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    ASPHALT FOR ROADS AND OTHER PAVED AREAS - SPECIFICATION FOR TRANSPORT, LAYING, COMPACTION AND PRODUCT-TYPE TESTING PROTOCOLS

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-2015

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms and definitions
    4 Transport and delivery
    5 Preparatory works at the laying site
    6 Laying
    7 Chipping of hot rolled asphalt (HRA)
    8 Texture depth
    9 Compaction
    10 Opening to traffic
    Annexes
    Annex A (informative) - Recommended delivery and
            rolling temperatures for recipe AC, HRA and SMA
            to BS EN 13108
    Annex B (informative) - Approximate rates of spread of
            asphalt
    Annex C (informative) - Protocol for determining void
            content of dense base and binder AC mixtures
            conforming to BS EN 13108-1 from trial strips for the
            purposes of product-type testing to BS EN 13108-20
    Annex D (informative) - Protocol for determining resistance
            to permanent deformation of binder course and base
            asphalt mixtures conforming to BS EN 13108-1 (asphalt
            concrete) from trial strips for the purposes of type
            testing to BS EN 13108-20
    Annex E (informative) - Protocol for determining void content
            and stiffness of EME2 base and binder AC mixtures
            conforming to BS EN 13108-1 from trial strips
            for the purposes of product-type testing to BS EN
            13108-20
    Annex F (informative) - Protocol for determining void
            content, binder volume and resistance to permanent
            deformation of performance-related surface course
            HRA mixtures conforming to BS EN 13108-4 from trial
            strips for the purposes of product-type testing to BS EN
            13108-20
    Annex G (informative) - Protocol for determining void content
            and resistance to permanent deformation of SMA
            binder course and regulating courses to BS EN 13108-
            5 from trial strips for the purposes of product-type
            testing to BS EN 13108-20
    Annex H (informative) - Protocol for determining the design
            binder content of designed HRA surface course
            mixtures to BS EN 13108-4
    Annex I (informative) - Protocol for calibrating and operating
            indirect density gauges
    Annex J (informative) - Tack coats
    Annex K (informative) - Protocol for determination of the
            maximum binder content of porous asphalt and other
            bituminous mixtures without excessive binder drainage
    Annex L (informative) - Guidance for the mix design of BBA
            for airfields to BS EN 13108-1
    Bibliography

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    Gives requirements for the transport, laying and compaction of asphalt mixtures conforming to BS EN 13108-1, BS EN 13108-4 and BS EN 13108-5, and described in PD 6691, from the time that they leave the mixing plant until they are placed on the road ready to receive a superimposed layer or traffic.

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    Committee B/510/1
    Development Note Supersedes BS 594987(2010) & 14/30283618 DC. (04/2015) 2015 Edition Re-issued in July 2017 & incorporates AMD 1 2017. Supersedes 17/30357114 DC. (07/2017)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Current
    Supersedes

    Standards Referenced By This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    14/30283621 DC : 0 PD 6691:2015 - GUIDANCE ON THE USE OF BS EN 13108 BITUMINOUS MIXTURES - MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS
    BS PD6692(2018) : 2018 ASPHALT - GUIDANCE ON THE USE OF BS EN 12697 'BITUMINOUS MIXTURES - TEST METHODS'
    BS PD6691(2015) : 2015 GUIDANCE ON THE USE OF BS EN 13108, BITUMINOUS MIXTURES - MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS
    S.R. 28:2009 RECOMMENDATION FOR THE USE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE I.S. EN 13108 SERIES BITUMINOUS MIXTURES - MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS
    BS PD6691(2015) : 2015 GUIDANCE ON THE USE OF BS EN 13108, BITUMINOUS MIXTURES - MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS

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    BS EN 12697-13:2000 Bituminous mixtures. Test methods for hot mix asphalt Temperature measurement
    BS EN 12697-5:2009 BITUMINOUS MIXTURES - TEST METHODS FOR HOT MIX ASPHALT - PART 5: DETERMINATION OF THE MAXIMUM DENSITY
    BS EN 12697-2 : 2015 BITUMINOUS MIXTURES - TEST METHODS - PART 2: DETERMINATION OF PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION
    BS EN 13036-7 : 2003 ROAD AND AIRFIELD SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS - TEST METHODS - PART 7: IRREGULARITY MEASUREMENT OF PAVEMENT COURSES: THE STRAIGHTEDGE TEST
    BS 1707(1989) : 1989 SPECIFICATION FOR HOT BINDER DISTRIBUTORS FOR ROAD SURFACE DRESSING
    BS EN 933-1 : 2012 TESTS FOR GEOMETRICAL PROPERTIES OF AGGREGATES - PART 1: DETERMINATION OF PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION - SIEVING METHOD
    BS 598-110(1998) : 1998 SAMPLING AND EXAMINATION OF BITUMINOUS MIXTURES FOR ROADS AND OTHER PAVED AREAS - METHODS OF TEST FOR THE DETERMINATION OF WHEEL-TRACKING RATE AND DEPTH
    BS EN 15322:2013 BITUMEN AND BITUMINOUS BINDERS - FRAMEWORK FOR SPECIFYING CUT-BACK AND FLUXED BITUMINOUS BINDERS
    BS 2000-58(2007) : 2007 BITUMEN AND BITUMINOUS BINDERS - DETERMINATION OF THE SOFTENING POINT - RING AND BALL METHOD
    BS EN 12697-30:2012 BITUMINOUS MIXTURES - TEST METHODS FOR HOT MIX ASPHALT - PART 30: SPECIMEN PREPARATION BY IMPACT COMPACTOR
    BS 2000-223(1993) : 1993 METHODS OF TEST FOR PETROLEUM AND ITS PRODUCTS - DETERMINATION OF ASH OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS CONTAINING MINERAL MATTER
    BS EN 12697-26:2012 BITUMINOUS MIXTURES - TEST METHODS FOR HOT MIX ASPHALT - PART 26: STIFFNESS
    BS EN 12697-8:2003 BITUMINOUS MIXTURES - TEST METHODS FOR HOT MIX ASPHALT - PART 8: DETERMINATION OF VOID CHARACTERISTICS OF BITUMINOUS SPECIMENS
    BS EN 13808:2013 BITUMEN AND BITUMINOUS BINDERS - FRAMEWORK FOR SPECIFYING CATIONIC BITUMINOUS EMULSIONS
    BS EN 12697-22:2003 BITUMINOUS MIXTURES - TEST METHODS FOR HOT MIX ASPHALT - PART 22: WHEEL TRACKING
    BS EN 932-1 : 1997 TESTS FOR GENERAL PROPERTIES OF AGGREGATES - METHODS FOR SAMPLING
    BS 2000-49(2007) : 2007 BITUMEN AND BITUMINOUS BINDERS - DETERMINATION OF NEEDLE PENETRATION
    BS EN 12697-27:2017 Bituminous mixtures. Test methods Sampling
    BS EN 1427:2015 BITUMEN AND BITUMINOUS BINDERS - DETERMINATION OF THE SOFTENING POINT - RING AND BALL METHOD
    BS 2000-189.190(2004) : 2004 METHODS OF TEST FOR PETROLEUM AND ITS PRODUCTS - BS 2000-189/190 - CRUDE PETROLEUM AND LIQUID OR SOLID PETROLEUM PRODUCTS - DETERMINATION OF DENSITY OR RELATIVE DENSITY - CAPILLARY-STOPPERED PYKNOMETER AND GRADUATED BICAPILLARY PYKNOMETER METHODS
    BS EN 1426:2015 Bitumen and bituminous binders. Determination of needle penetration
    BS 598-1(2011) : 2011 SAMPLING AND EXAMINATION OF BITUMINOUS MIXTURES FOR ROADS AND OTHER PAVED AREAS - PART 1: METHODS FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF THE RATE OF SPREAD OF COATED CHIPPINGS AND THE TEMPERATURE OF BITUMINOUS MIXTURES USING NON-CONTACT TEMPERATURE-MEASURING DEVICES AND FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF THE COMPACTION PERFORMANCE OF A ROLLER
    BS EN 58 : 2012 BITUMEN AND BITUMINOUS BINDERS - SAMPLING BITUMINOUS BINDERS
    BS EN 12697-32:2003 BITUMINOUS MIXTURES - TEST METHODS FOR HOT MIX ASPHALT - PART 32: LABORATORY COMPACTION OF BITUMINOUS MIXTURES BY VIBRATORY COMPACTOR
    BS EN 12272-1 : 2002 SURFACE DRESSING - TEST METHODS - PART 1: RATE OF SPREAD AND ACCURACY OF SPREAD OF BINDER AND CHIPPINGS
    BS EN 932-2:1999 (published 1999-05) Tests for general properties of aggregates Methods for reducing laboratory samples
    BS EN 13588:2008 (published 2008-09) Bitumen and bituminous binders. Determination of cohesion of bituminous binders with pendulum test
    BS PD6692(2006) : 2006 ASPHALT - GUIDANCE ON THE USE OF BS EN 12697 'BITUMINOUS MIXTURES - TEST METHODS FOR HOT MIX ASPHALT'
    BS EN 12697-34:2012 BITUMINOUS MIXTURES - TEST METHODS FOR HOT MIX ASPHALT - PART 34: MARSHALL TEST
    BS EN 13043:2013 AGGREGATES FOR BITUMINOUS MIXTURES AND SURFACE TREATMENTS FOR ROADS, AIRFIELDS AND OTHER TRAFFICKED AREAS
    BS EN 12697-18:2017 Bituminous mixtures. Test methods Binder drainage
    BS 434-2(2006) : 2006 BITUMEN ROAD EMULSIONS - CODE OF PRACTICE FOR THE USE OF CATIONIC BITUMEN EMULSIONS ON ROADS AND OTHER PAVED AREAS
    BS EN 12697-35:2004 BITUMINOUS MIXTURES - TEST METHODS - PART 35: LABORATORY MIXING
    BS 2000-522(2008) : 2008 BITUMEN AND BITUMINOUS BINDERS - DETERMINATION OF COHESION OF BITUMINOUS BINDERS WITH PENDULUM TEST
    BS EN 12697-1:2012 BITUMINOUS MIXTURES - TEST METHODS FOR HOT MIX ASPHALT - PART 1: SOLUBLE BINDER CONTENT
    BS PD6691(2015) : 2015 GUIDANCE ON THE USE OF BS EN 13108, BITUMINOUS MIXTURES - MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS
    BS EN 13036-1 : 2010 ROAD AND AIRFIELD SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS - TEST METHODS - PART 1: MEASUREMENT OF PAVEMENT SURFACE MACROTEXTURE DEPTH USING A VOLUMETRIC PATCH TECHNIQUE
    BS EN 12697-25:2005 BITUMINOUS MIXTURES - TEST METHODS - PART 25: CYCLIC COMPRESSION TEST
    BS EN 14023 : 2010 BITUMEN AND BITUMINOUS BINDERS - SPECIFICATION FRAMEWORK FOR POLYMER MODIFIED BITUMENS
    BS EN 12697-6:2012 BITUMINOUS MIXTURES - TEST METHODS FOR HOT MIX ASPHALT - PART 6: DETERMINATION OF BULK DENSITY OF BITUMINOUS SPECIMENS
    BS EN ISO 3838:2004 (published 2004-05) Methods of test for petroleum and its products. BS 2000-189/190. Crude petroleum and liquid or solid petroleum products. Determination of density or relative density. Capillary-stoppered pyknometer and graduated bicapillary pyknometer methods
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