Materials Information Programs

This report consists of a collection of papers presented at the Symposium on Materials Information Retrieval held in Dayton, Ohio, 28-29 November 1962. These papers in general discuss information storage, retrieval and dissemination programs of Government agencies and their contractors. Three areas are covered, namely materials information activities, general information activities and information systems research.

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 838: Guidelines for Optimizing the Risk and Cost of Materials QA Programs proposes guidelines for optimizing the risk and cost of materials quality assurance (QA) programs. It develops a methodology for establishing a materials QA program that optimizes risk and cost by providing appropriate types, levels, and frequencies of agency testing and inspection for transportation projects across their full range of type, size, complexity, and project-delivery method.