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• Verify that all repairs are completed and tested in accordance with the Specifications. • Record all completed and tested repairs on a repair sheet, and the panel layout drawing. Destructive Seam Sampling Procedures and Field Testing. Destructive seam samples will be taken at intervals of at least one test per 500 linear feet of geomembrane seams. However,additional samples will be taken if the QA/QC Inspector suspects that a seam does not meet the Specification requirements. Reasons for taking additional samples may include, but are not limited to: • Wrinkling in seam area • Excess crystallinity • Suspect seaming equipment or techniques • Weld contamination • Insufficient overlap • Adverse weather conditions • Failing tests The QA/QC Inspector selects the locations from where seam samples will be cut for destructive laboratory testing as follows: • A minimum of one test per 500 feet of seam length. This is an average frequency for the entire installation; individual samples may be taken at greater or lesser intervals. The testing frequency will be increased if welding operations were conducted in temperatures below 400F. This increase will be agreed upon by the Construction Manager, QA/QC Manager, and Geosynthetics Contractor. • A maximum frequency must be agreed to by the Construction Manager, QA/QC Manager,and Geosynthetics Contractor at the pre-construction meeting. However,if the number of failed samples exceeds 5 percent of the tested samples,this frequency may be increased at the discretion of the QA/QC Manager. Samples taken as the result of failed tests do not count toward the total number of required tests. The QA/QC Inspector will not inform the Geosynthetics Contractor in advance of selecting the destructive sample locations. The Geosynthetics Contractor will remove specimens and samples at locations identified by the QA/QC Inspector and field test the specimens for peel and shear before the samples are shipped off- site for laboratory testing. During sampling procedures the QA/QC Inspector will: • Observe sample cutting. • Mark each specimen and sample with an identifying number which contains the seam number, destructive sample test number, welder, and date and time welded. Page 31