As part of Vaughn & Melton’s On-Call CEI contract with the NCDOT, this American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (A.R.R.A.) project scope of services included milling, resurfacing, concrete pavement slab repair, concrete bridge deck repair and shoulder reconstruction. This project was shovel-ready and under construction in less than three months. The work was performed utilizing night work and temporary lane closures only to insure minimal disruption to traffic flow. This was especially challenging for the deck repair, but was accomplished using site-mixed, high-strength, quick-set concrete. The areas of deck repair were identified utilizing the “sounding” technique. Then the contractor was required to “chip out” the high-strength concrete, pour the areas and allow 2-hour setup time. All this was accomplished in the timeframe of 7PM to 7AM which also included traffic control setup in the evening and removal the following morning. Vaughn & Melton’s lead inspectors were in daily contact with NCDOT’s resident engineer, and were fully responsible for the CEI services, which included materials sampling and testing. Vaughn & Melton provided a total of four inspectors on this project.
