BS 6543(1985) : 1985
Current
The latest, up-to-date edition.
23-11-2012
Foreword
Committees responsible
Guide
Section one. General
0 Introduction
1 Scope
2 Materials and their general characteristics
3 Health and safety
4 Restoration
5 Economics
Section two. Uses in road construction
6 Introduction
7 Earthworks construction
8 Capping layers and selected fill
9 Unbound sub-bases
10 Cement-bound and bituminous-bound sub-bases
11 Unbound base material
12 Cement-bound bases
13 Bituminous-bound bases
14 Pavement quality concrete for roads
15 Flexible surfacings
Section three. Uses in building
16 Introduction
17 Fill in building
18 Aggregates for concrete
19 Artificial aggregates
20 Cementitious materials
21 Cement manufacture
22 Bricks
23 Autoclaved aerated concrete blocks
Appendices
A Bibliography
B Flow diagrams
C Classification of sub-base materials
Tables
1 Availability of the major industrial by-products and
waste materials
2 Chemical properties
3 Mineralogy and composition
4 Thickness of selected fill for capping layers
5 Grading limits for type 1 and type 2 granular sub-
base materials
6 Range of grading limits for cemented roadbase
materials
7 Cement content
8 Recommendations for concrete exposed to sulphate
attack
9 Classification of sub-base materials
Figures
1 Locations of material sources
2 Determining suitability for road-works
3 Determining suitability for earthworks
4 Determining suitability for building
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