Materials & Tests Division - Research & Product Evaluation
6601 Centennial Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37243.0360
phone (615) 350.4179
fax (615) 350.4128
National Transportation Product Evaluation Program (NTPEP)
The
National Transportation Product Evaluation Program (NTPEP) was
established in early 1994 as an engineering technical service
program to pool the professional and physical resources of
AASHTO's member departments to test transportation materials of
their common interest. NTPEP seeks to eliminate duplication of
testing among the nation's state highway agencies by providing
industry with a one-stop shopping for product evaluation. The
program is guided by the NTPEP Oversight Committee which is made
up of representatives from the 52 AASHTO member departments
which include the 50 states, Washington, DC and Puerto Rico.
There are member delegates on behalf of industry through
assignment by their respective associations. the NTPEP Oversight
Committee established project panels, committees of experts in
each evaluation area who develop a work plan which describes the
testing and evaluation protocols. AASHTO member departments
perform the evaluations and are reimbursed by AASHTO/NTPEP from
the testing fees collected from manufacturers and suppliers who
submit products for evaluation. NTPEP then provides results in
the form of NTPEP evaluation reports to all AASHTO member
departments to use in their own prequalification or acceptance
practices. It should be noted that AASHTONTPEP has no authority
over state highway agency prequalification procedures. However,
the NTPEP Oversight Committee does give advice and guidance for
best use of NTPEP data that is generated. In the NTPEP reports,
it is important to know that AASHTO/NTPEP does not accept or
reject materials and it does not recommend or endorse any
product over another.
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