2015-2016 Biennial Report on Bridge Inspection Quality Assurance

By February 1 of each odd-numbered year, the commissioner shall submit a report electronically to the members of the Senate and House of Representatives committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance concerning quality assurance for bridge inspections. At a minimum, the report must:

(1) summarize the bridge inspection quality assurance and quality control procedures used in Minnesota;
(2) identify any substantive changes to quality assurance and quality control procedures made in the previous two years;
(3) summarize and provide a briefing on findings from bridge inspection quality reviews performed in the previous two years;
(4) identify actions taken and planned in response to findings from bridge inspection quality reviews performed in the previous two years;
(5) summarize the results of any bridge inspection compliance review by the Federal Highway Administration; and
(6) identify actions in response to the Federal Highway Administration compliance review taken by the department in order to reach full compliance.