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ASPHALT
QPA Asphalt Group Bulletin 2
of European Standard
1 January 2008.
The Standards
Asphalt materials have traditionally been
594 for Hot Rolled Asphalt, BS 4987 for
Coated Macadam and BS 1447 for Mastic
favour of the BS EN 13108 series, which
specifications, one constituent material
specification and two standards relating to
Evaluation of Conformity.
package of European
designated.
Table 1
EN 13108 Part
Relates to
Relevance to UK
Asphalt concrete
Important but in practice thin surfacings will be dealt with by BBA HAPAS system certification
Soft asphalt
Important for specified SMA although most SMA type thin surfacings will be covered by BBA HAPAS certification.
Mastic asphalt
Porous asphalt
Reclaimed asphalt
Important for classification of reclaimed asphalt when used as a constituent material in fresh asphalt
20
21
Factory production
control
Table 2
Size
AC
HRA
SMA
Pavement layer
Bitumen grade
e.g. 40/60
base/bin/surf
binder (xx/yy)
grading designation
base/bin/reg/surf
binder (xx/yy)
base/bin/reg/surf
binder (xx/yy)
denotes
denotes
denotes
denotes
denotes
denotes
denotes
denotes
denotes
Asphalt Concrete
Hot Rolled Asphalt
Stone Mastic Asphalt
aggregate size
base (course)
binder course
regulating course (for HRA and SMA)
surface course
full bitumen grade designation
Key
AC
HRA
SMA
D
base
bin
reg
surf
binder
BS EN 13108.
Scheme 14.
The Materials
& 594.
Table 3
Material description
EN 13108 designation
AC 4 fine surf
160/220
250/330
AC 6 med surf
160/220
250/330
AC 6 dense surf
70/100
100/150
160/220
250/330
AC 10 open surf
160/220
250/330
AC 10 close surf
70/100
100/150
160/220
250/330
AC 14 open surf
160/220
250/330
AC 14 close surf
70/100
100/150
160/220
250/330
AC 20 open bin
160/220
250/330
AC 20 dense bin
40/60
70/100
100/150
160/220
40/60
30/45
AC 20 HDM bin
AC 20 HMB bin
32mm Dense, heavy duty and high modulus binder course
AC 32 dense bin
AC 32 HDM bin
AC 32 HMB bin
32mm Dense, heavy duty and high modulus base
AC 32 dense base
AC 32 HDM base
AC 32 HMB base
40/60
70/100
100/150
160/220
40/60
30/45
40/60
70/100
100/150
160/220
40/60
30/45
10mm EME2
AC 10 EME2 base/bin
10/20
15/25
14mm EME2
AC 14 EME2 base/bin
10/20
15/25
20mm EME2
AC 20 EME2 base/bin
10/20
15/25
Table 3.continued
Material description
EN 13108 designation
30/45
40/60
70/100
100/150
30/45
40/60
70/100
100/150
30/45
40/60
70/100
100/150
SMA 6 surf
40/60
SMA 10 surf
70/100
SMA 14 surf
100/150
SMA 6 reg
SMA 10 reg
SMA 14 reg/bin
SMA 20 reg/bin
40/60
70/100
100/150
Sector 14 document.
compliance recipe.
calculation.
EN 13108 series:
Control
They spell out, in some detail, the obligations
on a number of plants.
follows:
Non conformities
OCL
0-2
3-6
Marking is to be applied.
>6
is triggered.
EN 13108-21 FPC also requires the
website (www.qpa.org).
on 1 January 2008.
CE Marking
specifications
Material specifications.
Bulletins 1 - 3
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