Project: Olmsted Locks and Dam (Locks and Dams 52 and 53 Replacement Project) Inspection and Laboratory Testing
Description: Contract to provide Quality Assurance (QA) inspection and testing services at the Olmsted Locks and Dam (Locks and Dams 52 and 53 Replacement Project) on the Ohio River for the Louisville District Corps of Engineers. Work was initiated on this contract in June 1997 and completed in December 2000.
Quality Assurance Services provided included performing quality assurance testing in accordance with engineering considerations and instruction from field personnel, contract specifications, the Quality Assurance Plan and the “Three Phase Inspection Program”. The tests performed included but were not limited to Atterberg limits, gradations, in-place densities, moisture contents, proctors, sieve analyses, specific gravity determinations, concrete compressive strengths, slumps and air entrainment.
Quality Insurance Inspection involved performing on-site inspections of on-going construction work to verify compliance with contract requirements. The work was performed in accordance with the Quality Assurance Plans and the “Three Phase Inspection Program”. Daily shift reports were prepared and forwarded to the Resident Engineer for inclusion in the Daily Quality Assurance reports. In addition to inspection services for the Olmsted Locks and Dam project, inspection services were also provided for a number of minor stream bank repair projects in Illinois and Indiana.
Client: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Louisville District, Louisville, Kentucky
Completion Date: December 2000
Projects: Olmsted Locks and Dam