Construction Program Management and Inspection Guide
Construction Program Management and Inspection Guide
Construction Program Management and Inspection Guide
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F–4<br />
Appendix F: Examples of Reporting Practices<br />
CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTION GUIDE (5/01/04)<br />
Progress <strong>and</strong> Quality of Work (continued from previous page)<br />
The completed work was found satisfactory except that several<br />
runs of guardrail needed better line <strong>and</strong> grade <strong>and</strong> three<br />
turnouts did not have terminal end sections installed on the<br />
guardrail. The State’s traffic section was requested to review<br />
this situation.<br />
A brief windshield review was made of the completed work<br />
<strong>and</strong> it appeared satisfactory.<br />
The project has been built in general conformance with the<br />
plans <strong>and</strong> specifications <strong>and</strong> is considered satisfactory for<br />
acceptance.<br />
The use of exception statements permits a general statement<br />
of acceptability to be made without glossing over minor items<br />
that are not fully satisfactory.<br />
The FHWA engineer properly described a brief inspection.<br />
These type of cursory reviews are discouraged in lieu of more<br />
detailed inspections.<br />
There may be some differences in opinion as to what is<br />
substantial conformance or reasonably close conformance.<br />
However, “general conformance” seems much more nebulous<br />
<strong>and</strong> leaves considerable doubt as to the quality of the work. An<br />
effort should be made to stick to commonly accepted terms.<br />
When this is not possible, a more detailed explanation is in<br />
order.