Glossary

AASHTO

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

ACI

American Concrete Institute

AMRL

AASHTO Materials Reference Library

ASTM

American Society for Testing and Materials

BNA

Base-Neutral and Acid Extractables

CBR

California Bearing Ratio

DDT

Dichloro Diphenyl Trichlor

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

GC/MS

Gas chromatograph with mass spectrometer detector

GREENBOOK

SSPWC: Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction

ICP-AES

Inductive Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectograph

I.A.T.

Independent Assurance Testing

NPDES

National Pollution Discharge Elimination System

PCB

Polychlorinated Biphenyls

PCC

Portland Concrete Cement

R-VALUE

Resistance parameter for pavement design

S-VALUE

Stability parameter from Hveem method

S.T.A.R.

Safety, Training, Accreditation, Research Section

UST

Underground Storage Tanks

VOC

Volatile Organic Compounds