct attention of Resident

Engineer to such failure.

C. Written Reports: Testing laboratory shall submit test reports to

Resident Engineer, Contractor, unless other arrangements are agreed to

01 45 29 - 4 in writing by the Resident Engineer. Submit reports of tests that fail to meet construction contract requirements on colored paper.

D. Verbal Reports: Give verbal notification to Resident Engineer immediately of any irregularity.

PART 2 - PRODUCTS (NOT USED)

PART 3 - EXECUTION

3.1 EARTHWORK:

A. General: The Testing Laboratory shall provide qualified personnel, materials, equipment, and transportation as required to perform the services identified/required herein, within the agreed to schedule and/or time frame. The work to be performed shall be as identified herein and shall include but not be limited to the following:

1. Provide part time observation of fill placement and compaction and field density testing in building areas and provide part time observation of fill placement and compaction and field density testing in pavement areas to verify that earthwork compaction obtained is in accordance with contract documents.

2. Provide supervised geotechnical technician to inspect excavation, subsurface preparation, and backfill for structural fill.

B. Testing Compaction:

1. Determine maximum density and optimum moisture content for each type of fill, backfill and subgrade material used, in compliance with

ASTM D1557 Method A.

2. Make field density tests in accordance with the primary testing method following ASTM D6938 wherever possible. Field density tests utilizing ASTM D1556 shall be utilized on a case by case basis only if there are problems with the validity of the results from the primary method due to specific site field conditions. Should the testing laboratory propose these alternative methods, they should provide satisfactory explanation to the Resident Engineer before the tests are conducted.

a. Building Slab Subgrade: At least one test of subgrade for every

185 m2 (2000 square feet) of building slab, but in no case fewer than three tests. In each compacted fill layer, perform one test for every 185 m2 (2000 square feet) of overlaying building slab, but in no case fewer than three tests.

b. Sidewalk: One test for each 90 m (300 feet), but in no case fewer than two tests.

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c. Trenches: One test at maximum 30 m (100 foot) intervals per 1200 mm (4 foot) of vertical lift and at changes in required density, but in no case fewer than two tests.

C. Fill and Backfill Material Gradation: One test per 100 cubicyards stockpiled or in-place source material. Gradation of fill and backfill material shall be determined in accordance with ASTM D422.

D. Testing Materials: Test suitability of on-site and off-site borrow as directed by Resident Engineer.

3.2 FOUNDATION PILES:

A. Witness load test procedure for conformance with ASTM D1143 and interpret test data to verify geotechnical recommendations for pile capacity. Submit load test report in accordance with ASTM D1143.

B. Review Contractor's equipment, methods, and procedures prior to starting any work on site. Provide continuous inspection of pile installation. Maintain a record of all pertinent phases of operation for submittal to Resident Engineer.

3.3 SITE WORK CONCRETE:

Test site work concrete including materials for concrete as required in

Article CONCRETE of this section.

3.4 CONCRETE:

A. Batch Plant Inspection and Materials Testing:

1. Perform continuous batch plant inspection until concrete quality is established to satisfaction of Resident Engineer with concurrence of

Contracting Officer and perform periodic inspections thereafter as determined by Resident Engineer.

2. Periodically inspect and test batch proportioning equipment for accuracy and report deficiencies to Resident Engineer.

3. Sample and test mix ingredients as necessary to insure compliance with specifications.

4. Sample and test aggregates daily and as necessary for moisture content. Test the dry rodded weight of the coarse aggregate whenever a sieve analysis is made, and when it appears there has been a change in the aggregate.

5. Certify, in duplicate, ingredients and proportions and amounts of ingredients in concrete conform to approved trial mixes. When concrete is batched or mixed off immediate building site, certify

(by signing, initialing or stamping thereon) on delivery slips

(duplicate) that ingredients in truck-load mixes conform to

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B. Field Inspection and Materials Testing:

1. Provide a technician at site of placement at all times to perform concrete sampling and testing.

2. Review the delivery tickets of the ready-mix concrete trucks arriving on-site. Notify the Contractor if the concrete cannot be placed within the specified time limits or if the type of concrete delivered is incorrect. Reject any loads that do not comply with the

Specification requirements. Rejected loads are to be removed from the site at the Contractor’s expense. Any rejected concrete that is placed will be subject to removal.

3. Take concrete samples at point of placement in accordance with ASTM

C172. Mold and cure compression test cylinders in accordance with

ASTM C31. Make at least three cylinders for each 40 m3 (50 cubic yards) or less of each concrete type, and at least three cylinders for any one day's pour for each concrete type. After good concrete quality control has been established and maintained as determined by

Resident Engineer make three cylinders for each 80 m3 (100 cubic yards) or less of each concrete type, and at least three cylinders from any one day's pour for each concrete type. Label each cylinder with an identification number. Resident Engineer may require additional cylinders to be molded and cured under job conditions.

4. Perform slump tests in accordance with ASTM C143. Test the first truck each day, and every time test cylinders are made. Test pumped concrete at the hopper and at the discharge end of the hose at the beginning of each day’s pumping operations to determine change in slump.

5. Determine the air content of concrete per ASTM C173. For concrete required to be air-entrained, test the first truck and every 20 m3

(25 cubic yards) thereafter each day. For concrete not required to be air-entrained, test every 80 m3 (100 cubic yards) at random. For pumped concrete, initially test concrete at both the hopper and the discharge end of the hose to determine change in air content.

6. If slump or air content fall outside specified limits, make another test immediately from another portion of same batch.

7. Notify laboratory technician at batch plant of mix irregularities and request materials and proportioning check.

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8. Verify that specified mixing has been accomplished.

9. Environmental Conditions: Determine the temperature per ASTM C1064 for each truckload of concrete during hot weather and cold weather concreting operations:

a. When ambient air temperature falls below 4.4 degrees C (40 degrees F), record maximum and minimum air temperatures in each

24 hour period; record air temperature inside protective enclosure; record minimum temperature of surface of hardened concrete.

b. When ambient air temperature rises above 29.4 degrees C (85 degrees F), record maximum and minimum air temperature in each 24 hour period; record minimum relative humidity; record maximum wind velocity; record maximum temperature of surface of hardened concrete.

10. Inspect the reinforcing steel placement, including bar size, bar spacing, top and bottom concrete cover, proper tie into the chairs, and grade of steel prior to concrete placement. Submit detailed report of observations.

11. Observe conveying, placement, and consolidation of concrete for conformance to specifications.

12. Observe curing procedures for conformance with specifications, record dates of concrete placement, start of preliminary curing, start of final curing, end of curing period.

13. Observe preparations for placement of concrete:

a. Inspect handling, conveying, and placing equipment, inspect vibrating and compaction equipment.

b. Inspect preparation of construction, expansion, and isolation joints.

14. Observe preparations for protection from hot weather, cold weather, sun, and rain, and preparations for curing.

15. Observe concrete mixing:

a. Monitor and record amount of water added at project site.

b. Observe minimum and maximum mixing times.

16. Measure concrete flatwork for levelness and flatness as follows:

a. Perform Floor Tolerance Measurements FF and FL in accordance with

ASTM E1155. Calculate the actual overall F- numbers using the inferior/superior area method.

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b. Perform all floor tolerance measurements within 48 hours after slab installation and prior to removal of shoring and formwork.

c. Provide the Contractor and the Resident Engineer with the results of all profile tests, including a running tabulation of the overall FF and FL values for all slabs installed to date, within

72 hours after each slab installation.

17. Other inspections:

a. Grouting under base plates.

b. Grouting anchor bolts and reinforcing steel in hardened concrete.

C. Laboratory Tests of Field Samples:

1. Test compression test cylinders for strength in accordance with ASTM

C39. For each test series, test one cylinder at 7 days and one cylinder at 28 days. Use remaining cylinder as a spare tested as directed by Resident Engineer. Compile laboratory test reports as follows: Compressive strength test shall be result of one cylinder, except when one cylinder shows evidence of improper sampling, molding or testing, in which case it shall be discarded and strength of spare cylinder shall be used.

2. Furnish certified compression test reports (duplicate) to Resident

Engineer. In test report, indicate the following information:

a. Cylinder identification number and date cast.

b. Specific location at which test samples were taken.

c. Type of concrete, slump, and percent air.

d. Compressive strength of concrete in MPa (psi).

e. Weather conditions during placing.

f. Temperature of concrete in each test cylinder when test cylinder was molded.

g. Maximum and minimum ambient temperature during placing.

h. Ambient temperature when concrete sample in test cylinder was taken.

i. Date delivered to laboratory and date tested.

3.14 STRUCTURAL STEEL:

A. General: Provide shop and field inspection and testing services to certify structural steel work is done in accordance with contract documents. Welding shall conform to AWS D1.1 Structural Welding Code.

B. Prefabrication Inspection:

1. Review design and shop detail drawings for size, length, type and location of all welds to be made.

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2. Approve welding procedure qualifications either by pre-qualification or by witnessing qualifications tests.

3. Approve welder qualifications by certification or retesting.

4. Approve procedure for control of distortion and shrinkage stresses.

5. Approve procedures for welding in accordance with applicable sections of AWS D1.1.

C. Fabrication and Erection:

1. Weld Inspection:

a. Inspect welding equipment for capacity, maintenance and working condition.

b. Verify specified electrodes and handling and storage of electrodes in accordance with AWS D1.1.

c. Inspect preparation and assembly of materials to be welded for conformance with AWS D1.1.

d. Inspect preheating and interpass temperatures for conformance with AWS D1.1.

e. Measure 25 percent of fillet welds.

f. Welding Magnetic Particle Testing: Test in accordance with ASTM

E709 for a minimum of:

1) 20 percent of all shear plate fillet welds at random, final pass only.

2) 20 percent of all continuity plate and bracing gusset plate fillet welds, at random, final pass only.

3) 100 percent of tension member fillet welds (i.e., hanger connection plates and other similar connections) for root and final passes.

g. Welding Ultrasonic Testing: Test in accordance with ASTM E164 and

AWS D1.1 for 100 percent of all full penetration welds.

h. Verify that correction of rejected welds are made in accordance with AWS D1.1.

i. Testing and inspection do not relieve the Contractor of the responsibility for providing materials and fabrication procedures in compliance with the specified requirements.

2. Bolt Inspection:

a. Inspect high-strength bolted connections in accordance AISC

Specifications for Structural Joints Using ASTM F3125 Bolts.

b. Slip-Critical Connections: Inspect 10 percent of bolts, but not less than 2 bolts, selected at random in each connection in

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ASTM F3125 Bolts. Inspect all bolts in connection when one or more are rejected.

c. Bolts installed by turn-of-nut tightening may be inspected with calibrated wrench when visual inspection was not performed during tightening.

d. Snug Tight Connections: Inspect 10 percent of connections verifying that plies of connected elements have been brought into snug contact.

e. Inspect field erected assemblies; verify locations of structural steel for plumbness, level, and alignment.

D. Submit inspection reports, record of welders and their certification, and identification, and instances of noncompliance to Resident

Engineer.

3.15 STEEL DECKING:

A. Provide field inspection of welds of metal deck to the supporting steel, and testing services to insure steel decking has been installed in accordance with contract documents and manufacturer’s requirements.

B. Qualification of Field Welding: Qualify welding processes and welding operators in accordance with “Welder Qualification” procedures of AWS

D1.1. Refer to the “Plug Weld Qualification Procedure” in Part 3 “Field

Quality Control.”

C. Submit inspection reports, certification, and instances of noncompliance to Resident Engineer.

3.16 SHEAR CONNECTOR STUDS:

A. Provide field inspection and testing services required by AWS D.1 to insure shear connector studs have been installed in accordance with contract documents.

B. Tests: Test 20 percent of headed studs for fastening strength in accordance with AWS D1.1.

C. Submit inspection reports, certification, and instances of noncompliance to Resident Engineer.

3.17 SPRAYED-ON FIREPROOFING:

A. Provide field inspection and testing services to certify sprayed-on fireproofing has been applied in accordance with contract documents.

B. Obtain a copy of approved submittals from Resident Engineer.

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C. Use approved installation in test areas as criteria for inspection of work.

D. Test sprayed-on fireproofing for thickness and density in accordance with ASTM E605.

1. Thickness gauge specified in ASTM E605 may be modified for pole extension so that overhead sprayed material can be reached from floor.

E. Location of test areas for field tests as follows:

1. Thickness: Select one bay per floor, or one bay for each 930 m2

(10,000 square feet) of floor area, whichever provides for greater number of tests. Take thickness determinations from each of following locations: Metal deck, beam, and column.

2. Density: Take density determinations from each floor, or one test from each 930 m2 (10,000 square feet) of floor area, whichever provides for greater number of tests, from each of the following areas: Underside of metal deck, beam flanges, and beam web.

F. Submit inspection reports, certification, and instances of noncompliance to Resident Engineer.

3.18 TYPE OF TEST:

Approximate Number of Tests Required

A. Earthwork:

Laboratory Compaction Test, Soils:

ASTM D1557 __1__

Field Density, Soils (AASHTO T191, T205, or T310) __2__

Penetration Test, Soils __4__

C. Aggregate Base:

Field Density (ASTM D1556) __1__

D. Concrete:

Making and Curing Concrete Test Cylinders (ASTM C31) _ 12_

Compressive Strength, Test Cylinders (ASTM C39) _ 12_

Concrete Slump Test (ASTM C143) _ _8_

Concrete Air Content Test (ASTM C173) _ _4_

Aggregate, Normal Weight: Gradation (ASTM C33) ___1_

Flatness and Levelness Readings (ASTM E1155) (number of days) ___1_

E. Structural Steel:

Ultrasonic Testing of Welds (ASTM E164) ___1_

Magnetic Particle Testing of Welds (ASTM E709) __72_

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F. Sprayed-On Fireproofing:

Thickness and Density Tests (ASTM E605) ___6_

G. Inspection:

Technical Personnel (Man-days) _ 5_

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