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AASHTO R 18

Standard Recommended Practice for Establishing and Implementing a Quality Management System for Construction Materials Testing Laboratories

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Organization: AASHTO
Publication Date: 1 January 2018
Status: active
Page Count: 35
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This document contains criteria and guidelines for establishing and implementing a quality management system (QMS) for use by a construction materials testing (CMT) laboratory.

The criteria in this document only apply to the following testing areas: soil, aggregate, asphalt binder, cutback asphalt, emulsified asphalt, asphalt mixtures, hydraulic cement, portland cement concrete, unit masonry, metals, plastic pipe, and sprayed fire-resistive material.

Document History

R 18
January 1, 2023
Standard Practice for Establishing and Implementing a Quality Management System for Construction Materials Testing Laboratories
This document contains criteria and guidelines for establishing and implementing a quality management system (QMS) for use by a construction materials testing (CMT) laboratory. The criteria in this...
AASHTO R 18
January 1, 2018
Standard Recommended Practice for Establishing and Implementing a Quality Management System for Construction Materials Testing Laboratories
This document contains criteria and guidelines for establishing and implementing a quality management system (QMS) for use by a construction materials testing (CMT) laboratory. The criteria in this...
R 18
January 1, 2018
Standard Practice for Establishing and Implementing a Quality Management System for Construction Materials Testing Laboratories
This document contains criteria and guidelines for establishing and implementing a quality management system (QMS) for use by a construction materials testing (CMT) laboratory. The criteria in this...
AASHTO R 18
January 1, 2017
Standard Recommended Practice for Establishing and Implementing a Quality Management System for Construction Materials Testing Laboratories
This document contains criteria and guidelines for establishing and implementing a quality management system (QMS) for use by a construction materials testing (CMT) laboratory. The criteria in this...
AASHTO R 18
January 1, 2016
Standard Recommended Practice for Establishing and Implementing a Quality Management System for Construction Materials Testing Laboratories
This document contains criteria and guidelines for establishing and implementing a quality management system (QMS) for use by a construction materials testing (CMT) laboratory. The criteria in this...
AASHTO R 18
January 1, 2010
Standard Recommended Practice for Establishing and Implementing a Quality Management System for Construction Materials Testing Laboratories
This document contains criteria and guidelines for establishing and implementing a quality management system (QMS) for use by a construction materials laboratory (CML). These criteria may also be...
AASHTO R 18
January 1, 2010
Standard Recommended Practice for Establishing and Implementing a Quality Management System for Construction Materials Testing Laboratories
This document contains criteria and guidelines for establishing and implementing a quality management system (QMS) for use by a construction materials laboratory (CML). These criteria may also be...
AASHTO R 18
January 1, 2008
Standard Recommended Practice for Establishing and Implementing a Quality Management System for Construction Materials Testing Laboratories
This document contains criteria and guidelines for establishing and implementing a quality management system for use by a construction materials laboratory (CML). These criteria may also be used by...
AASHTO R 18
January 1, 2006
Standard Recommended Practice for Establishing and Implementing a Quality System for Construction Materials Testing Laboratories
This document contains criteria and guidelines for establishing and implementing a quality system for use by a construction materials laboratory (CML). These criteria may also be used by laboratory...
R 18
January 1, 2005
Standard Recommended Practice for Establishing and Implementing a Quality System for Construction Materials Testing Laboratories
This document contains criteria and guidelines for establishing and implementing a quality system for use by a construction materials laboratory (CML). These criteria may also be used by laboratory...
R 18
January 1, 2004
Standard Recommended Practice for Establishing and Implementing a Quality System for Construction Materials Testing Laboratories
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References

This document references:
AASHTO M 152M/M 152 - Standard Specification for Flow Table for Use in Tests of Hydraulic Cement
Published by AASHTO on January 1, 2016
This specification covers requirements for the flow table and accessory apparatus (see Note 1) used in making flow tests for consistency of mortars in tests of hydraulic cement such as, but not...
This document references:
R 28 - Standard Practice for Accelerated Aging of Asphalt Binder Using a Pressurized Aging Vessel (PAV)
Published by AASHTO on January 1, 2022
This standard practice covers the accelerated aging (oxidation) of asphalt binders by means of pressurized air and elevated temperature. The practice is intended to simulate in-service oxidative...
This document references:
AASHTO R 39 - Standard Practice for Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens in the Laboratory
Published by AASHTO on January 1, 2019
This standard practice covers procedures for making and curing test specimens of concrete in the laboratory under accurate control of materials and test conditions. The values stated in either...
This document references:
R 59 - Standard Practice for Recovery of Asphalt Binder from Solution by Abson Method
Published by AASHTO on January 1, 2022
This practice covers the recovery, by the Abson Method, of asphalt binder from a previously conducted extraction with reagent-grade trichloroethylene or reagent-grade methylene chloride (Note 1). The...
This document is referenced by:
R 38 - Standard Practice for Quality Assurance of Standard Manufactured Materials
Published by AASHTO on January 1, 2010
This standard practice contains minimum criteria and guidelines for establishing and implementing quality assurance (QA) procedures for standard manufactured materials used in highway construction....
This document is referenced by:
R 44 - Standard Practice for Independent Assurance (IA) Programs
Published by AASHTO on January 1, 2007
SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS Independent Assurance (IA)—Independent assurance is used in industry as an internal audit and review to support the accuracy of data and processes. In the highway industry, it...
This document is referenced by:
AASHTO TP 118 - Standard Method of Test for Characterization of the Air-Void System of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Sequential Pressure Method
Published by AASHTO on January 1, 2017
This method covers determination of the air content and system air metric (SAM) number of freshly mixed concrete from observation of the change in volume of concrete with a sequential change in test...
This document is referenced by:
PP 89 - Standard Practice for Grinding the Ends of Cylindrical Concrete Specimens
Published by AASHTO on January 1, 2019
This practice describes the process of grinding the ends of cylindrical concrete specimens to a planar surface in order for them to be tested for compressive strength using T 22M/T 22, ASTM C39/C39M,...
This document is referenced by:
R 89 - Standard Practice for Accreditation Bodies Operating in the Fields of Construction Materials Testing and Inspection
Published by AASHTO on January 1, 2018
This practice describes the requirements for accreditation bodies that evaluate and accredit agencies that perform construction materials testing and inspection. The requirements apply to the...
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