PRACTICE FOR ESTABLISHING REQUIREMENTS FOR EQUIPMENT CALIBRATIONS, STANDARDIZATIONS, AND CHECKS

Published date

01-01-2016

Publisher

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

1. SCOPE
2. REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
3. TERMINOLOGY
4. SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
5. GUIDANCE FOR STANDARDS DEVELOPERS
6. GUIDANCE FOR LABORATORIES THAT CHOOSE TO EXTEND
   CALIBRATION OR STANDARDIZATION INTERVALS BEYOND THE
   INTERVALS SPECIFIED IN STANDARDS
7. REQUIREMENTS FOR LABORATORIES PERFORMING
   CALIBRATIONS, STANDARDIZATIONS, AND CHECKS
APPENDIXES
X1. EXAMPLE OF A VERIFICATION OF CALIBRATION PROGRAM FOR
    LABORATORIES
X2. EXAMPLE OF A CALIBRATION REQUIREMENT FOR MEASURING
    EQUIPMENT
X3. EXAMPLE OF A STANDARDIZATION REQUIREMENT FOR
    MEASURING EQUIPMENT
X4. EXAMPLE OF A ôNOTHINGö REQUIREMENT FOR MEASURING
    EQUIPMENT (NO CALIBRATION OR STANDARDIZATION)
X5. EXAMPLE OF AN EQUIPMENT CHECK REQUIREMENT

Includes general criteria and guidelines for establishing requirements for equipment calibrations, verification of calibrations, standardizations, and checks.

DevelopmentNote	Included in AASHTO HM. (09/2013)
DocumentType	Standard Practice
PublisherName	American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
Status	Current
Supersedes	AASHTO R 61 : 0

AASHTO T 215 : 2014(R2018)	METHOD OF TEST FOR PERMEABILITY OF GRANULAR SOILS (CONSTANT HEAD)
AASHTO T 59 : 2015	METHOD OF TEST FOR EMULSIFIED ASPHALTS
AASHTO T 30 : 2015	METHOD OF TEST FOR MECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF EXTRACTED AGGREGATE
AASHTO T 209 : 2012	METHOD OF TEST FOR THEORETICAL MAXIMUM SPECIFIC GRAVITY (G[MM]) AND DENSITY OF HOT MIX ASPHALT (HMA)
AASHTO T 90 : 2015	METHOD OF TEST FOR DETERMINING THE PLASTIC LIMIT AND PLASTICITY INDEX OF SOILS
AASHTO T 100 : 2015	METHOD OF TEST FOR SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF SOILS

ISO/IEC 17025:2005	General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
ISO 5725-1:1994	Accuracy (trueness and precision) of measurement methods and results — Part 1: General principles and definitions
AASHTO T 176 : 2008	METHOD OF TEST FOR PLASTIC FINES IN GRADED AGGREGATES AND SOILS BY USE OF THE SAND EQUIVALENT TEST
AASHTO T 201 : 2015	METHOD OF TEST FOR KINEMATIC VISCOSITY OF ASPHALTS (BITUMENS)
AASHTO T 245 : 2015	METHOD OF TEST FOR RESISTANCE TO PLASTIC FLOW OF ASPHALT MIXTURES USING MARSHALL APPARATUS