ITEM-4(II)

AMENDMENT TO IRC:SP:79-2008 “TENTATIVE SPECIFICATIONS FOR STONE MATRIX ASPHALT”

S.No Clause For Read Justification

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1. Title Tentative Specifications for Stone Matrix Specifications for Stone Matrix Asphalt A lot of experience has been
Asphalt gained in the last 10 years and
specification has been adopted
successfully.
2. Clause Bitumen: The bitumen for fiber-stabilized SMA Bitumen: The bitumen for fiber-stabilized Bitumen VG 30 has not given
3.1 shall be viscosity grade VG-30 complying with SMA shall be viscosity grade VG-40 good performance under heavy
(Page 2) Indian Standard Specification for paving complying with Indian Standard Specification traffic, (Kanpur-Jhansi-Road,
bitumen IS:73 or Polymer Modified Bitumen for paving bitumen IS:73 or Polymer Kishangarh-Jaipur Road).
(PMB) Grade 40 complying with the Indian Modified Bitumen (PMB) Grade 40
Roads Congress Specification IRC:SP:53 complying with the Indian Roads Congress
Specification IRC:SP:53 or Rubberised
bitumen as per IRC:SP:107 shall be used for
SMA Mix.
3. Clause Tack Coat: A bitumen emulsion complying Tack Coat: Rapid Setting bitumen emulsion Bitumen Emulsion may have
6.2 with IS:8887 of a type and grade or viscosity (RS1) complying with IS:8887 or bitumen different amount of bitumen
(Page 6) grade bitumen VG-10 shall be applied as a VG 10 shall be applied as a tack coat on the content and it is the residual
tack coat on the existing bituminous layer. existing bituminous layer. The quantity of bitumen in bitumen emulsion that
Quantity of liquid bituminous material shall residual bitumen of the emulsion or the is important for tack coat
vary from 0.20 to 0.30 kg/sqm in case of bitumen VG 10 shall vary from 0.13 to 0.19
emulsion and 0.30 to 0.40 kg/sqm in case of kg/m2. The tack coat shall be ……before
bitumen. In this regard IRC:16 may be laying the hot mix
referred. The tack coat shall be …….before
laying the hot mix.