IRcS22015 | CODE OF PRACTICE FOR MAINTENANCE OF BITUMINOUS ROAD SURFACES (ARST REVISION) INDIAN ROADS CONGRESS 2015 https:lfire.govinS.No. Section 1: Section 2: Section 3: Section 4: Section 5: Section 6: Section 7: 7A 72 73 TA 75 Section 8: at 82 83 Section 9: a4 92 93 a4 95 96 IRO82-2015 CONTENTS Description Page No. Personnel ofthe Highways Specifications and Standards Committee Introduction Scope Importance of Maintenance ‘Types of Maintenance Planning of Maintenance Activities System Approach to Pavement Maintenance ‘Types of Pavement, Identification, Symptoms, Location, Causes, Severity Levels and Treatment General Surface Defects Cracks Deformation Disintegration Preventive Maintenance Introduction Selection of Preventive Maintenance Treatment Warrants for Preventive Maintenance Periodic Renewals Need and Importance of Feriodic Renewals Planning and Programming of Renewals Identification of Stretches to be Renewed ‘Types of renewal Treatments Periodicity of Renewal Rectification of Profile atthe Time of Renewal 2 3 3 4 7 8 2B 27 Fe 33 33 35 “ “1 42 43Section 1 04 102 103 Section 11: 4 12 13 114 Section 12: 124 122 Section 13: ‘Appendix 4 Proforma-t Appendix 2 Proforma-2 ‘Appendix 3 ‘Appendix 4 ‘Materials and Methods for Rectification of Distress on Bituminous. Surface General Bituminous Materials, Maintenance Techniques Tools and Equipment General Pothole Filing/Patching Tools and Equipment for Pothol/Patch Repairs Modern Mobile Mechanised Pothole Filling/Road Patching Technologies Arrangements for Traffic and Safety Measures during Road Maintenance ‘Safety during Maintenance Work in Progress Road Signs, Pavement Markings and other Traffic Control Devices Organisation and Management Pavement Condition AssessmentVVisual Surface Condition Assessment Visual Surface Distress Measurement Pavement Distress Measurements Measurement of Surface Distress Methodology for Pavement Condition Survey Utility for Rating of Pavement Based on Quantity of Distres SSReseesE 62 63 65 66 7319. 20. 21. IRC:82.2015 PERSONNEL OF THE HIGHWAYS SPECIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS COMMITTEE (As on 12" January, 2015) Das, SN. Director General (Road Development) & (Convenor) Special Secretary to Govt. of India, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, New Delhi Addl, Director General, Ministry of Road (Co-Convenor) ‘Transport & Highways, New Delhi Prasad, Vishnu Shankar ‘Chief Engineer (R) S,R&T, Ministry of Road (Member-Secretary) Basu, S.B. Bongirwar, FL. Bose, Dr. Sunil Duhsaka, Vental Gangopadhyay, Dr. S. Jain, Dr. 38. Kadiyali, Dr. L Kumar, Ashok Kurian, Jose Kumar, Nahesh Kumar, Satander Lal, Chanan Manchanda, R.K. Manwah, 8K. Pandey, RK. ‘Transport & Highways, New Delhi Members Chief Engineer (Retd.), MORTH, New Delhi Advisor, L&T, Mumbai Head, FPC Divn. CRRI (Retd.), Faridabad Chief Engineer, PWD (Highways), Aizwal (Mizoram) Director, Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi DG (RD) & AS (Retd.), MORTH, New Delhi Chief Engineer (Retd.), Haryana PWD, Sonipat Chief Engineer (Retd.), MORTH, New Dethi Professor & Coordinator. Centre of Transportation Enaa., Dept. of Civil Engg., IT Roorkee, Roorkee Chief Executive, LR. Kadlyall & Associates, New Delhi Chief Engineer (Retd.), MORTH, New Delhi Chief Engineer, DTTDC Ltd., New Delhi Engineer-in-Chief, Haryana PWD, Chandigarh Ex-Scientist, CRRI, New Delhi Director (Project-il, NRRDA (Ministry of Rural Development), New Delhi ‘Consultant, Intercontinental Consultants and Technocrats Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi ‘Addl Director General, (Retd.), MORTH, New Delhi Chief Engineer (Planning), MORTH, New Delhi22. 23, 24, 26. 27. 29. 31. BESS 2015, Pateriya, Dr. LK. Pradhan, B.C. Prasad, D.N, Rao, Pu, Raju, Dr. G.VS. Representative of BRO ‘Sarkar, Dr. PK. ‘Sharma, Arun Kumar ‘Sharma, M.P. ‘Sharma, S.C. Sinha, AV. Singh, B.N. ‘Singh, Nirmal Jit Vasava, $B, Yadav, Dr. VK. Director (Tech.), NRRDA, (Ministry of Rural Development), New Delhi Chief Engineer (NH), PWD, Bhubaneswar Chief Engineer (NH), RCD, Patna Consulting Engineer, Faridabad Engineer-in-Chief (R&B), Rural Roads, Director Research ‘and Consultancy, Hyderabad (Shri 8.8. Lal), ADGBR, HQ DGBR, New Delhi Professor, Deptt. of Transport Planning, School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi ‘CEO (Highways), GMR Highways Limted, Bangalore Member (Technical), NHAI, New Delhi DG (RO) & AS (Retd,), MORTH, New Dethi DG (RD) & SS (Rete.), MORTH, New Delhi Member (Projects), NHAI, New Delhi DG (RD) & SS (Ret), MORTH, New Delhi Chief Engineer & Addl. Secretary (Panchayat) Roads & Building Dept, Gandhinagar ‘Addl, Director General (Retd.), DBR, New Delhi The Chief Engineer (Shri Kaushik Basu), MORTH, New Delhi (Mech,) Bhattacharya, C.C. Das, Dr. Animesh Justo, Dr. C.E.G. Momin, 8.8. Pandey, Dr. BB. President, Indian Roads Congress Honorary Treasurer, Indian Roads Congress Secretary General, Indian Roads Congress ‘Corresponding Members. DG (RD) & AS (Retd.), MORTH, New Delhi Professor, IT, Kanpur Emeritus Fellow, 334, 14” Main, 25% Cross, Banashankari 2+ Stage, Bangalore Former Secretary, PWD Maharashtra, Mumbal Advisor, IIT Kharagpur, Knaragpur Ex-Officio Members (Bhowmik, Sunil), Engineer-in-Chiet, PWD (R&B), Govt. of Tripura (Das, §.N.), Director General (Road Development), & Special Secretary to Govt. of India, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways Nahar, Saljan SinghIRC:82-2015 CODE OF PRACTICE FOR MAINTENANCE OF BITUMINOUS ROAD SURFACES 1 INTRODUCTION “Code of Practice for Maintenance of Bituminous Road Surface" was first published in 1982. ‘To cater for the technological developments which were taking place In course of time the Road Maintenance & Asset Management Committee (H-6) formed a sub-group consisting of Dr. PK. Jain, Dr. 8.8. Jain, Shri K. Sitaramanjaneyulu and Shri M.N. Nagabhushana for the revision of the document. The H-8 Committee deliberated on revised draft document Prepared by the sub-group, in a series of meetings. Finally the H-6 Committee approved the draft “Code of Practice for Maintenance of Bituminous Road Surfaces" in its meeting held on 24" November, 2014,The Highways Specifications & Standards Committee (HSS) approved the draft document in its meeting held on 12° January, 2016. The Council in its 204" meeting held zat Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) approved IRC:82-2018 "Code of Practice for Maintenance of Biturninous Road Surface" after taking on board the comments offered by the members. ‘The Compostion of H-6 Committee is as given below: S.C. Sharma — Convenor Dr. SS. Jain _ Co-convenor K. Sitaramanjaneyulu ———-- Member Secretary Members Boro, M.C. Raju, Dr. GMS. Gupta, DP, ‘Singh, Niemaljt Jain, Dr. MC. Singh,R.K. Jain, Dr. PK. Singh, RP. Kadiyali, Dr. LR. Yaday, Dr. VK. Kumar, Dr. Ashok ‘The Chief Engineer (NH) (Gupta, R.K.) Kumar, Dinesh ‘The Chief Engineer (NH) (Mandpe, PS.) Kumar, Manoj ‘The Chief Engineer (NH) HP PWD Nahar, $.S. (Sharma, Er. Anil) Pandey, R.K. The Chief General Manager Pateriya, Dr. LK (Ohanda, J.S.) Prasad, Vishnu Shankar Pyngrope, S. ‘The Director, Quality Assurance and Research, ChennaiIRC-8?-2015 Corresponding Members Kandhal, Prof. Prithvi Singh ‘Singh, Br. Dharamveur Reddy, Dr K. Sudhakar \Veeraraghvan, Dr. Co-opt Member Nagabhushana, M. N. ExOfficio Members President, (Bhowmik, Suni), Engineer-in-Chief, Indian Roads Congress PWD (R&B), Govt. of Tripura Honorary Treasurer, (Das, S.N.), Director General Indian Roads Congress (Road Development), & Special Secretary to Govt. of India, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways ‘Seretary General, Nahar, Saljan Singh Indian Roads Congress ‘SECTION 2 SCOPE 24 By early detection of distress and appropriate repair of bituminous surface at inital ‘stages, further deterioration of the pavement surface can be prevented or delayed. This Code of Practice deals with the "Routine", “Preventive” and “Periodic” maintenance of bituminous surfaces. 2.2 Several phases are involved in undertaking maintenance operations for bituminous surfaces as discussed in subsequent sections. Section 3 and 4 deals with importance and typesof maintenance. Maintenance planning and system approach to pavement maintenance are described in Sections 5 and 6, respectively. Types of pavement distresses, identification, severity their causes, and methods of treatment are given in Section 7. 2.8 Preventive maintenance is the need of the day and is described in Section 8. Periodic renewals are covered in Section 9. Sections, 10, 11, 12, and 13 deal with the materials and ‘methods for rectification, tools and equipment, arrangements for trafic, and organization and ‘management, respectively. ion and strengthening are ing 2.4 Operations falling in the category of pavement rehal beyond the scope of this Code of Practice. For design of rehabilitation and strength ‘measures for existing pavements, reference may be made to the following publications: 2IRC:82-2015 |) IRC:81 "Guidelines for Strengthening of Flexible Road Pavement using Benkelman Beam Deflection Technique" li) IRC:37 “Tentative Guidelines for the Design of Flexible Pavements* iii) IRG:115"Guidetines for Structural Evaluation and Strengthening of Flexible Pavement sing Falling Weight Deflectometer" SECTION 3 IMPORTANCE OF MAINTENANCE 34 Thetimely upkeep and maintenance of bituminous surfacing offers numerous benefits {for preservation of road asset. The importance of overall maintenance is described below: |) Reduction in rate of deterioration and improvement in life of road Reduction in Vehicle Operation Costs (VOC) Ti) Reduction in rate of accidents lv) Keeping roads trafic worthy in all weathers ¥) Reduction in pollution due to reduced fue! consumption on well maintained pavement surface vi) Savings in budgetary expenditure of restoration’ reconstruction 3.2 Timely and regular maintenance of roads have been known to provide economic Tate of retum as high as 15 to 20 percent depending upon the category of road and traffic, volume. Moreover, it helps in deferring the demand for rehabilitation which otherwise is far ‘more costier than preventive maintenance. Therefore, timely and appropriate maintenance of bituminous surface using sustainable/suitable materials and methods is significant for preservation of road asset and to serve the intended purpose. SECTION 4 TYPES OF MAINTENANCE 44 Maintenance operations covered in this Code of Practice are classified into three. broad categories 2) Routine Maintenance: This covers items such as filing of potholes, repairing of cracks and patch work, which are undertaken by the maintenance staff almost round the year. Routine maintenance is also required for pavement markings on the bituminous surfaces to guide the road users and improve road safety. aIRC-87.2015 b) Preventive Maintenance: The preventive maintenance is performed to improve or extend the functional life of pavement surface while in good condition. This may defer the need of periodic maintenance and rehabilitation. '¢) Periodic Maintenance: This includes regular maintenance operations compared to preventive maintenance such as applying a renewal coat, which are required to be carried out periodically at the specified frequency or based upon condition and performance of road surface depending upon category of road, traffic and climatic conditions. SECTION 5 PLANNING OF MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES 5.1 Alltypes of pavement maintenance need a comprehensive maintenance program. Following guidelines are to be considered in planning of routine, preventive and periodic maintenance activites. The first step towards planning of maintenance operations is the evaluation of the existing pavernent surface in terms of its physical condifon as well as structural capacity. For this purpose, pavement condition surveys may be undertaken by the visual assessment of the surface by identifying type, location and magnitude ofthe distress as described in Appendix -1 and recorded in a standard format as in Proforma 4, in order to decide time as well as type of maintenance treatment to be given. In case more precise condition data is required in project level based maintenance strategies, then surface distress may be recorded by actual measurements as described in Appendix ~ 2 and recorded in a standard format as given in Proforma 2. The rating of pavement may be assigned as per criteria given in Tables 5.1 to 5.3 for different categories of roads. ‘Table 5.1 Pavement Distress Based Rating for Highways: gS ESS Tog = ng Dons ‘Cracking (%) >10 to 10 5 Raveling (6) 10 Tio 10 Giese Potholes (%) 31 (0.1101 04 [shoving (%) St 01101 <04 Patching (%) 310 Tt 10 at Settlement and Depression (%) 35 Tw i Rut depth (mm) using 3 m straight edge | >10 5 to 10 s Rating Sri 11-2 21-3 a [Condition Poor Fair Good Notes: The various distess/defects types as mentioned above to be observed visually as cescribed in Appendix 1 and to be noted in a standard format as given in Proforma 1. 4IRC:82-2016 Table 5.2 Pavement Distress Based Rating for MDR(s) and Rural Roads (ODR and VR) Defects: Range of Distress ‘Cracking (%) (p20. 10-20 <10 Ravelling (26 ) 720 10-20 <10 iz] Pothole (%) sir 05t01 —*/<05 Patching (%) >20 520 is | [Settlement and depression (%) | >5 - Rating 1 [Condition Poor i t Table 5.3 Pavement Distress Based Rating for Urban Roads Defect ‘Cracking % — 15 Raveling % ‘Po Potholes % 05 >0 and <0.5 NIL (0) |Settiement % 38 1 a Rut depih (mm) using 3m >10 5-40 s straight edge Rating eae [i-2 21-3) aaa ‘Condition Poor rar‘ [eor + In some situations, there is a likelihood of a particular distress falling in one rating category, ‘say good, while some other distress falls in a different rating category, say fair or poor. In ‘order to obtaining/assigning the overall rating in such circumstances, based on an appropriate: weightage with regard to the significance of a particular distress, a methodology has been: proposed and given in Appendix-4.. 5.2 Apart from visual surveys, functional evaluation of pavement based on riding quality (ie. road roughness), deflection and skid resistance should also form the basis for taking maintenance decisions in case of highways and urban roads. Skid resistance is an important parameter from the angle of ensuring enhanced safe movement of vehicles, especially : eiction oes some pavement siumenaging, (> T= ese peter jitunen aging, ee oxidation and ene) hardening Fog seals are very light applications of Nestea (eee improvement, but |Jemulsion placed can help reduce bier moisture infitaion ee. through fatigue : cracks (their wth no agarega ae severity is ow) [Typical application | rates range from 10.23 to 0.45 kg. per im? | Site Restrictions —_| Not appropriate for surfaces with poor skid resistance, as it will lower | the shi resistance futher, Conetrucion | Typcaly, @ slow-setng emulsion is used which requires time to Considerations tak" the pavement is sometimes cosed for vo hour for curing 36 before being re-opened to traffic.IRC:82-2015 ‘Table 8.3 Slurry Seal Characteristics ‘Warrants: Climate ‘Traffic ‘Conditions Limitation: Addressed Amixture of welt Treatment [Performance |* Transverse, * Structural graded aggregate performs _ in terms of fongitudinal and | faiure (fine sand and effectively in |surface wear | block cacking | (suchas mineral filer) and |aliclmatis | is affected by |, paveting! significant bitumen emulsion —|eondiions. increasing fatigue weathering that is spread over traf Toocemeriat | 36k the entre pavement | ‘Accommodate | (ose m and deep surface with ether the higher saws rutting) a squeegee or traffic volumes. = Thermal | ‘spreader box = Asphattaging. |" cracking attached to the oxidation and back of a truck, hardening Iti effective in F eect Friction loss ‘surface cracks, = Moisture waterproofing the infitration pavement curface, ‘Adds no structural and improving capacity: skid resistance at however, can speeds below 60 temporatily seal vbr. Thickness is cracks (i severity generally less than | 's low) or sorve tomm as arutilr (the | ruts are not | severe ancare =| stable) Site Resticions | Pavement is often closed for several hours wallow the els Lo cure. {Construction ‘Surface must be clean. Aggregates must be clean, angular, ‘Considerations: durable, well-graded, and uniform (prefer 100% crushed). ‘Avoid placement in hot weather (potential fushing problems) | and premature opening to traffic. Do not place when freezing temperatures are expected, 37§R0:82-2015 Table 8.4 Microsurfacing Characteristics: Warrants: Climate | Traffic | Conditions Limitation Addressed Effective in | Successful |* Longitudinal |» Structural allcimate [on both andtransverse | failure (i. conditions. iow and | cracking extensive high-traffic!» Raveling/ fatigue ‘volume weathering cracking) (loose material |" Extensive aggregate, mineral ies pavement ter, water, and removed) deterioration, additives applied temeary litle ina process remaining life similar to slury © Roughness Je Thermal seals. Used *© Friction loss racks primary to inhibit = Moisture = Can Ravelling and ‘nftration accelerate the oxidation of the © Adds limited development pavement surface. ‘ecucial of stripping in Also effective at eatiy susceptible improving surface ‘Temporarily bituminous frction and filing aeais gis pavements trinor iregularties Can and wheel ruts (up ora 1040 mm and can serve as arutiller (fe existing ruts are stable) Site Restrictions | None. ‘Consiuction _Avoidplacementin hot weather if theres potential for ushing problems. ‘Considerations Placement in cool weather can lead to early raveling, not to be placed! when freezing temperatures are expected. 38IRC:82-2015 ‘Table 8.5 Surface Dressing |Description ‘Warrants Climate | Traffic Conditions | Limitation Addressed |Bitumen emulsion | Treatment | With proper |* Longitudinal, ‘Structural is applied directly | performs —_ design and. transverse and failure (ie, tothe pavement |wellin al! |placement. | block cracking | extensive surface (12t01.7 |cimatc —|oipseals |, fatigue kgim*) followed by | conditions. | can perform al cracking the application of ‘well on high- carne and/or deep aggregate chips volume roads. | (loose surface | yting) (0.004 to 0.015 Be | 2 cana ree eum? which ae eee — = then immediately ee: = Friction loss. aoe lites rolled to embed Extensive Ses tolower- |e Roughness ’ speed, lower pavement Application Camo ssats [* Bldg delat, rates depend because of 1 = Moisture upon aggregate the propensity |" Mo‘sure remaining life gradation and forloose can maximum size chipsto crack |» Adds almost |” accelerate “Treatment seals windshields. | nostructural | the Pavement surface capacity. development and improves of sipping in However, fiction. | eee sincera | ‘sealing fatigue piarrinoues cracks in pavements ‘comparison with other treatment ‘Site Restictions _|High-speed, high-volume roadways are often avoided, ahough @ number of approaches. ara being nad to extend the appiicabity of these treatments. Construction ‘Surface must be clean. Treatment should be placed during warm Considerations | weather with chip spreader immediatly behind asphalt dstibuor and rollers close behind the spreader. Approximately 2 hours required before roadway may be re-opened to normal speed traffic. Brushing is usually required to remove loose chips. 39IRC:82.2015 ‘Table 8.6 Thin hot-mixicold mix Bituminous Overlays Plant-mixed |combinations of lasphatt cement Jand aggregate ‘applied to tha pavement in Thicknesses between about 15 and 25 mm Dense-graded, ‘open-graded, [premix and stone matrix mixes are used Description | ‘Warrants chmate Traffic Conditions | Limttations Addressed Treatment Performance [FunctionaliOther |» Structural performs should notbe J Longitudinal | faliure i.., Wellin all affected by and fatigue climatic {aiferenttrafic, | transverse cracking) conditions. | condition cracking = Extensive . pavement Thin overlays Cennetg | dotereraton, arenot structural | ose euface | _ litle |laers and as material must | remaining life |such should not |S removed). |# Thermal peters (a Frictontoss | king loadings. Such |" Roughness layers may = Bleeding be subjectto | Block cracking topdown cracking |” may perform under certain eon va combinations edaitonal of loadings, milling) fonvironmontsl | gtrrctural conditions, and pavement Rutting (assumes: structures. ruting has stopped: requires, use of separate ruil application) Uniform to ensure uniform compaction. Site Restrictions |Fdge-shoulder drop-off should be considered. Surface should be| Construction Considerations ‘Surface must be clean. A tack coat prior to overlay placement will help improve the bond to the existing surface. Thin HMA overiays dissipate| heat rapidly and, therefore, depend upon minimum specified mix| placement temperatures and timely compaction. 40IRO-#2-2015 Table 8.7 Ultrathin Friction Courses (Description Warrants. Climate ‘Traffic Conditions: Limitation Addressed Relatively new ‘Treatment Capable of |* Longitudinal, = Structural treatment and | should _|wthstanding| transverse and | failure. consists eform |highADT | block eracking. | significant ofa gap-graded, |wallinall_|volumes | Higher severities | fatigue polymer modified | climatic |and ruck | canbe addressed | cracking 1010 20mmiayer | conditions | rat with cold ming. | andlor deop placed on a tack betterthan |= Raveling/ rutin) coat formed by Jotertin |" weathering (oose |» Extensive the application treatments | surface material | pavement reer | must be removed) | deterioration, iymer- modi : ferent oe | oe Treatment = Roughness see effectively = Bleeding rem addresses minor = Provides some surface distesses increased capacity ‘and increases ‘and retards surface fiction | fatigue cracking Not suited for rutted pavements. ‘Ste Resticions | Utvathin overlays should only be placed on structurally sound pavements. Localized structural problems should be repaired prior to over application. Construction Requires special paving equipment to place the mix. Considerations SECTION 9 PERIODIC RENEWALS: 9.1 Need and Importance of Perlodic Renewals. Periodic renewals consist ofthe provision of a surfacing layer at regular intervals of time or at a specified condition, so as to preserve the required serviceability level of the pavement. surface and offset the wear and tear caused by traffic and weathering. Periodic renewals aIRC:82.2015 represent the maintenance, which is naeded to prevent deterioration of the pavement and to censure that intial qualities are kept up forthe future requirements of traffic during the design life of the pavement. Early detection and repair of noticeable distressidefects can prevent a major damage of the surface. 9.2 Planning and Program ng of Renewals ‘The general practice in the country is to finalize renewal programme on an annual basis, The renewal programme for each section of @ road should be decided well in advance. Once the programme is finalized, stops could be taken to secure the requitec allocations and start the. preliminary field action such as mobilization of resources. While the nomenclature “Periodic Renewal” would imply the renewal treatment to be carriod out at a fixed and pro decided frequency, it would neither be practicable nor desirable to follow implicitly of any specified frequency respective ofthe condition ofthe road surface proposedto be renewed. The most effective way to plan a renewal programme is to carry out periodic inspections of the road surface at suitable intervals in order to assess its condition and needs for providing renewal treatment, Visual inspection and actual measurements, if required (Appendix 1 and 2) of the reads as detailed in Section 5 should be carried out manually or through automated machine: (Appendix). In addition, special inspections are also necessary betore and afte the rains so as to assess the need for pothole repair and patching and other remedial measures required tobe cared out either in advance or together with the renewal treatment. 9.3 Identification of Stretches to be Renewed. ‘The stretches of the road showing signs of distress such as hungry surfacelhair-line cracking, Ravelling etc., should invariably be included n the renewal programme. This would ensure that. the surface of the road and the pavement structure do not deteriorate further. The stretches. Cf the road which would be due for periodic renewal on the basis of the pavement cordition Index and perodicty should be inspected closely and decision whether to include these in the renewal programme or to postpone the renewal for a specified period should be taken depending upon the condition of the road surface. In cases, the nature of distress/ailure- sseen on the road Is severe and of considerable extent and the causes are deep-seated; ‘and where itis considered that the pavement cannot be improved with renewal treatment, detailed investigations shall be carried out and special measures shall be taken for correcting ‘the same, 94 Types of Renewal Treatments “The types of bituminous surfaces those can be adopted are surface dressing (one or two Coats), thin premix carpet, mixed seal, stone matrix asphalt ,hot/cold mix semi- dense and ‘dense bituminous concrete. Microsurfacing in one layer or two layers can also be used for renewals. These surface have different life spans depending upon trafic and environmental ‘conditions. 42IRC:82.2015 The specifications adopted for the renewal layer on a particular road would depend upon the type of the original surface and its condition at the time of renewal. Following standards! specifications may be referred for periodic renewals 1) IRC:14 ‘Recommended Practice for Open Graded Premix Carpet’ ii) IRC:110 ‘Standard Specifications and Code of Practice for Design and Construction of Surface Dressing’ IRC:111 ‘Specifications for Dense Graded Bituminous Mixes’ IRC:SP:78 ‘Specifications for Mix Seal Surfacing (MSS), Close Graded Premix ‘Surfacings (CGPS) ¥) _IRC:SP-79 ‘Tentative Specifications for Stone Matrix Asphalt’ vi) IRC:SP:81 ‘Tentative Specifications for Slurry Seal and Microsurfacing’ vi) IRC:107 ‘Specifications for Bitumen Mastic Wearing Courses’ ‘The specification and the thickness of the renewal course should be such that, as far as possible, the road surface is restored close to its original condition. For example, renewal ‘over an original hot mix bituminous concrete surface would have to be bituminous concrete. 9.5 Periodicity of Renewal Based on the experiance and condition indices given in Tabloe 6.1 to 6.5, broad guidelines {or the type of renewals are given in Table 9.1. This may be utlzed as a guide for working out annual renewal programme on different sections of roads. Table 9.1 Suggested Renewal Treatment on Flexible Pavement Road Category | Condition |Roughnees,| Suggested Treatment™™ |__Ratingt mm/km (Thickness, mm) NH 2 2400 30-40 BC isH I 2 28co_| _—_~S0 BCI30 SDBC MDRIRR 24 4000, SD/PCIMSS/SDBC (20-25) [Urban Road 2 2600 30-40 BO/SDBCI2 Coat Micro gba Surfacing ‘When the condition of road is rated as 1, it's recommended that a dotalled investigation is caried ‘outto assess the strengthening requirement, ifany. In case, the pavementis found tobe structurally ‘adequate, then the periodic renewal wil sufice ** Wherever feasible, recycting of wearing course may be preferred ‘The priority of renewal treatment may be decided based on rating assigned as explained in ‘section 5.1, earlier. If there are 10 roads (say), with ratings from 1.4 to 1.8, the roads may be 43