4.2

New Functionality

Concrete

=====Concrete Shrinkage Screen and Test Report Redesign===== There will be a new QESTLab Test Screen and Test Report for Concrete Drying Shrinkage, designed to support the 2015 standards AS 1012.8.4 and AS 1012.13. The new screen is split into tabs to better separate the preparing and measurement steps. It includes support for selecting more equipment items, allowing data to be entered for humidity and evaporation rates, transportation history for specimens and other information required by the standards.

The new Concrete Shrinkage Test Report will support the requirements of the standards. When the preparing and measuring laboratories are not the same, it will be possible to produce separate reports for the preparation and the measurement. When one laboratory performs both, the different parts will appear on separate pages.

=====Concrete Batch Plant Inspection Ticket===== This introduces a new QESTLab Test Screen and Test Report to complement the existing QESTField Workflow. The QESTLab Test screen has been created to mimic the existing QESTField Workflows functionality. It will allow the user to enter in details, create and remove mixtures of the three material types (Aggregate, Cementitious Materials and Admixtures), enter in Water details and add comments, which will be included on the report.

The 'Batch Plant Inspection Ticket Report' has also been created. This report will be automatically generated when the Ticket is created, whether in QESTField or QESTLab.

Finally, a new feature has been implemented to lock the Concrete Samples 'Mix Data' grid, when a child Batch Plant Inspection Ticket is present under the sample. This is due to the data that is entered on the Ticket being automatically exported to the Concrete Samples 'Mix Data' section. This occurs in both QESTField and QESTLab.

=====Inclusion of Load No. and Lift No. for US Concrete===== For any Aggregate/Soil Field Density workflow, the Lift No. will now also be available for data entry. It will be found in the Test Location section.
The field "Load No", which can be used for entering the 'Load Number' from the concrete truck, has been made available on the Concrete Sample (ASTM/AASHTO) screen (1602). This field is also available for use in Bulk Entry, and for the various concrete workflows in QESTField.

=====Reporting of Density (MPUV) for AU Concrete===== Users will be able to conduct Mass per Unit Volume (MPUV) tests in QESTField for the AS1012.5 - 1999 and RMS T303 standards.

On the Field Data phase of the Concrete Workflow a drop down for Measured Density Method has been added. From this drop down the user can select 'None','Enter Final Result', 'Report Final Result' or 'Enter and Report full MPUV Test'.

• Selecting 'None' will result in no MPUV value being able to be entered within QESTField
• If 'Enter Final Result' is selected, then a value for MPUV can be entered but it will be directly entered into the Concrete Sample and no test will be added
• If 'Report Final Result' is selected then the reduced test corresponding to the selected standard will be added to the Concrete Sample and the 'Report MPUV' checkbox on the sample will be automatically checked.
• If 'Enter and Report Full MPUV Test' is selected, then the full MPUV test, corresponding to the selected standard, will be added to the Concrete Sample

This means that if the selected standard is RMS it will add the corresponding RMS T303 test and if the selected standard is AS (2015) it will add the corresponding AS 1012.5 test.

If the selected test is the reduced screen then a field will be shown for entry of the Measured Density. For the full test, a 'MPUV' phase will be added to the Concrete Workflow to provide the test's workflow. If no test is selected, 'Measured Density' can be entered directly as before.

In QESTLab the Concrete Sample (AU) will now import the Measured Density from the child MPUV test.

The following tests can be added:

• Mass per Unit Volume of Freshly Mixed Concrete [AS 1012.5]
• Mass Per Unit Volume (Yield) [AS 1012.5] *
• Mass per Unit Volume of Freshly Mixed Concrete [RMS T303]
• Mass Per Unit Volume (Yield) [RMS T303] *

=====Concrete Specimens Ordering===== Concrete and Masonry Specimens had the potential to appear ordered wrong, when created in QESTField and viewed in QESTLab (either on the test screens or test reports). In addition, in QESTLab, specimens could be added or changed such that they would appear out of order.

To address this problem, specimens created in QESTField will be ordered as follows when created before generating the Specimen IDs:

• Type
• Then Age (Days & Hours)
• Then Created Date

QESTLab will order the specimens in the same order by default, but the user can choose any of the following options from the “Sort Order” drop down list; which is a new feature added to the Concrete Sample screen.

• ID (the default)
• Type then ID
• Type then Age
• ID then Age
• Type, then Age, then ID

Once the below criteria has been filled out on the concrete sample to indicate the field work is complete, specimens will no longer be editable in QESTField, but other sample data will be. The criteria for completion is:

• Date Received set on the sample
• QestComplete set on any specimen
• Any specimen has Area or Strength value calculated
• QestCheckedBy is set on any specimen

Publishing

=====Test Report Email Subject===== A new option, "Email Subject Format", has been added in the QEST Administrator Console (accessible via Configuration -> Options -> Publishing -> Email) that gives customers the ability to configure the Subject of the Email when sending Test Reports directly from QESTLab.
The option lets users configure which database fields appear in the subject line by including the field name within double box brackets.

E.g. If the option is configured as "Report No: [[ReportNo]] of Client: [[ClientName]]" then it will generate the following email subject line; "Report No: WO-12345S01 of Client: My Test Client ABC".

The fields that can be included in the subject line are restricted to the following:

• ReportNo
• WorkOrderID
• ClientCode
• ClientName
• ProjectCode
• ProjectName
• LabName

If an incorrect field or format is entered then the entire Subject will revert to the default value which is, "Test Report [[ReportNo]]"

Updated Test Methods

Florida Department of Transport (FDOT) Standards

[FM 5-515 - 2015]

Limerock Bearing Ratio

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Standards

[AASHTO T 84 - 2013]	Specific Gravity and Absorption of Fine Aggregate
[AASHTO T 85 - 2013]	Specific Gravity and Absorption of Coarse Aggregate
[AASHTO T 99 - 2015]	Proctor - Standard
[AASHTO T 180 - 2015]	Proctor - Modified

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standards

[ASTM D 1556 - 2015]

Sand-Cone Method

Release Notes

NOTE: The following documentation is only applicable to QESTField/QESTNET 4.2 (and onwards).

Batch Plant Inspection Ticket QESTField Workflow

The Batch Plant Inspection Ticket workflow is shown below.

There are stages for this test:

• Batch Plant Inspection Ticket
• Batch Plant Inspection Ticket Summary

Batch Plant Inspection Ticket

Batch Information

Batch Plant Inspection Ticket screen will import the Supplier, Source, Mix Design from the Concrete Sample. If a Water Amount is set in the imported Concrete Mix then the value is imported to Mix Water Amount and the corresponding field is locked.

Users can change the Supplier, Source, Mix Design in the Batch Plant Inspection Ticket electronic workflow and it will update the parent Concrete Sample once users save the changes.

Constituent Material of Concrete

Users can identify batch weights of constituent materials present in a load of concrete. Use the 'Add' button to create records for the material types

The records can be removed used the 'Delete' button

Aggregate Types

• Type: A dropdown that contains all items from the Batch Plant Inspection Aggregates list
• Mass(lb): Mass of the Aggregate, rounded to one decimal place
• Free Moisture(%): Moisture Content of the Aggregate, rounded to two decimal places
• Free Water (gal): This is calculated when the user clicks the 'Calculate' button. Where,
  Free Water = (Mass - (Mass/(1 + (Moisture/100))))/8.33

Cementitous Material

• Material: A dropdown that contains all items from the Batch Plant Inspection Cementitious Material list
• Mass: The weight of Cementitious Material, rounded to one decimal place

Admixture

• Admixture: A dropdown that contains all items from the Batch Plant Inspection Admixtures list
• Amount: The amount of Admixure material used, rounded to one decimal place
• Units: Select one of g, gal, lb, ml and oz.

Free Water

Water Added at Plant (gal): The amount of water added at plant, rounded to one decimal place.

Water Added after Batching (gal): The amount of water added after batching, rounded to one decimal place.

Water Allowable at Site (gal): The amount of allowable water at site, rounded to one decimal place.

Total Water Allowable (gal): This is a calculated value. Where,
Total Water Allowable = Mix Water Amount x Cubic Yards(Batch).
The value is rounded to one decimal place.

Emailing Batch Plant Inspection Ticket Summary

On the Batch Plant Inspection Ticket Summary Stage, users can view all the test results and send a summary to clients via email.

Email Setting for QESTField/QESTNET

To send emails via QESTNET, the SMTP settings must be included in the QESTNET.exe.config file which can be found under QESTNET folder.

The mail setting needs to be implemented into system.net section. If the section does not exist, please add the section at the bottom of the config file right before tag </configuration>.

This is an example of SMTP Email setting.

Contacts

Users can select contacts from the dropdown which is populated from the Contact (20049) list.

Users are also allowed to add new contacts by selecting '(New contact...)', entering a Name and Email address, and clicking Save New Contact

The new entry will then be added to the list and it will be available for selection from the dropdown.

Sending Email

QESTField allows users to send email to either a saved contact or a new contact (that is not already present in the Contact list). After selecting a contact or entering the required information, users can click the 'Email Summary' button to send the Email. If successful then the "Mail successfully sent" message will be displayed.

Example Summary Email

The Email subject for the Summary Email is as follows:

<Mix Code>, <Ticket #> - <Truck #> at <TimeLoaded> Batch Plant Inspection Summary

If a field in the subject is not populated on the ticket, it will not be displayed in the Email subject.

An example of the Batch Plant Inspection Ticket Summary Email is shown below: