Material Specifications

Materials

Departmental Material Specifications (DMS)

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Material Specifications Series	Description
4000 Series	Materials specifications for jiggle bar tiles, pavement markers, traffic buttons, flexible delineators and object marker posts, fiberglass sign supports, steel strand, mechanical couplers, cementitious materials, concrete admixtures, and concrete curing materials. These materials specifications are generally referenced in construction specifications contained in contracts or requisitions.
6000 Series	Materials specifications and quality program requirements for miscellaneous construction materials including adhesives, sealants, construction fabrics and textiles, lime, compost, and deicing chemicals.
7000 Series	Materials specifications for highway sign blanks, sign hardware, and metal beam guard fence components. Qualification procedures for reinforcing steel mills, epoxy coating applicators for reinforcing steel, laboratories performing welding procedure qualification testing, and for multi-project or project-specific precast concrete fabrication plants.
8000 Series	Materials specifications for paints (maintenance, steel, silicone resin, one coat overcoat, concrete, anti-graffiti, epoxy powder), pavement markings (traffic paint, thermoplastic, cold and hot tape, glass beads), paintable caulk, sign materials (sign face, fiberglass substrate, roll-up, internally illuminated, identification decals), delineators and object markers, glare screen, flagger paddles, and concrete surface treatment.
9000 Series	Materials specifications for asphaltic concrete patching materials and fiber additives for bituminous mixtures used primarily for maintenance.
10000 Series	Guidelines for miscellaneous materials that may be referenced in construction specifications contained in contracts or requisitions.
11000 Series	Guidelines for evaluating and using nonhazardous recyclable materials and electrical, illumination, and traffic signal materials and equipment that may be referenced in construction specifications contained in contracts or requisitions.