Talk:106.4 Plant Inspections
The First sentence in 106.4.2.6 should be modified to allow for the Contractor/Supplier to calibrate the equipment. Recomened working is shown below. See supporting data below:
Current wording: "106.4.2.6 Bituminous distributors. The calibration of all distributors will be performed by district Construction and Materials personnel."
Proposed wording: "106.4.2.6 Bituminous distributors. The calibration of all distributors will be approved by the engineer prior to use."
From: Joseph W Schroer/SC/MODOT
To: Lawrence R Brooks/D6/MODOT
Cc: Dennis G Bryant/SC/MODOT@MODOT, Mitchell R Huskey/D6/MODOT@MODOT
Date: 03/01/2012 09:10 AM
Subject: Re: Distributor Calibration Question
Dennis and I were thinking the same thing. That is that the distributor needs to be calibrated but not necessarily by us. As with the plants, the contractor should have the calibration performed and have it available for our inspection.
Joe
From: Lawrence R Brooks/D6/MODOT To: Dennis G Bryant/SC/MODOT@MODOT, Joseph W Schroer/SC/MODOT@MODOT Date: 02/29/2012 08:14 AM Subject: Distributor Calibration Question
I thought we had direction awhile ago not to perform distributor calibrations anymore? I received a request for the old forms we used when we were calibrating them, and followed up with checking the EPG and Spec book.