Western Alliance for Quality Transportation Construction (WAQTC) 2021-2025

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General Information
Study Number: TPF-5(476)
Former Study Number: TPF-5(349)
Lead Organization: Utah Department of Transportation
Contract Start Date: Apr 28, 2022
Solicitation Number: 1544
Partners: AK, CFL, CO, HI, ID, MT, ND, OR, UT, WA, WFL
Status: Contract signed
Est. Completion Date: Sep 30, 2025
Contract/Other Number: 229061, 248370
Last Updated: Oct 12, 2023
Contract End Date: Aug 31, 2024
Financial Summary
Contract Amount: $398,552.83
Suggested Contribution:
Total Commitments Received: $444,000.00
100% SP&R Approval: Approved
Contact Information
Lead Study Contact(s): David Stevens
davidstevens@utah.gov
Phone: 801-589-8340
FHWA Technical Liaison(s): Michael Voth
Michael.Voth@dot.gov
Organization Year Commitments Technical Contact Name Funding Contact Name
Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities 2021 $12,000.00 Michael San Angelo Anna Bosin
Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities 2022 $12,000.00 Michael San Angelo Anna Bosin
Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities 2023 $12,000.00 Michael San Angelo Anna Bosin
Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities 2024 $12,000.00 Michael San Angelo Anna Bosin
Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities 2025 $12,000.00 Michael San Angelo Anna Bosin
Central Federal Lands $0.00
Colorado Department of Transportation 2021 $12,000.00 Christopher Russell Craig Wieden
Colorado Department of Transportation 2022 $12,000.00 Christopher Russell Craig Wieden
Colorado Department of Transportation 2023 $12,000.00 Christopher Russell Craig Wieden
Colorado Department of Transportation 2024 $12,000.00 Christopher Russell Craig Wieden
Colorado Department of Transportation 2025 $12,000.00 Christopher Russell Craig Wieden
Hawaii Department of Transportation 2022 $12,000.00 Brian Ikehara Scot Urada
Hawaii Department of Transportation 2023 $12,000.00 Brian Ikehara Scot Urada
Idaho Department of Transportation 2021 $12,000.00 Chad Clawson Ned Parrish
Idaho Department of Transportation 2022 $12,000.00 Chad Clawson Ned Parrish
Idaho Department of Transportation 2023 $12,000.00 Chad Clawson Ned Parrish
Idaho Department of Transportation 2024 $12,000.00 Chad Clawson Ned Parrish
Idaho Department of Transportation 2025 $12,000.00 Chad Clawson Ned Parrish
Montana Department of Transportation 2021 $12,000.00 Oak Metcalfe Rebecca Ridenour
Montana Department of Transportation 2022 $12,000.00 Oak Metcalfe Rebecca Ridenour
Montana Department of Transportation 2023 $12,000.00 Oak Metcalfe Rebecca Ridenour
Montana Department of Transportation 2024 $12,000.00 Oak Metcalfe Rebecca Ridenour
Montana Department of Transportation 2025 $12,000.00 Oak Metcalfe Rebecca Ridenour
North Dakota Department of Transportation 2021 $12,000.00 Sharon Taylor TJ Murphy
North Dakota Department of Transportation 2022 $12,000.00 Sharon Taylor TJ Murphy
North Dakota Department of Transportation 2023 $12,000.00 Sharon Taylor TJ Murphy
North Dakota Department of Transportation 2024 $12,000.00 Sharon Taylor TJ Murphy
North Dakota Department of Transportation 2025 $12,000.00 Sharon Taylor TJ Murphy
Oregon Department of Transportation $0.00
Utah Department of Transportation 2021 $12,000.00 L. Scott Nussbaum David Stevens
Utah Department of Transportation 2022 $12,000.00 L. Scott Nussbaum David Stevens
Utah Department of Transportation 2023 $12,000.00 L. Scott Nussbaum David Stevens
Utah Department of Transportation 2024 $12,000.00 L. Scott Nussbaum David Stevens
Utah Department of Transportation 2025 $12,000.00 L. Scott Nussbaum David Stevens
Washington State Department of Transportation 2021 $12,000.00 Garrett Webster Mustafa Mohamedali
Washington State Department of Transportation 2022 $12,000.00 Garrett Webster Mustafa Mohamedali
Washington State Department of Transportation 2023 $12,000.00 Garrett Webster Mustafa Mohamedali
Washington State Department of Transportation 2024 $12,000.00 Garrett Webster Mustafa Mohamedali
Washington State Department of Transportation 2025 $12,000.00 Garrett Webster Mustafa Mohamedali
Western Federal Lands $0.00

Study Description

In the mid 1990's several northwestern state and federal highway agencies recognized the need for qualified materials test technicians and laboratories conducting acceptance testing on materials incorporated into transportation facilities. These highway agencies formed the Northwest Alliance for Quality Transportation Construction (NAQTC), which produced five technician-training and qualification modules. Since materials testing procedures vary little from state to state, the NAQTC determined that all highway agencies in the western United States would benefit from a united effort. The NAQTC invited all WASHTO states to join. Eventually 7 additional states’ highway agencies joined to form the Western Alliance for Quality Transportation Construction (WAQTC). As in the past, the WAQTC is actively seeking new member agencies to join our current members: Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah, Washington and FHWA Western & Central Federal Lands Highway Departments. This transition to a new Transportation Pooled Fund is an opportunity for current members to recommit and to invite other departments of transportation that currently are not members. The WAQTC is dedicated to improving the quality of transportation products and services through an AASHTO R 25 compliant, comprehensive Technician Training and Qualification Program (TTQP). The TTQP program provides a cost-effective means to meet the requirements of 23 CFR 637.209 b which requires ‘all sampling and testing data . . . be executed by qualified sampling and testing personnel.’ The WAQTC is also an effective voice at the AASHTO Subcommittee on Materials, improving existing testing standards and introducing new ones. For more information refer to the WAQTC website. http://www.waqtc.org/

Objectives

WAQTC is focused in three main areas: Standardizing test methods (WAQTC, AASHTO, and ASTM), accreditation of the Transportation Technician Qualification Program (TTQP), and working together on national programs of significance including research, training, and technology deployment. The WAQTC Mission Statement is to: “Provide leadership in the pursuit of continuously improving quality in transportation construction.” Through our partnership, we will: • promote an atmosphere of trust, cooperation, and communication between government agencies and the private sector • respond in a unified and consistent manner to identified quality improvement needs and new technologies that impact the products that we provide • provide a forum to promote uniform test standards • provide highly skilled, knowledgeable materials sampling and testing technicians • provide reciprocity for Qualified testing technicians among accredited Agencies

Scope of Work

The existing pooled fund TPF-5(349) will be closed in 2021, and a new TPF will be formed which will fund the continued development and refinement of the TTQP, including: • Maintaining and revising the six existing WAQTC TTQP training and certification courses in coordination with member state agencies; • Distributing training materials, including training manuals, PowerPoint presentations, and written and practical exams, to member states; • Maintaining the WAQTC website, and • Developing and presenting proposed revisions and new standards to the AASHTO Subcommittee on Materials.

Comments

This version of the pooled fund study will run from 2021 through 2025. The minimum expected partner commitment is $60,000, consisting of $12,000 for each of FY 2021 through FY 2025. All partner agencies should post their funding commitments for each of these years on the TPF study web page, regardless of what type of funding they plan to use or how they intend to transfer it to UDOT. Note that funding commitments are pledges, and the actual funding transfers would take place annually, typically early in the respective federal fiscal year. A waiver of the non-federal match, when using SPR-B funds for this study, was requested from FHWA by UDOT and approved.

Subjects: Materials and Construction

Documents Attached
Title File/Link Type Privacy Download
2023 4th Quarter 2023 4th quarter rpt_TPF-5(476) WAQTC.docx Quarterly Progress Report Public
2023 3rd Quarter 2023 3rd quarter rpt_TPF-5(476) WAQTC.docx Quarterly Progress Report Public
2023 WAQTC strategic plan 2023_waqtc_strategicplan.pdf Other Public
2023 2nd Quarter 2023 2nd quarter rpt_TPF-5(476) WAQTC.docx Quarterly Progress Report Public
2023 1st Quarter 2023 1st quarter rpt_TPF-5(476) WAQTC.docx Quarterly Progress Report Public
2022 4th Quarter 2022 4th quarter rpt_TPF-5(476) WAQTC.docx Quarterly Progress Report Public
2022 3rd Quarter 2022 3rd quarter rpt_TPF-5(476) WAQTC.docx Quarterly Progress Report Public
2022 2nd Quarter 2022 2nd quarter rpt_TPF-5(476) WAQTC.docx Quarterly Progress Report Public
2022 1st Quarter 2022 1st quarter rpt_TPF-5(476) WAQTC.docx Quarterly Progress Report Public
2021 4th Quarter 2021 4th quarter rpt_TPF-5(476) WAQTC.docx Quarterly Progress Report Public
2021 3rd Quarter 2021 3rd quarter rpt_TPF-5(476) WAQTC.docx Quarterly Progress Report Public
2021 2nd Quarter 2021 2nd quarter rpt_TPF-5(476) WAQTC.docx Quarterly Progress Report Public
2021 1st Quarter 2021 1st quarter rpt_TPF-5(476) WAQTC.docx Quarterly Progress Report Public
Acceptance Letter TPF-5(476) Acceptance letter TPF5476 signed.pdf Memorandum Public
Documents Attached
Title File/Link Type Privacy Download
Waiver Request Letter Match Waiver Request #1544.pdf Memorandum Public
Approved Waiver Memo Approval SPR Waiver Memo Solicit1544.pdf Memorandum Public
2020 WAQTC strategic plan 2020_waqtc_strategic_plan.pdf Other Public
2020 WAQTC brochure 2020_waqtc_brochure.pdf Other Public

Western Alliance for Quality Transportation Construction (WAQTC) 2021-2025

General Information
Study Number: TPF-5(476)
Lead Organization: Utah Department of Transportation
Contract Start Date: Apr 28, 2022
Solicitation Number: 1544
Partners: AK, CFL, CO, HI, ID, MT, ND, OR, UT, WA, WFL
Status: Contract signed
Est. Completion Date: Sep 30, 2025
Contract/Other Number: 229061, 248370
Last Updated: Oct 12, 2023
Contract End Date: Aug 31, 2024
Financial Summary
Contract Amount: $398,552.83
Total Commitments Received: $444,000.00
100% SP&R Approval:
Contact Information
Lead Study Contact(s): David Stevens
davidstevens@utah.gov
Phone: 801-589-8340
FHWA Technical Liaison(s): Michael Voth
Michael.Voth@dot.gov
Commitments by Organizations
Organization Year Commitments Technical Contact Name Funding Contact Name Contact Number Email Address
Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities 2021 $12,000.00 Michael San Angelo Anna Bosin (907)269-6208 anna.bosin@alaska.gov
Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities 2022 $12,000.00 Michael San Angelo Anna Bosin (907)269-6208 anna.bosin@alaska.gov
Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities 2023 $12,000.00 Michael San Angelo Anna Bosin (907)269-6208 anna.bosin@alaska.gov
Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities 2024 $12,000.00 Michael San Angelo Anna Bosin (907)269-6208 anna.bosin@alaska.gov
Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities 2025 $12,000.00 Michael San Angelo Anna Bosin (907)269-6208 anna.bosin@alaska.gov
Colorado Department of Transportation 2021 $12,000.00 Christopher Russell Craig Wieden 303-398-6501 Craig.Wieden@state.co.us
Colorado Department of Transportation 2022 $12,000.00 Christopher Russell Craig Wieden 303-398-6501 Craig.Wieden@state.co.us
Colorado Department of Transportation 2023 $12,000.00 Christopher Russell Craig Wieden 303-398-6501 Craig.Wieden@state.co.us
Colorado Department of Transportation 2024 $12,000.00 Christopher Russell Craig Wieden 303-398-6501 Craig.Wieden@state.co.us
Colorado Department of Transportation 2025 $12,000.00 Christopher Russell Craig Wieden 303-398-6501 Craig.Wieden@state.co.us
Hawaii Department of Transportation 2022 $12,000.00 Brian Ikehara Scot Urada 808-587-2222 scot.t.urada@hawaii.gov
Hawaii Department of Transportation 2023 $12,000.00 Brian Ikehara Scot Urada 808-587-2222 scot.t.urada@hawaii.gov
Idaho Department of Transportation 2021 $12,000.00 Chad Clawson Ned Parrish 208-334-8296 ned.parrish@itd.idaho.gov
Idaho Department of Transportation 2022 $12,000.00 Chad Clawson Ned Parrish 208-334-8296 ned.parrish@itd.idaho.gov
Idaho Department of Transportation 2023 $12,000.00 Chad Clawson Ned Parrish 208-334-8296 ned.parrish@itd.idaho.gov
Idaho Department of Transportation 2024 $12,000.00 Chad Clawson Ned Parrish 208-334-8296 ned.parrish@itd.idaho.gov
Idaho Department of Transportation 2025 $12,000.00 Chad Clawson Ned Parrish 208-334-8296 ned.parrish@itd.idaho.gov
Montana Department of Transportation 2021 $12,000.00 Oak Metcalfe Rebecca Ridenour (406)444-7203 rridenour@mt.gov
Montana Department of Transportation 2022 $12,000.00 Oak Metcalfe Rebecca Ridenour (406)444-7203 rridenour@mt.gov
Montana Department of Transportation 2023 $12,000.00 Oak Metcalfe Rebecca Ridenour (406)444-7203 rridenour@mt.gov
Montana Department of Transportation 2024 $12,000.00 Oak Metcalfe Rebecca Ridenour (406)444-7203 rridenour@mt.gov
Montana Department of Transportation 2025 $12,000.00 Oak Metcalfe Rebecca Ridenour (406)444-7203 rridenour@mt.gov
North Dakota Department of Transportation 2021 $12,000.00 Sharon Taylor TJ Murphy 701-328-6910 tjmurphy@nd.gov
North Dakota Department of Transportation 2022 $12,000.00 Sharon Taylor TJ Murphy 701-328-6910 tjmurphy@nd.gov
North Dakota Department of Transportation 2023 $12,000.00 Sharon Taylor TJ Murphy 701-328-6910 tjmurphy@nd.gov
North Dakota Department of Transportation 2024 $12,000.00 Sharon Taylor TJ Murphy 701-328-6910 tjmurphy@nd.gov
North Dakota Department of Transportation 2025 $12,000.00 Sharon Taylor TJ Murphy 701-328-6910 tjmurphy@nd.gov
Utah Department of Transportation 2021 $12,000.00 L. Scott Nussbaum David Stevens 801-589-8340 davidstevens@utah.gov
Utah Department of Transportation 2022 $12,000.00 L. Scott Nussbaum David Stevens 801-589-8340 davidstevens@utah.gov
Utah Department of Transportation 2023 $12,000.00 L. Scott Nussbaum David Stevens 801-589-8340 davidstevens@utah.gov
Utah Department of Transportation 2024 $12,000.00 L. Scott Nussbaum David Stevens 801-589-8340 davidstevens@utah.gov
Utah Department of Transportation 2025 $12,000.00 L. Scott Nussbaum David Stevens 801-589-8340 davidstevens@utah.gov
Washington State Department of Transportation 2021 $12,000.00 Garrett Webster Mustafa Mohamedali 360-704-6307 MOHAMEM@wsdot.wa.gov
Washington State Department of Transportation 2022 $12,000.00 Garrett Webster Mustafa Mohamedali 360-704-6307 MOHAMEM@wsdot.wa.gov
Washington State Department of Transportation 2023 $12,000.00 Garrett Webster Mustafa Mohamedali 360-704-6307 MOHAMEM@wsdot.wa.gov
Washington State Department of Transportation 2024 $12,000.00 Garrett Webster Mustafa Mohamedali 360-704-6307 MOHAMEM@wsdot.wa.gov
Washington State Department of Transportation 2025 $12,000.00 Garrett Webster Mustafa Mohamedali 360-704-6307 MOHAMEM@wsdot.wa.gov

Study Description

Study Description

In the mid 1990's several northwestern state and federal highway agencies recognized the need for qualified materials test technicians and laboratories conducting acceptance testing on materials incorporated into transportation facilities. These highway agencies formed the Northwest Alliance for Quality Transportation Construction (NAQTC), which produced five technician-training and qualification modules. Since materials testing procedures vary little from state to state, the NAQTC determined that all highway agencies in the western United States would benefit from a united effort. The NAQTC invited all WASHTO states to join. Eventually 7 additional states’ highway agencies joined to form the Western Alliance for Quality Transportation Construction (WAQTC). As in the past, the WAQTC is actively seeking new member agencies to join our current members: Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah, Washington and FHWA Western & Central Federal Lands Highway Departments. This transition to a new Transportation Pooled Fund is an opportunity for current members to recommit and to invite other departments of transportation that currently are not members. The WAQTC is dedicated to improving the quality of transportation products and services through an AASHTO R 25 compliant, comprehensive Technician Training and Qualification Program (TTQP). The TTQP program provides a cost-effective means to meet the requirements of 23 CFR 637.209 b which requires ‘all sampling and testing data . . . be executed by qualified sampling and testing personnel.’ The WAQTC is also an effective voice at the AASHTO Subcommittee on Materials, improving existing testing standards and introducing new ones. For more information refer to the WAQTC website. http://www.waqtc.org/

Objectives

WAQTC is focused in three main areas: Standardizing test methods (WAQTC, AASHTO, and ASTM), accreditation of the Transportation Technician Qualification Program (TTQP), and working together on national programs of significance including research, training, and technology deployment. The WAQTC Mission Statement is to: “Provide leadership in the pursuit of continuously improving quality in transportation construction.” Through our partnership, we will: • promote an atmosphere of trust, cooperation, and communication between government agencies and the private sector • respond in a unified and consistent manner to identified quality improvement needs and new technologies that impact the products that we provide • provide a forum to promote uniform test standards • provide highly skilled, knowledgeable materials sampling and testing technicians • provide reciprocity for Qualified testing technicians among accredited Agencies

Scope of Work

The existing pooled fund TPF-5(349) will be closed in 2021, and a new TPF will be formed which will fund the continued development and refinement of the TTQP, including: • Maintaining and revising the six existing WAQTC TTQP training and certification courses in coordination with member state agencies; • Distributing training materials, including training manuals, PowerPoint presentations, and written and practical exams, to member states; • Maintaining the WAQTC website, and • Developing and presenting proposed revisions and new standards to the AASHTO Subcommittee on Materials.

Comments

This version of the pooled fund study will run from 2021 through 2025. The minimum expected partner commitment is $60,000, consisting of $12,000 for each of FY 2021 through FY 2025. All partner agencies should post their funding commitments for each of these years on the TPF study web page, regardless of what type of funding they plan to use or how they intend to transfer it to UDOT. Note that funding commitments are pledges, and the actual funding transfers would take place annually, typically early in the respective federal fiscal year. A waiver of the non-federal match, when using SPR-B funds for this study, was requested from FHWA by UDOT and approved.

Subjects: Materials and Construction

Title File/Link Type Private
Acceptance Letter TPF-5(476) Acceptance letter TPF5476 signed.pdf Memorandum Public
2023 WAQTC strategic plan 2023_waqtc_strategicplan.pdf Other Public
2021 1st Quarter 2021 1st quarter rpt_TPF-5(476) WAQTC.docx Quarterly Progress Report Public
2021 2nd Quarter 2021 2nd quarter rpt_TPF-5(476) WAQTC.docx Quarterly Progress Report Public
2021 3rd Quarter 2021 3rd quarter rpt_TPF-5(476) WAQTC.docx Quarterly Progress Report Public
2021 4th Quarter 2021 4th quarter rpt_TPF-5(476) WAQTC.docx Quarterly Progress Report Public
2022 1st Quarter 2022 1st quarter rpt_TPF-5(476) WAQTC.docx Quarterly Progress Report Public
2022 2nd Quarter 2022 2nd quarter rpt_TPF-5(476) WAQTC.docx Quarterly Progress Report Public
2022 3rd Quarter 2022 3rd quarter rpt_TPF-5(476) WAQTC.docx Quarterly Progress Report Public
2022 4th Quarter 2022 4th quarter rpt_TPF-5(476) WAQTC.docx Quarterly Progress Report Public
2023 1st Quarter 2023 1st quarter rpt_TPF-5(476) WAQTC.docx Quarterly Progress Report Public
2023 2nd Quarter 2023 2nd quarter rpt_TPF-5(476) WAQTC.docx Quarterly Progress Report Public
2023 3rd Quarter 2023 3rd quarter rpt_TPF-5(476) WAQTC.docx Quarterly Progress Report Public
2023 4th Quarter 2023 4th quarter rpt_TPF-5(476) WAQTC.docx Quarterly Progress Report Public
Title File/Link Type Private
Approved Waiver Memo Approval SPR Waiver Memo Solicit1544.pdf Memorandum Public
Waiver Request Letter Match Waiver Request #1544.pdf Memorandum Public
2020 WAQTC brochure 2020_waqtc_brochure.pdf Other Public
2020 WAQTC strategic plan 2020_waqtc_strategic_plan.pdf Other Public

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