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SECTION 01450-QUALITY CONTROL PART 1-- GENERAL 1.1 SCOPE OF TESTS A. All materials,equipment, installation,and workmanship included in this contract, if so required by the Engineer,shall be tested and inspected to prove compliance with the contract requirements. B. All tests and inspections shall be completed under the direct supervision of a licensed professional engineer. All tests and inspections shall be the responsibility as identified in the individual sections of these specifications and shall be reported directly to the Owner and Engineer. C. No tests specified herein shall be applied until the item to be tested has been inspected and approval given for the application of such tests. D. Tests and inspections shall include all those specified in the individual sections and shall be compensated in accordance with the individual sections. E. Tests and inspection, unless otherwise specified or accepted,shall be in accordance with the recognized standards of the industry. F. Soil compaction testing performed by the Owner is deemed to be for the convenience of the Owner for documentation of the progress and performance of the work. Soil compaction testing results will be made available to the Contractor. However,the Owner and Engineer make no representations that the number of tests taken will be sufficient to accurately characterize the condition of any trench,and the Contractor shall take any supplemental test it deems necessary to monitor its own performance. The Owner may,at its discretion,eliminate soil and compaction testing on any part or the entire project. The presence or absence of soil and compaction testing or the approval of the results thereof shall in no way reduce the Contractor's obligation to correct trench settlement as described in these Special Provisions. 1.2 FINAL TESTING AND START-UP A. If, under test,any portion of the work fails to fulfill the contract requirements and is altered, renewed or replaced,tests on that portion so altered, removed, replaced,together with all other portions of the work as are affected thereby, shall, if so required by the Engineer, be repeated within reasonable time and in accordance with the specified conditions and the Contractor shall pay to the Owner all reasonable expenses incurred by the Owner as a result of the carrying out of such tests. 1.3 TESTING AND LABORATORY SERVICES A. Independent Testing Laboratory 1. Where in the individual sections of this Specification,tests or inspections are required to be furnished by the Contractor by an independent testing laboratory,the Contractor shall employ and arrange for, at its expense,the services of an approved independent testing laboratory satisfactory to the Engineer to perform the testing utilizing recognized standard procedures and criteria. 2. If the project includes the MnDOT Schedule of Materials Control Section,the Contractor shall employ and arrange for,at its expense,the services of an approved independent testing laboratory satisfactory to the Engineer to perform the testing utilizing recognized standard procedures and criteria for all testing listed under Quality Control,Contractor,or Producer testing in the Schedule of Materials Control regardless of what the individual sections of this specification state. B. Reports and Certificates 1. The Contractor shall submit reports and certificates of all inspections and test to the Engineer in duplicate. The reports and certificates become the property of the Owner. C. Sample Materials City of Elk River-R13.119052 QUALITY CONTROL August 2019 PAGE 01450-1 V040110©Bolton&Menk,Inc.2019,All Rights Reserved