Provide Construction Material Testing Services in accordance with ODOT’s 2023 Construction and Material Specifications (C&MS) and Manual of Procedures (MOP) as well as the 2025 City of Columbus Construction and Material Specifications. In addition, below are the expected responsibilities and duties of the technician. The consultant should include all pricing for applicable work in their proposal. 1. Review work, recommend rejection of defective work or materials if necessary, perform inspection and material testing, monitor construction progress, and observe compliance tests as follows: a. Conduct on-site observations of the work in progress to determine if the work is proceeding in accordance with the Construction Documents and that completed work will conform to the Construction Documents. b. Report to the City representative whenever the inspector believes that any work is unsatisfactory, faulty, defective, does not conform to the Construction Documents, does not meet the requirements of any inspections, tests, or approval required to be made, or has been damaged prior to final acceptance. Advise the City representative when the inspector believes work should be corrected, rejected, uncovered for observation, requires special testing, inspection, or approval. c. Verify that compliance tests are conducted as required by the Construction Documents and in the presence of the required personnel, and that Contractor maintains adequate records thereof; observe, record, and report to the City representative appropriate details relative to the test procedures. d. Call to the attention of the Contractor any failure of the work or materials to conform to the Construction Documents as determined by the City or consultant. e. Reject non-specification materials as determined by the City or consultant. 2. Provide reports monthly as follows: a. Furnish City representative with daily reports as required for progress of the work. Included shall be items completed, test data, and comments relative to observations of the day’s work. Data must be submitted to the City for all tests taken. b. Consult with City representative in advance of scheduled major tests, inspections, or start of important phases of the work.
