Design and Construction Handbook - Los Angeles World Airports

C. The General Contractor or the Quality Control Manager shall fax the Notification of
Fabrication to the Materials Control Coordinator at 424-646-9327 at least 10 working
days in advance when the fabrication will take place more than 50 miles from the project.
D. The General Contractor or the Quality Control Manager shall fax the Notification of
Fabrication to the Materials Control Coordinator at 424-646-9327 at least 30 days in
advance when the fabrication will take place outside of the continental United States.
E. David Jackson is the Material Control Coordinator for all LAWA projects and can be
reached at 424 646-5755 or at djackson@lawa.org.-
F. Notification of Fabrication form (to be provided).
G. Unless otherwise specified, inspection is required at the sources for asphalt
concrete pavement mixtures, structural concrete, metal fabrication, metal casting,
welding, concrete pipe manufacture, protective coating application, and similar shop
or plant operations. Additional materials and fabricated items which require
inspection at the source shall be as specified.
H. Steel pipe in sizes less than 8 inches and vitrified clay and cast iron pipe in all sizes
are acceptable upon certification as to compliance with the Specifications, subject to
sampling and testing by LAWA. Shelf items mass produced unless noted otherwise
in this contract are subject to inspection at the Work site only. Special items of
equipment such as designed electrical panel boards, large pumps, sewage plant
equipment, etc. are subject to inspection at the source including performance testing.
Inspection at the source for other items shall be as specified.
I. All materials and fabricated articles furnished by the Contractor are subject to
inspection at their source, and no materials or fabricated articles shall be used in the
Work until they have been inspected and accepted by the Materials Control
Inspector. The Materials Control Inspector shall be permitted access to all parts of
the Work, including shops where materials and fabricated articles are manufactured
or fabricated.
J. All materials and fabricated items shall be manufactured or fabricated from Shop
Drawings that have been approved by the Engineer. The Contractor shall ensure that
legible copies of the approved submittals, shop drawings, approved mix designs, and
the corresponding Contract Specifications are provided to its fabricators or suppliers,
and that said documents are available to the Materials Control Inspector or
Independent Inspection and/or Testing Laboratory (IITL) during the inspection. Shop
inspection cannot and will not take place without noted documents.
L. Any material or fabricated item which requires shop inspection and arrives at the Site
without inspection by the Materials Control Inspector is subject to rejection by the
Inspector and may be required to be removed from the Site by the Contractor at the
Contractor's sole expense.
M. Prior to shipment of any material or fabricated item, final inspection shall be
performed by the Materials Control Inspector or IITL. Said inspection shall consist of a
final visual inspection, identification, and tagging and/or stamping for release to the
Project Site. Items received at the Site without the proper identification may be rejected
and required to be removed from the Site.
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