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Materials Engineering and Testing Services

Office of Roadway Materials Testing

Contacts

Subject Contact Phone
AASHTO MATERIALS REFERENCE LAB (AMRL)

Flexible Pavement

 Nahid Hosseinazadeh
 916-227-7322
AMRL, COORDINATOR

Flexible Pavement

 Nahid Hosseinazadeh
 916-227-7322
ASPHALT

Testing: Paving, Liquid, Modified, Asphalt-Rubber, Emulsions

 Nahid Hosseinazadeh
 916-227-7322

Field Problems

 Mike Cook
 916-227-7300
ASPHALT CONCRETE

Testing: Mix Design

 George Cornell
 916-227-5284

Field Problems: Paving, Compaction, Recycling

 Mike Cook
 916-227-7300
Hamid Moussavi
 916-227-7234
ASPHALT RUBBER Terrie Bressette 916-227-7303
BITUMINOUS MIXTURES (See Asphalt Concrete)

BLEEDING PAVEMENTS Mike Cook
 916-227-7300
CALIBRATION

Lab Test Equipment

 Sam Kianfar
 916-227-7302
Liza Valencia
 916-227-0384
CHIP SEALS (See Seal Coats) Scott Britton
 916-227-7192
CONSTRUCTION EVALUATED RESEARCH Hamid Moussavi
 916-227-7234
CONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS

Pavement – Flexible

 Mike Cook
 916-227-7300
EQUIPMENT CALIBRATION and REPAIR

Laboratory

 Sam Kianfar
 916-227-7302
Liza Valencia
 916-227-0384
INDEPENDENT ASSURANCE PROGRAM (IAP) Hamid Moussavi
 916-227-7234

Laboratory Equipment Calibration

 Sam Kianfar
 916-227-7302

 

 Karim Mirza
916-227-
IAP Lab Accreditation and Testing Certification
Liza Valencia
 916-227-0384
LIME TREATED MATERIAL

Asphalt Concrete – Field Problems

 Mike Cook
 916-227-7300
Nahid Hosseinazadeh
 916-227-7322
NEW PRODUCTS

New Products

New Products Desk
 916-227-7073
NUCLEAR GAUGE TESTING, Asphalt Concrete Jeff Rush
 916-227-7249
George Cornell
 916-227-5284
PAVEMENT

Consultation, Flexible

 Mike Cook
 916-227-7300

Problem Focused Studies, Flexible

 Mike Cook
 916-227-7300
PAVEMENT TESTING Albert Vasquez 916-227-5847

Deflection Testing, Skid Testing (Towed and Portable) and Coring

Dawn Becky(Scheduling)

 916-227-5814
PERMEABLE MATERIAL

Asphalt Treated

 Mike Cook
 916-227-7300
QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM

Independent Assurance Program (IAP)

 Hamid Moussavi
 916-227-7234

Laboratory equipment calibration service

 Sam Kianfar
 916-227-7302
Liza Valencia
 916-227-0384

IAP Manual/process reviews

 Hamid Moussavi
 916-227-7234

Reference Sample Program

 Hamid Moussavi
 916-227-7234
Steve Donnelly
 916-227- 7090
RECYCLING USED TIRES

Flexible Pavement

 Nahid Hosseinazadeh
 916-227-7322

Reference Sample Program

 Hamid Moussavi
 916-227-7234
Steve Donnelly
 916-227-7090
SEALANTS
 

Asphaltic, Testing

 Nahid Hosseinazadeh
 916-227-7322

Rigid and Flexible (Field Problems)

 Hamid Moussavi
 916-227-7234

Seal Coats (Chips Seals, Slurry Seals, Other Seal Coats)

 Scott Britton
 916-227-7192

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