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IOWA DOT INSPECTION COSTS

 

Function Description

No. of Tests

in 2017

2018 Avg.

Cost Per Test

 

 

 

Aggregate

853 Certified Aggregate

4,282

173.19

856 Freeze - Thaw Tests

1,186

112.55

857 Abrasion Test

1,932

67.17

858 Coarse Aggregate Specific Gravity & Absorption

1,699

36.66

859 Fine Aggregate Specific Gravity & Absorption

558

70.86

860 Sieve Analysis & Plasticity Index

1,607

96.57

861 Deleterious Material Determination

2,361

9.64

862 AC Aggregate Specific Gravity & Absorption

114

328.32

863 Aggregate Miscellaneous

124

198.91

 

 

 

Asphalt Materials

841 Materials Lab QMA

59

285.62

865 AC Binder Analysis Complete

178

247.21

866 DSR or Penetration or Viscosity

410

100.57

867 Liquid Asphalt Complete Analysis

12

754.84

868 Liquid Asphalt Partial Analysis

85

102.43

870 Asphalt Type Joint

41

252.15

872 Asphalt Mix Lab Density

1,301

95.44

873 Asphalt Mix Max. Density

1,469

76.33

874 Asphalt Mix Extraction & Gradation

96

1,114.61

876 Asphalt Mix Special

1

7,108.12

877 Asphalt Mix Design

9

2,859.30

878 Asphalt Plant Calibration & Inspection

37

1,317.47

879 Ignition Oven

106

97.99

 

Cement

882 Physical Cement Test

408

329.93

883 Fine Aggregate Mortar Strength

0

0.00

884 Lime - Fly Ash Physical Test

125

299.68

885 Miscellaneous

21

128.16

 

Chemical

887 Concrete - Soil Chloride Determination

6

143.57

890 Lime - Fly Ash

286

218.03

891 Portland Cement

248

217.27

892 Calcium & Sodium Chloride & Deicers

0

351.19

893 Aggregate – Aluminum Oxide

1,426

96.20

894 Concrete Admixtures

427

66.31

895 Air Entraining Admixture

284

85.29

 

 

 

Concrete

840 Flowable Mortar

0

0.00

900 Coring, Strength & Air

187

222.99

901 Concrete Admixture Physical Test

13

198.23

902 Concrete Durability

0

1,378.46

903 Concrete Coring

826

162.39

904 Precast Bridge Beams

705

95.51

905 Precast Piling

140

63.14

906 Miscellaneous Precast Units

5

227.94

907 Concrete & Clay Pipe

3

115.56

908 Concrete Coating & Seal

2

95.07

909 Concrete Miscellaneous

0

784.13

910 Concrete Plant Calibration - Inspection

191

408.35

 

 

 

Field Testing

898 Asbestos S & T

160

117.19

922 Nuclear Test Materials & Construction

6

378.00

923 Profile Measurement (Bridge Decks)

22

812.42

 

 

 

Lighting & Signal

930 Lighting Materials

115

236.12

931 Standard Light Poles

82

7.60

932 Tower Light Poles

0

55.62

 

 

 

Metals

934 Calibration of Tension & Compression Testers

0

250.36

936 Physical Test Structural Steel- Aluminum

19

3,226.34

937 Reinforcing Steel

218

304.99

938 Prestress Cables

0

422.86

939 Casting

0

94.30

940 Guardrail Cable, Rails & ACC

0

368.65

941 Calibration of Beam Breakers

261

284.89

942 Fence Material

2

949.56

943 Weld Tests Operator

103

260.81

945 Fasteners High Strength

283

89.99

946 Fasteners Miscellaneous

441

67.19

947 Steel & Aluminum Fabrication

13,212

76.47

951 Radiograph Exams

0

179.77

952 Miscellaneous Metals Testing

0

82.59

 

 

 

Pavement Evaluation

955 Pavement Ride Testing

3,709

18.29

956 Pavement Friction Testing

2,544

28.92

957 Pavement Deflection

2,140

104.75

959 Test Equipment Calibrations

13

1,952.01

961 California Profilometer (Paving)

399

321.78

 

 

 

Physical Tests

968 Neoprene Bearing Pad

0

433.31

969 Neoprene Joint Seals

10

455..28

972 Curing Compounds Non-AC

44

642.39

 

 

 

Physico-Chemical

978 Paint & Ingredients

140

257.20

979 Protective Coating Tests

1,348

35.37

980 Mixing Water

0

0.00

982 Preform & Form Joint Filler

0

0.00

983 Carbon Analysis of Soil

0

2.89

985 Fabrics

0

0.00

 

 

 

 

 

Soils

990 Plasticity Index

55

74.28

991 Proctor Tests

51

150.85

992 Mechanical Analysis

55

34.87

993 Triaxial - UU

     27

856.60

994 Consolidation

9

151.58

995 Triaxial – CU

0

229.20

996 Soil Cores

0

18.61