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NDE VALIDATION CENTER The NDE Validation Center was established by the Federal Highway Administration in 1998. The objective of the NDEVC is to improve the state of the practice for highway bridge inspection. The Center is designed to act as a resource for state transportation agencies, industry, and academia concerned with the development and testing of innovative nondestructive evaluation (NDE) technologies. NDEVC provides state highway agencies with independent evaluation and validation of NDE technologies, develops new NDE technologies, and provides technical assistance to states exploring the use of these advanced technologies. The NDE Validation Center utilizes a series of unique resources to evaluate and assess the factors affecting the reliability and performance of NDE systems. The Validation Center is located at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center in McLean, Virginia. To supplement the capabilities of the NDE laboratory facilities, a series of field-test bridges located in Northern Virginia and southern Pennsylvania are utilized to conduct field studies. In addition, a collection of component test specimens are used in various test programs. |
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