PIERRE AIRPORT, PIERRE, SOUTH DAKOTA

   

YEAR COMPLETED - PROFESSIONAL SERVICES:  2005

YEAR COMPLETED - CONSTRUCTION:  2005

PROJECT OWNER: CITY OF PIERRE

Aaron Swan and Associates partnered with Helms and Associates to perform the construction materials testing of the base course and P208 Asphalt for the Pierre Airport Improvements.  The project consists of providing the project engineer with on site nuclear gauge density tests, base course gradation results and hot mix asphalt test data.  

The materials lab of AS&A is accredited by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Accreditation Program) to perform quality control testing and implement quality control programs.  AS&A’s lab personnel are accredited to perform hot mix asphalt testing, materials aggregate testing and asphaltic hot mix testing for State and Federal projects. 

AS&A owns and operates a fleet of mobile asphalt testing labs that conducts QC asphalt testing on the behalf of contractors for airport and SDDOT projects throughout the State.  Mobile labs are equipped with state of the art electronic instrumentation that delivers precision results of both cold feed and hot mix samples.  All of the testing equipment is calibrated at intervals and to tolerances as specified by AASHTO’s Accreditation Program for State and Federal projects.  Managers operating the mobile labs have passed rigorous training programs sponsored in cooperation with the Asphalt Institute and the SDDOT that prepares them to perform the tests proficiently and to assure the reliability of the results.  The mobile labs perform the following cold and asphaltic hot mix tests: gradations, Atterberg Limits (LL and PL), lightweight pieces, fractured faces, Rice Theoretical Density, Marshall Density and density determination of cores extracted from the asphaltic pavement.  Also, AS&A offers gyratory compactions results for superpave projects. 

AS&A Laboratory Services are certified by the Asphalt Institute to perform mix designs and the lab is regularly inspected and certified by the AASHTO Accreditation Program.  

Laboratory Accreditation:

            AASHTO Accreditation Program (AAP)

            Cement and Concrete Reference Laboratory (CCRL)

            AASHTO Materials Reference Laboratory (AMRL)

            National Institute for Standards and Technology

            US Army Corps of Engineering

            FAA Certified