FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
9AM EDT, July 17, 2002
Contact: Bobbie Nasso
Phone: 281 999-9961
Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (OCEA) by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Salt Lake Cities Interstate 15 (I-15) reconstruction/expansion project has been named the 2002 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (OCEA) by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). ATSER, LP, a Houston-based systems technology, program and construction management consulting and materials testing firm, served on this project as the Independent Quality Verification Firm and part of the Utah Department of Transportation Construction Oversight Team.
This award places I-15 among such distinguished projects as the World Trade Center, Denver International Airport, the Whittier Access project, and the relocation of the Cape Hatteras Light Station. Competition for this award was fierce, but in the end, I-15 was chosen for its significant contribution to civil engineering progress and to the Salt Lake City community.
ATSER'S ROLE ON I-15
In 1997, ATSER was contracted by the Utah Department of Transportation to provide engineering inspection and verification testing services on I-15. The scope of this massive project included replacing approximately 17.3 miles of interstate freeway in the Salt Lake Valley over a period of four years. The reconstruction required more than 5 million cubic yards of fill material and 2.5 million square yards of concrete pavement. In addition, 10 urban interchanges were rebuilt and more than 125 bridges were replaced.
ATSER initially provided materials engineering services including the testing and inspection of soils, aggregate, asphalt, MSE walls and prestressed concrete fabrication. The firm saw a unique opportunity to provide the project oversight team with a more efficient method to evaluate the quality of materials and construction for this project, which at its highest point was producing $1 million in construction daily. In response to the opportunity at hand, ATSER implemented its proprietary Quality Management system to manage the materials testing data for the project. While implementing this innovative technology, ATSER took its technology one step further to develop its first "paperless" laboratory, whereby the material test data from each laboratory was collected and consolidated onto a central database for review, analysis and reporting. The result was a "near real-time" monitoring system that enabled increased construction materials quality.
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