WACEL ADDS FOUNDATIONS AND REINFORCED CONCRETE SPECIAL INSPECTOR CERTIFICATIONS TO ONLINE TESTING PLATFORM
WACEL has updated its Foundation Special Inspector and Reinforced Concrete Inspeector Certification programs and added them to the online testing platform. WACEL Members can download the new study guides from the members only side of this website.
WRITTEN AND PRACTICAL CERTIFICATION EXAM OPTIONS
WACEL is currently providing the following options for written certification exam testing:
All Practicals must be administered by an approved WACEL proctor. If practicals are proctored by in-house staff, the proctor must make a separate video of each test that the technician performs and forward the package of videos to WACEL for grading.
WACEL is currently providing the following options for practical certification exam testing:
Please email bob@wacel.org. for member facility requests or any other questions you may have.
ONLINE TESTING
The WACEL Online Testing Platform is now operational for Concrete I, Soil I Special Inspector, Foundation Special Inspector, Reinforced Concrete Special Inspector, and Concrete Masonry Strength Lab exams.
To register your technicians for online exams, you must have supervisor status in the WACEL database. If you need supervisor status, email tcohn@wacel.org with the names and email address of those in your organization who should be designated as supervisors.
Steps to register technicians for online exams:
Call us at 301-652-7925 or email tcohn@wacel.org with questions or if you need more information.
Certification and Accreditation Program Updates
WACEL is currently scheduling inspections and audits for the laboratory accreditation program. Call us at 301-652-7925 or email bob@wacel.org to schedule your inspection and/or audit.
Register for meetings, training classes and practical exams, and keep up-to-date on the latest program updates and changes.
March 11, 2023
ABC - Virginia
42680 Trade W Drive
Sterling, VA 20166
8:30am – 5:00pm
Please note that the Soil Class does not include the Soil Practical.
March 25, 2023
ABC - Virginia
42680 Trade W Drive
Sterling, VA 20166
8:30am – 5:00pm
Please note that the Concrete Class does not include the Concrete Practical
March 14, 2023
Vulcan Materials
5412 Industrial Drive
Springfield, VA
5-9pm
March 28, 2023
Vulcan Materials
5412 Industrial Drive
Springfield, VA
5-9pm
WACEL will also perform concrete and soil level I proficiency testing at members' laboratories. Five technicians are required for an in lab concrete practical.
The AASHTO 2020 specifications include four different design methodologies for MSE walls. Dr. Jim Collin will discuss the key differences in these methodologies and their implications on results. He also will review design methods that are appropriate for any MSE system (i.e., RECo, Keystone, etc.). The presentation concludes with a review of the ASCE Geo-Institute IDEA program. This program evaluates MSE systems with respect to meeting the AASHTO 2020 specifications and provides an evaluation report that State DOTs are using to add MSE Systems to their approved products list.
Dr. James G. Collin, P.E., founded The Collin Group, Ltd., in 1995. The Collin Group has been involved with the design and construction of 15 column supported embankment projects across the US. As part of this work Dr. Collin conducted column (pile) load tests to verify the design capacity of the columns. Dr. Collin was the principal investigator for a FHWA research program to develop design guidelines for column supported embankments and co-authored the FHWA Design Manual on Deep Mixing for Embankment and Foundation Support.
Dr. Collin is the author of the National Highway Institutes “Soil Slope and Embankment Design Manual”, “Slope Maintenance and Slide Restoration Manual”, “Ground Improvement Methods Manual,” and “Shallow Foundations Manual”. Dr. Collin is also a certified instructor for the Federal Highway Administration courses on Ground Improvement, MSEW and RSS Design and Construction Guidelines, Soil Nail Wall Design, Earth Retaining Structures, Geosynthetic Design and Construction Guidelines, Shallow Foundations, Soil Slopes and Embankments, Slope Maintenance and Slide Restoration, and Geosynthetics. He was recognized by NHI as an “Instructor of Excellent” in 2008, 2009, 2011, and 2012.
Dr. Collin has been a member of ASCE since 1985. He is a fellow and a Diplomat of Geotechnical Engineering with ASCE. He is currently on the board of governors of the Geo-Institute
WACEL certification or equivalent certification is required by all metropolitan area jurisdictions.
WACEL membership requires that all laboratories in the WACEL service territory be accredited by WACEL or an equivalent accreditation program.
WACEL membership requires that all inspection agencies participate in an Inspection Agency Audit Program or an equivalent audit program.
WACEL offers membership to Engineering Laboratories and Inspection Agencies that are directed and managed by full-time professional engineers.
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Virginia Department of Transportation
American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA)
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)
Naval Engineering Facilities Command (NAVFAC) Chesapeak Division
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