ASTM D3666-01

Standard Specification for Minimum Requirements for Agencies Testing and Inspecting Road and Paving Materials

SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers the minimum requirements for field and laboratory personnel, for establishing and maintaining a quality system, and establishes minimum qualifications for agencies engaged in the testing and inspection of bituminous paving materials.
1.2 Criteria are provided for evaluating the capability of an agency to properly perform designated tests on bituminous paving materials, and for establishing guidelines pertaining to an agency's organization, personnel, facilities, and quality system. This specification may be supplemented by more specific criteria, such as that in Specification E329, and requirements for particular projects.
1.3 This specification can be used as a basis to evaluate testing or inspection agencies, or both, and is intended for use for the qualifying or accrediting, or both, of testing or inspection agencies, public or private, engaged in the testing and inspection of bituminous paving materials.  
1.4  This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Feb-2001
• ICS: 93.080.20 - Road construction materials
• Technical Committee: D04 - Road and Paving Materials
• Drafting Committee: D04.95 - Quality Control, Inspection and Testing Agencies

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM D3666-00 - Standard Specification for Minimum Requirements for Agencies Testing and Inspecting Road and Paving Materials
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2001
• Replaced By: ASTM D3666-02 - Standard Specification for Minimum Requirements for Agencies Testing and Inspecting Road and Paving Materials
• Effective Date: 10-Jul-2002
• Referred By: ASTM D7113/D7113M-10(2016) - Standard Test Method for Density of Bituminous Paving Mixtures in Place by the Electromagnetic Surface Contact Methods
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2001
• Referred By: ASTM D2419-22 - Standard Test Method for Sand Equivalent Value of Soils and Fine Aggregate
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2001
• Referred By: ASTM D7196-23 - Standard Test Method for Raveling Test of Cold-Mixed Emulsified Asphalt Samples
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2001
• Referred By: ASTM D1074-17 - Standard Test Method for Compressive Strength of Asphalt Mixtures
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2001
• Referred By: ASTM D3143/D3143M-19 - Standard Test Method for Flash Point of Cutback Asphalt with Tag Open-Cup Apparatus
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2001
• Referred By: ASTM D5/D5M-20 - Standard Test Method for Penetration of Bituminous Materials
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2001
• Referred By: ASTM D6521-22 - Standard Practice for Accelerated Aging of Asphalt Binder Using a Pressurized Aging Vessel (PAV)
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2001
• Referred By: ASTM D6930-19 - Standard Test Method for Settlement and Storage Stability of Emulsified Asphalts
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2001
• Referred By: ASTM D3744/D3744M-18 - Standard Test Method for Aggregate Durability Index
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2001
• Referred By: ASTM D3042-17 - Standard Test Method for Insoluble Residue in Carbonate Aggregates
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2001
• Referred By: ASTM D6608-20 - Standard Practice for the Identification of Trinidad Lake Asphalt in Asphalt Mixes
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2001
• Referred By: ASTM D6372-23 - Standard Practice for Design, Testing, and Construction of Microsurfacing
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2001
• Referred By: ASTM D6752/D6752M-18 - Standard Test Method for Bulk Specific Gravity and Density of Compacted Asphalt Mixtures Using Automatic Vacuum Sealing Method
• Effective Date: 10-Feb-2001

Standards Content (Sample)

Designation: D 3666 – 01
Standard Specification for
Minimum Requirements for Agencies Testing and Inspecting
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Road and Paving Materials
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 3666; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
1. Scope C 138 Test Method for Unit Weight, Yield, andAir Content
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(Gravimetric) of Concrete
1.1 This specification covers the minimum requirements for
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D 5 Test Method for Penetration of Bituminous Materials
fieldandlaboratorypersonnel,forestablishingandmaintaining
D 36 Test Method for Softening Point of Bitumen (Ring-
a quality system, and establishes minimum qualifications for
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and-Ball Apparatus)
agencies engaged in the testing and inspection of road and
D 70 Test Method for Density of Semi-Solid Bituminous
paving materials.
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Materials (Pycnometer Method)
1.2 Criteria are provided for evaluating the capability of an
D 92 Test Method for Flash and Fire Points by Cleveland
agencytoproperlyperformdesignatedtestsonroadandpaving
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Open Cup
materials, and for establishing guidelines pertaining to an
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D 113 Test Method for Ductility of Bituminous Materials
agency’sorganization,personnel,facilities,andqualitysystem.
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D 139 TestMethodforFloatTestforBituminousMaterials
This specification may be supplemented by more specific
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D 244 Test Methods and Practices for EmulsifiedAsphalts
criteria, such as that in Specification E 329, and requirements
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D 290 Practice for Bituminous Mixing Plant Inspection
for particular projects.
D 1074 Test Method for Compressive Strength of Bitumi-
1.3 This specification can be used as a basis to evaluate
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nous Mixtures
testing or inspection agencies, or both, and is intended for use
D 1075 Test Method for Effect of Water on Compressive
for the qualifying or accrediting, or both, of testing or
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Strength of Compacted Bituminous Mixtures
inspection agencies, public or private, engaged in the testing
D 1559 Test Method for Resistance to Plastic Flow of
and inspection of road and paving materials.
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Bituminous Mixtures Using Marshall Apparatus
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
D 1560 Test Methods for Resistance to Deformation and
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
Cohesion of Bituminous Mixtures by Means of Hveem
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
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Apparatus
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
D 1561 PracticeforPreparationofBituminousMixtureTest
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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Specimens by Means of California Kneading Compactor
2. Referenced Documents D 1754 Test Method for Effects of Heat andAir onAsphal-
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tic Materials (Thin-Film Oven Test)
2.1 The following referenced documents are those that are
D 1856 Test Method for Recovery ofAsphalt from Solution
specifically mentioned in Specification D 3666. These refer-
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by Abson Method
enced documents are not meant to be all inclusive, as Speci-
D 2041 Test Method for Theoretical Maximum Specific
fication D 3666 applies, as appropriate, to all test methods
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Gravity and Density of Bituminous Paving Mixtures
under the jurisdiction of Committee D04.
D 2170 Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Asphalts
2.2 ASTM Standards:
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(Bitumens)
C 29/C 29M Test Method for Unit Weight and Voids in
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D 2171 Test Method for Viscosity of Asphalts by Vacuum
Aggregate
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Capillary Viscometer
C 128 Test Method for Specific Gravity and Absorption of
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D 2872 Test Method for Effect of Heat andAir on a Moving
Fine Aggregate
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Film of Asphalt (Rolling Thin-Film Oven Test)
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D04 on Road
and Paving Materials and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D04.95 on
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Quality Control, Inspection, and Testing Agencies. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.03.
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Current edition approved Feb. 10, 2001. Published March 2001. Originally Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.04.
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published as D 3666 – 78. Last previous edition D 3666 – 00. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 05.01.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.02. Discontinued; see 1989Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.03.
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