Finance Committee - 6/6/2018 Page 8
Mr. Dookran
We have started within the last couple of years testing for quality control, making sure that the contractor is
delivering asphalt and installing the asphalt per the contract specification making sure they meet our standards
for compaction for the amount of liquid asphalt is in there so that the pavement will last the life we expect of it.
We have stepped up the program this year simply because we have a lot more than we have been doing in
previous years. We are going to be doing some limited amount of testing at the plant itself and the idea behind
that, even though we get the contents of the mix are delivered to us, we want to make sure that the plant is not
arbitrarily giving us something that we don’t expect. So some additional testing is being done at the plant. So
it’s all about quality control to make sure we get the right product.
Alderman Klee
Thank you for taking my question. When you say testing, are you just testing the material itself, do you test it
once it is down on the ground or just prior to it being put in?
Mr. Dookran
So at the plant, you are visiting the plant and you are making sure that the person operating the batching
equipment is doing the right thing, putting the right mixtures. When it has been laid we test what has been laid,
certain elements. And when it is done, we come back and we take sample cores and it is sent to the lab and
they do testing, they do compaction testing and they check if there is any further questions, we check for the
amount of liquid that was in the sample.
Alderman Klee
| appreciate you doing that. | was getting a lot of complaints that some of the roads that we had put down
came up a little too soon so thank you very much.
Mr. Dookran
So that the question is out there and Alderman Caron is pretty well aware of this, the part of Main Street from
Aldds Street south towards East Dunstable Road, that has failed the test. We are working with the contractor
to replace that pavement. So you will see that happening. That is what we are doing.
MOTION CARRIED
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: Pavement Management Services for 2018 Paving Program (Value: $328,675)
MOTION BY ALDERWOMAN KELLY TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE AND AWARD THE CONTRACT TO
HAYNER/SWANSON, INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF $328,675. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN DEPARTMENT
160, ADMINISTRATION/ENGINEERING; PAVING BOND
Mayor Donchess
Mr. Dookran would you give us an explanation on this please?
Mr. Dookran
Yes I'll give a brief explanation. So as | said earlier our program has become very extensive starting this year
and the program comprises of a contract that you must have seen $6.7 million dollar contract was for Newport
Construction they happen to be a Nashua firm if you didn’t know that. This is the first time they are doing this
work for us. We also have left over from last year to the tune of $1.1 million dollars from the Contract. Both of
these contracts are where we started. We are doing some neighborhood streets and then we have coming up
