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IOWA DOT INSPECTION COSTS

 

Function Description

No. of Tests

in 2018

2023

Cost Per Test

 

 

 

Aggregate

853 Certified Aggregate

4,287

 $201.67

856 Freeze - Thaw Tests

1,149

 $141.38

857 Abrasion Test

1,324

 $81.46

858 Coarse Aggregate Specific Gravity & Absorption

1,254

 $46.17

859 Fine Aggregate Specific Gravity & Absorption

689

 $88.86

860 Sieve Analysis & Plasticity Index

1,442

 $106.35

861 Deleterious Material Determination

1,896

 $11.60

862 AC Aggregate Specific Gravity & Absorption

43

 $402.71

863 Aggregate Miscellaneous

140

 $228.74

 

 

 

Asphalt Materials

841 Materials Lab QMA

26

 $340.04

865 AC Binder Analysis Complete

154

 $354.97

866 DSR or Penetration or Viscosity

273

 $116.65

867 Liquid Asphalt Complete Analysis

18

 $931.44

868 Liquid Asphalt Partial Analysis

59

 $154.70

870 Asphalt Type Joint

75

 $315.42

872 Asphalt Mix Lab Density

1,270

 $117.51

873 Asphalt Mix Max. Density

1,382

 $88.34

874 Asphalt Mix Extraction & Gradation

117

 $1,296.14

876 Asphalt Mix Special

0

 $7,645.71

877 Asphalt Mix Design

14

 $3,396.70

878 Asphalt Plant Calibration & Inspection

31

 $1,476.45

879 Ignition Oven

103

 $150.79

 

Cement

882 Physical Cement Test

361

 $379.34

883 Fine Aggregate Mortar Strength

0

 $324.00

884 Lime - Fly Ash Physical Test

116

 $426.63

885 Miscellaneous

17

 $272.62

 

Chemical

887 Concrete - Soil Chloride Determination

1

 $360.68

890 Lime - Fly Ash

62

 $323.57

891 Portland Cement

39

 $328.70

892 Calcium & Sodium Chloride & Deicers

53

 $391.73

893 Aggregate – Aluminum Oxide

1,297

 $115.23

894 Concrete Admixtures

158

 $76.59

895 Air Entraining Admixture

102

 $117.85

 

 

 

Concrete

840 Flowable Mortar

0

 $162.00

900 Coring, Strength & Air

186

 $219.99

901 Concrete Admixture Physical Test

6

 $352.25

902 Concrete Durability

0

 $1,563.17

903 Concrete Coring

422

 $207.78

904 Precast Bridge Beams

974

 $105.66

905 Precast Piling

86

 $63.81

906 Miscellaneous Precast Units

26

 $258.49

907 Concrete & Clay Pipe

4

 $800.42

908 Concrete Coating & Seal

0

 $65.94

909 Concrete Miscellaneous

0

 $889.21

910 Concrete Plant Calibration - Inspection

172

 $505.09

 

 

 

Field Testing

898 Asbestos S & T

0

 $109.66

922 Nuclear Test Materials & Construction

40

 $471.60

923 Profile Measurement (Bridge Decks)

21

 $871.13

 

 

 

Lighting & Signal

930 Lighting Materials

169

 $164.01

931 Standard Light Poles

20

 $16.82

932 Tower Light Poles

6

 $68.29

 

 

 

Metals

934 Calibration of Tension & Compression Testers

0

 $165.83

936 Physical Test Structural Steel- Aluminum

0

 $2,823.52

937 Reinforcing Steel

304

 $366.60

938 Prestress Cables

137

 $439.77

939 Casting

0

 $45.73

940 Guardrail Cable, Rails & ACC

2

 $1,211.64

941 Calibration of Beam Breakers

0

 $87.37

942 Fence Material

0

 $842.07

943 Weld Tests Operator

0

 $231.92

945 Fasteners High Strength

602

 $142.83

946 Fasteners Miscellaneous

14

 $493.33

947 Steel & Aluminum Fabrication

23,631

 $64.05

951 Radiograph Exams

0

 $108.00

952 Miscellaneous Metals Testing

0

 $67.86

 

 

 

Pavement Evaluation

955 Pavement Ride Testing

813

 $43.84

956 Pavement Friction Testing

3,882

 $31.67

957 Pavement Deflection

1,453

 $114.34

959 Test Equipment Calibrations

20

 $1,242.00

961 California Profilometer (Paving)

458

 $276.22

 

 

 

Physical Tests

968 Neoprene Bearing Pad

2

 $482.27

969 Neoprene Joint Seals

19

 $33.54

972 Curing Compounds Non-AC

56

 $690.55

 

 

 

Physico-Chemical

978 Paint & Ingredients

70

 $482.27

979 Protective Coating Tests

1,992

 $33.54

980 Mixing Water

0

0.00

982 Preform & Form Joint Filler

0

0.00

983 Carbon Analysis of Soil

0

0.00

985 Fabrics

0

0.00

 

Soils

990 Plasticity Index

35

 $144.88

991 Proctor Tests

26

 $284.35

992 Mechanical Analysis

25

 $121.69

993 Triaxial - UU

0

 $932.45

994 Consolidation

7

 $314.85

995 Triaxial – CU

19

 $233.91

996 Soil Cores

41

 $20.31