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Document Listing - Materials Manual

The Materials Manual contains the instructions needed to complete Quality Assurance and Materials Acceptance for Florida Department of Transportation contracts. This web page, which displays only the most recent versions of the files, has been divided into Volumes I and II as shown below. Volume I includes Department Personnel Responsibilities and Volume II includes Non-Department Personnel Responsibilities. For questions or comments regarding this change, please contact Cristina Crawford at (352) 955-6634. To receive notification of updates to the Materials Manual, please join our mailing list.

 

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CHAPTER 1: Mineral Aggregates

Item

Title/Status

Volume I

Volume II

Chapter 1

Outline
 

V1-1 Outline [PDF-35KB]

N/A

Section 1.1

Construction Aggregates
 

V1-1.1 Clean [PDF-225KB]

N/A

Section 1.2

Mitigation of Point-of-Use Aggregate Problems

 

V1-1.2 Clean [PDF-141KB]

N/A

CHAPTER 2: Soils Materials and Foundations

Item

Title/Status

Volume I

Volume II

Chapter 2

Outline
 

V1-2 Outline [PDF-26KB]

N/A

Section 2.1

Structural Layer Coefficients for Flexible Pavement Base Materials

V1-2.1 Clean [PDF-71KB]

V1-2.1 Strike [PDF-112KB]

N/A

Section 2.2

Soils and Foundations
 

V1-2.2 Clean [PDF-208KB]

N/A

Section 2.3

Earthwork Records System
 

V1-2.3 Clean [PDF-35KB]

N/A

CHAPTER 3: Bituminous Materials

Item

Title/Status

Volume I

Volume II

Chapter 3

Outline
 

V1-3 Outline [PDF-23KB]

N/A

Section 3.1

District Materials Activities for Hot Mix Asphalt Construction

V1-3.1 Clean [PDF-190KB]

V1-3.1 Strike [PDF-198KB]

N/A

Section 3.2

Flexible Pavement Coring and Evaluation

V1-3.2 Clean [PDF-37KB]

V1-3.2 Strike [PDF-163KB]

N/A

Section 3.3

Superpave Mix Design Procedure

 

N/A

Under Development

CHAPTER 4: Flexible and Rigid Pavement Condition Survey

Item

Title/Status

Volume I

Volume II

Chapter 4

Outline (There are currently no sections available for Chapter 4)

 

N/A

N/A

CHAPTER 5: Quality Assurance

Item

Title/Status

Volume I

Volume II

Chapter 5

Outline

V1-5 Outline [PDF-74KB]

N/A

Report

Qualification Performance Report
 

OFP Office

N/A

Application

Laboratory Qualification Application
 

OFP Office

N/A

Section 5.1

Acceptance Program

V1-5.1 Clean [PDF-33KB]

V1-5.1 Strike [PDF-42KB]

N/A

Section 5.2

Materials Program Responsibilities for Local Agency Projects
 

V1-5.2 Clean [PDF-157KB]
V1-5.2 Strike [PDF-800KB]

N/A

Section 5.3

Disposition of Defective Materials (Discontinued 5/17/06)
 

N/A

N/A

Section 5.4

Final Project Material Certification

V1-5.4 Clean [PDF-138KB]

V1-5.4 Strike [PDF-260KB]

N/A

Section 5.5

Independent Assurance Program

V1-5.5 Clean [PDF-471KB]

V1-5.5 Strike [PDF-438KB]

N/A

Section 5.6

Quality Control Program

V1-5.6 Clean [PDF-653KB]

V1-5.6 Strike [PDF-718KB]

N/A

Section 5.7

Laboratory Qualification Program

V1-5.7 Clean [PDF-480KB]

V1-5.7 Strike [PDF-334KB]

N/A

Section 5.8

Laboratory Information Management System

V1-5.8 Clean [PDF-26.7KB]

V1-5.8 Strike [PDF-49KB]

N/A

Section 5.9

Inspection-In-Depth

V1-5.9 Clean [PDF-30KB]

V1-5.9 Strike [PDF-89KB]

N/A

Section 5.10

Product Evaluation of Manufactured Products
 

N/A

N/A

Section 5.11

Forensic Investigations

 

V1-5.11 Clean [PDF-36KB]

N/A

CHAPTER 6: Manufactured Drainage Products

Item

Title/Status

Volume I

Volume II

Chapter 6

Outline
 

V1-6 Outline [PDF-42KB]

V2-6 Outline [PDF-74KB]

Section 6.1

Quality Assurance Program for Flexible Pipes

V1-6.1 Clean [PDF-66KB]

V1-6.1 Strike [PDF-58KB]

V2-6.1 Clean [PDF-104KB]

Section 6.2

V1 - Quality Assurance Program of Precast Concrete Pipe
V2 - Precast Concrete Pipe
 

V1-6.2 Clean [PDF-65KB]

V2-6.2 Clean [PDF-82KB]

Section 6.3

V1 - Quality Assurance Program of Precast Concrete Box Culverts and Drainage Structures
V2 - Precast Concrete Drainage Structures and Box Culverts

 

V1-6.3 Clean [PDF-77KB]

V2-6.3 Clean [PDF-90KB]

CHAPTER 7: Timber Products

Item

Title/Status

Volume I

Volume II

Chapter 7

Outline
 

V1-7 Outline [PDF-10KB]

N/A

Section 7.1

Inspection of Timber Products

 

V1-7.1 Clean [PDF-124KB]

N/A

CHAPTER 8: Precast/Prestressed Concrete Products

Item

Title/Status

Volume I

Volume II

Chapter 8

Outline
 

VI-8 Outline [PDF-96KB]

V2-8 Outline [PDF-33KB]

Section 8.1

Quality Assurance Inspection of Precast/ Prestressed Concrete Products
 

V1-8.1 Clean [PDF-101KB]

N/A

Section 8.2

Manufactured Incidental Precast/Prestressed Concrete Products
 

V1-8.2 Clean [PDF-57KB]

V2-8.2 Clean [PDF-65KB]

Section 8.3

Prestressed Concrete Producers' Quality Control Related to Major Product Defects
 

V1-8.3 Clean [PDF-108KB]

V1-8.3 Strike [PDF-108KB]

N/A

Section 8.4

Self-Consolidating Concrete for Precast/ Prestressed Concrete Products

V1-8.4 Clean [PDF-30KB]

V1-8.4 Strike [PDF-37KB]

V2-8.4 Clean [PDF-107KB]
V2-8.4 Strike [PDF-165KB]

Section 8.5

Precast Prestressed Concrete Plant Certification Agency Program Acceptance Guidelines

 

V1-8.5 Clean [PDF-81KB]

N/A

CHAPTER 9: Concrete Production

Item

Title/Status

Volume I

Volume II

Chapter 9

Outline
 

V1-9 Outline [PDF-16KB]

V2-9 Outline [PDF-16KB]

Section 9.1

Quality Control of Concrete (Discontinued 3/10/08)
 

N/A

N/A

Section 9.2

Concrete Production Facilities Guide

 

V1-9.2 Clean [PDF-522KB]

V1-9.2 Strike [PDF-685KB]

 

V2-9.2 Clean [PDF-207KB]

V2-9.2 Strike [PDF-269KB]

CHAPTER 10: Florida Test Methods

Item

Title/Status

Volume I

Volume II

Chapter 10

Outline
 

V1-10 Outline [PDF-66KB]

N/A

Section 10.1

Florida Sampling and Testing Methods

V1-10.1 Clean [PDF-181KB]

V1-10.1 Strike [PDF-236KB]

 

N/A

CHAPTER 11: Steel and Miscellaneous Metal Products

Item

Title/Status

Volume I

Volume II

Chapter 11

Outline
 

V1-11 Outline [PDF-12KB]

V2-11 Outline [PDF-31KB]

Section 11.1

Fabrication Inspection and Testing of Structural Metal Products
 

V1-11.1 Clean [PDF-191KB]

N/A

Section 11.2

Welding Procedure Specification Review and Approval Process
 

N/A

V2-11.2 Clean [PDF-16KB]

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