Construction Program Management and Inspection Guide

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