Past Software Releases | LASTRADA™

Soil

Hydrometer

• • New Hydrometer test per ASTM D422 and AASHTO T88
  • Hydrometer temperature correction added to equipment
  • New soil cell types for both methods
  • New graphs per ATSM and AASHTO standards

Aggregates

FPC

• • Two new stats filters: sampling site and location

Reporting

• • New cell type: sampled by person assigned to a declaration
  • New cell type: carbon equivalency for aggregate statistics
  • New cell types: water content, oversize, undersize, and target size

Concrete

 Testing Register

• • Permanently save type test

FPC

• • New remark field in concrete sample
  • New concrete unit control module for working in SI and imperial units
• Reporting
  • New cell type for signature of sampler
    
    

Hot Mix Asphalt

• Mix Design  
  • IDEAL-CT transfer specimen ID's between steps
  • New curves for balanced mix design performance space diagram: multiple blends, optimum blend, with 8 total concurrent curves available
   Declaration
  • New plant breakdown analysis*

• Reporting

• • New cell types: sample height left & right, gyrations left & right
  • New binder specification reporting from declaration
  • New weather column type in statistics
  • Added most current declaration date and most current ignition correction date
  • New crushed particle statistics cell types: crushed, totally crushed, crushed fines aggregates, total water absorption
  • Binder specification added to declaration list reports

Binder

FPC 

• • New copy without data feature added to samples for replicate testing
  • Create new sample and copy header data for quick sample creation during QC

General

Administration

• • New permanent remember filters selection added to aggregate and asphalt specifications, asphalt declarations, production, and mix design selections 
  • New testing program leading department cell types

*templates, videos, and more information on this topic will be coming out soon

Administration

Contracts

• • New fields in contract selection

Soil

• • Reporting

• • New cell type added to grading table

Aggregates

FPC

• • New row types for Lightweight Contaminators
  • New sieving type added R4/P4, AASHTO T30 separated

Reporting

• • New cell types in aggregate including sieve names
  • New column types in aggregate declaration
  • New cell types in aggregate statistics
  • New options in aggregate receiving inspection

Hot Mix Asphalt

Master Data

• • New setting in asphalt declaration

• Mix Design  
  • New I-FIT (Fracture Energy) test
  • New performance space diagram
  • New cell types
   Reporting

• • New performance space diagrams: I-FIT and/or IDEAL-CT with HWT

Concrete

 Testing Register

• •     Updates to Concrete Testing Register

Interfaces

• • New button for concrete recipe

Soil

  Reporting

• • New soil cell types and column types
  • Update to Atterberg limits

Asphalt

  Master Data

• • RAP Binder properties now part of RAP supplies
  • Binder test for recorded binders from mix

            FPC

• • New fields for Ash content of binder are now on the Binder page
  • Target minimum/maximum SSD weighs for TSR 
  • Binder properties on recovered binders from mix
  • Direct entry of gradation results for QA or 3rd party data entry
  • New cell types and column types
    

Bitumen

  General

• • New binder tests

Concrete

  FPC

• • New color options for custom display
  • Update to CUSUM optimization

General

Reporting

• • Embedding of test program details for new custom report layout options
  • New report cell types for aggregate QC, asphalt QC, asphalt mix design and asphalt binder

PDF Settings

• • New enhanced security features added to PDF creator

Aggregates

General

• • Aggregate QC dialogue has new customization options

FPC

• • Addition of 2^nd Flat and elongated ratio on a single sample
  • Updated aggregate QC crushed particles test

Asphalt

Declaration

• • More State specific rounding options in asphalt QC

Mix Design

• • New warnings when calculated blend not saved
  • RAP specific gravity options added to State drop down function in asphalt QC
  • Number of gyrations added to TSR data entry
  • New update blend button added to asphalt blend tool

Asphalt

FPC

• • New on the fly check stats buttons added
  • New copy button for QA data entry
  • New dual asphalt compaction specifications support %Rice and %Marshall
  • New update blend button added to asphalt blend tool
  • XML export to exchange asphalt samples via LASTRADA to LASTRADA interface
  • New create new version for entering companion asphalt QA and 3^rd party results
  • New warnings when calculated blend not saved
  • RAP specific gravity options added to State drop down function in asphalt QC
  • Number of gyrations added to TSR data entry
  • New update blend button added to asphalt blend tool

Statistics

• • New asphalt statistics filtering options

Bitumen

FPC

• • Introduction of binder formulation/recipe features:
    - Formulations/recipes now optional addition to testing program
    - Formulations/recipes now optional addition to asphalt binder declaration
  • Update to asphalt binder force ductility test

Concrete

FPC

• • Update to concrete single strength value and mix class strength conformity criteria
  • New tab-sequence in CS test dialogue has been added

Aggregates

Declaration

• • The proctor density field has been added to the Aggregate data page.

FPC

• • A new test Cleanness value CTM 227.
  • Chemical tests adjustment of test has been added to the test standards for the Lightweight Contaminators.

Reporting

• • Upper grading- minimum of max passing and upper tolerance limit, and lower grading- maximum of min passing and lower tolerance limit are new curves in the sieve chart.
  • New cell types for reporting of crushed particles with one decimal place have been added.

Asphalt

Master Data

• • New requirements for the Specification, Declaration and FPC Vbe Effective binder volume have been added.
  • A new column for the Mixture density has been added to the Correction for RAP dialogue.

Mix Design

• • Calculation mode, GSB has been added in Mix Design and Reclaimed.
  • For non-US customers , this button will calculate from Maximum density of RAP and binder content.  RAP GSB  customers the calculation (which is relevant for the Mix Design) based on the selected State standard.
  • In Mix Design and Asphalt FPC bulk density of Gyratory specimen test has been improved.

Asphalt

FPC

• • Article long description and Article no. have been added to Sample section dialogue of the Asphalt FPC columns.
  • The new Asphalt FPC dialogue now has a drop down for Sampled by staff members.
  • The Grading curve button on the Aggregate page will now show FPC limits instead of design limits.
  • Calculation of binder density has improved.

Statistics

• • Internal limits reporting styles have been added to the following values: Binder content, Density, Swelling, Marshall stability, Marshall flow.

Receiving Inspection Aggregates

• • The Receiving Inspection Aggregates dialogue and the Selection of aggregate declaration dialogue have a new check box to show only latest declaration per spec.

Bitumen

General

• • The Test Program FPC Plant selection dialogue in the Contract Administration offers now the possibility to register a Refinery for the bitumen. 

Concrete

Options

• • New rounding options of hardened concrete density have been added.

FPC

• • The Delivery ticket no will now also be transferred when creating a new concrete sample, without having the interface.
  • New tab-sequence in CS test dialogue has been added.

General

Sample Management

• • Sample management has a new column "sender" to the sample selection dialogue.

Testing Program

• • All test for the receiving inspections of aggregates have been connected to the testing program.
  • Column sequence within the task planning is now adjustable via dialogue box. 

Automatic Reporting

• • New functions for sending several reports at the same time.

Soil

Atterberg Limits

• • New items have been added to the context menu of the Casagrande diagram.

Aggregates

• • You can now register 8 sub-samples and switch between them via the new radio buttons.

Asphalt

Declarations

• • Wheel tracking slope has been added to the new declaration dialogue which can blind in and out via the dialogue configuration button.

Mix Design

• • You can now empty all aggregate related fields via one push of a button.
  • A new filter group for the mix design has been added to the plant-based selection dialogue.
  • A new field has been created in the Aggregate Blend page offers now the possibility to register values for the tests Cleanness value, and Sodium Sulfate soundness.

Quality Control

• • Tables within the quality control template are now able to adjust their table wraps automatically.
  • The new FPC dialogue has additional fields for entering values for Cleanness and Sodium sulfate soundness.
  • A new read-only field has been added to the Bitumen properties page to show the bitumen density coming from the specification.
  • Automated Soluble binder content (ASTM D8159 - 18) has been implemented to the new FPC dialogue. 

Bitumen

General

• • In the Bitumen module the refinery field will be read-only for samples with archived refineries.

FFC

• • A new test for determining the density by weight per gallon cup (D6937) has been implemented for emulsions (ASTM D2397 and D997).
  • As residue tests the following have been implemented ductility (Temp2) (T51) Elastic recovery (T301) DSR and MSCR test (T315/350) as well as Ash test (T111).

Concrete

FPC

• • When using delivery tickets with LASTRADA, it is now possible to create new samples as well as new concretes in one go. 
  • You can now only show concrete or certain QC-groups in the sampling schedule.
  • Relationships and adjustments can now be copied to other plants.