# Asphalt Paving Inspection (Part 1)

Federal Highway Administration Video VH-318 Asphalt Paving Inspection (Part 1) Proper inspection techniques for local agencies are presented in three parts. Part 1 (about 27 min.) introduces an inspector's preliminary responsibilities: document review, coordination with the public, field review, equipment checks, planning traffic control, meeting weather requirements, and inspecting the tack coat application. Part 2 (19 min.) covers mix delivery, placement, compaction, and transverse joint construction. Part 3 (14 min.) gives examples of problems that can occur in mix design, paving, and compaction, and suggests some solutions. Metric units are used throughout the video.

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1996
- By: Federal Highway Administration
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/gov.dot.fhwa.ttp.vh-318.1)
- Licence or status: [CC0 1.0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

Not offered: its uploader or archive marks it public domain, and nothing the site holds bears that out (its record gives no year, or a year from 1978 on, which no US term has left), so where it is free is not known. Unclear is not offered.