Every year, state transportation agencies spend millions of dollars to build and maintain road and highway pavements. Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) is one of the most used materials to pave roads and highways in the U.S. Hot Mix Asphalt consists of aggregates (sand and stone), bituminous material (liquid petroleum binder), and additives. This mixture provides a very strong, flexible, and durable material to pave the roadways. Paving a road with HMA involves many small steps that should be carried out properly to reach a high-quality road. Therefore, a careful inspection of this item of work is necessary to make sure the contractor is performing the job in compliance with the specified requirements, and the taxpayer’s money is spent appropriately.

This course provides you with the information to be able to inspect Hot Mix Asphalt item of work. By the end of this course, (1) you will know the duties of an inspector to inspect this item of work, (2) You will get familiarized with the contractor’s process, construction process, and the equipment used, (3) you will know the required tests and their test procedures, and (4) you will know why it is important to inspect this item of work. During the course, trainees will get familiarized with the best practices and lessons learned from real-world projects. For instance, how to efficiently do the measurements and perform calculations to determine how much material is delivered to the job site and laid on the road. Finally, you will learn how to document and pay for this item of work.

Course Objectives

1. Identify the contractor’s process and equipment used during hot-mix asphalt production.
2. Explain the significance of proper hot-mix asphalt production and placement.
3. Demonstrate proper placement and construction procedures for hot-mix asphalt paving to ensure uniform material placement at the correct thickness with adequate compaction.
4. Locate and identify the relevant requirements for hot-mix asphalt inspection within applicable contract documents.
5. Identify hot-mix asphalt based on its characteristics and explain the tests typically performed on the material.
6. Complete accurate documentation for hot-mix asphalt work and calculate the appropriate payment amount for completed work.

You Get

• Self-Paced, Online, On Demand 12-hour Course.
• Easy to navigate using our Learning Management System.
• Learning Management System Login.
• Course broken into video presentations lasting 5 -20 minutes.
• Quizzes ending every class module/Final Exam.
• Certificate of Completion that qualifies you to get inspector level I Certificate.
• Reference Library.
• Downloadable Inspector Aides.
• Online VRX Institute support.
• Stop, start, rewind, retake classes.

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