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STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS
AND
CODE OF PRACTICE
FOR
WATER BOUND MACADAM
(Third Revision)
IRC: 19-2005
STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS
AND
CODE OF PRACTICE
FOR
WATER BOUND MACADAM
(Third Revision)
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First
Published
April,
1966
Reprinted
February, 1970
Reprinted
Reprinted
May, 1972
November, 1972
May, 1977
September, 1982
March, 1 987 (incorporates amendment No.
May, 1988
March, 1999
October, 2000
April, 2002
May, 2005
September, 2006
February, 2008
Reprinted
October, 2009
First
Revision
Second Revision
Reprinted
RepriiK.
Reprinted
Reprinted
Reprinted
Reprinted
Third Revision
Reprinted
Reprinted
July,
20 11
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Highways
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IRC
etc.
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CONTENTS
Personnel of the Highways Specifications and Standards Committee
(i)
& (ii)
1.
Introduction
2.
Scope
3.
Materials
4.
Construction Procedure
5.
Surface Evenness of
6.
7.
Construction of
10
8.
Maintenance of
10
WBM Course
10
2014
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2.
V. Velayutham
(Convenor)
G. Sharan (Co-Convenor)
3.
Chief Engineer
1.
(R&B) S&R
Road Transport
(Tech),
Ministry of Shipping,
Member-Secretary )
Members
Bahadur
A.P.
Highways,
5.
P.K. Chakarabarty
P.K. Dutta
Desai
J.P.
&
New Delhi
New
7.
Delhi
Highways,
6.
New
&
(I)
Pvt. Ltd.,
Delhi
Sr.
Ahmedabad
Dhingra
Mumbai
8.
Dr. S.L.
9.
A.N. Dhodapkar
10.
D.P.
11.
S.K.Gupta
12.
R.K. Jain
13.
14.
15.
Gupta
NITHE,
Director,
Professor
Mathur
J.B.
17.
H.L.
Meena
Momin
S.S.
19.
A.B. Pawar
20.
Dr.
21.
S.S. Rathore
Gopal Ranjan
New
Delhi
NOIDA
PWD,
18.
PWD, Almora
&
of Rural Dev.),
16.
NOIDA
Jaipur
PWD, Mumbai
Roorkee
R&B
Department,
Gandhinagar
22.
23.
S.C.
24.
Dr. P.K.
25.
Sharma
Nanda
Sr.
Consultant,
DG
&
(RD)
New Delhi
AS,
Director, Central
Engineer
in
Ranchi
(i)
Chief-cum Addl.
Institute,
Comm cum
New
Delhi
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26.
Nirmal
Jit
Member
Singh
New
27.
Highways Authority of
(Tech.), National
India,
Delhi
A.V. Sinha
New
Delhi
28.
N.K. Sinha
DG
29
V.K. Sinha
(RD)&SS,
Highways,
30.
K.K. Sarin
31.
T.P.
32.
DG
Velayudhan
(RD)
MOSRT& H
New
&
(Retd.),
New
MOST
AS,
(Retd.),
New
Delhi
New
Delhi
New
Delhi
R&B
33.
34.
(Pig
Highways,
New
Department, Hyderabad
New
Road Transport
&
Road Transport
&
Delhi
Highways,
Delhi
36.
PWD,
37.
38.
The Engineer-in-Chief
(Tribhuvan
39.
Kolkata
vlational
President
(S.S.
Ram)
PWD, Lucknow
PWD, Bangalore
U.P.
Highways,
Ex-Officio
40.
&
Delhi
Pvt. Ltd,
35.
Delhi
Members
41
Director General
(Road Development)
Highways,
&
42.
New
Delhi
Special Secretary
Secretary
Roads Congress,
New
Delhi
Corresponding Members
1.
M.K. Agarwal
Engineer-in-Chief, Haryana
2.
3.
M.D. Khattar
4.
Sunny C. Madhathil
5.
N.V. Merani
(ii)
PWD
(Retd.),
Mumbai
Mumbai
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INTRODUCTION
Research
at its
the
th
the basis of
IRC
Council
IRC
were revised on
on
st
its
meeting held
revision of standard
document
members and
forward the same to HSS Committee. The draft
standard was finalised by the Group in its meeting
held on 7 th May, 2004 and then sent for
and Dr. P.K. Jain
to finalise the
Members
S.C.
Sharma
Secretary
up
to
December 2002
Convenor
Co-Convenor
R&B, Gujarat.
(S.S. Rathore)
Member-Secretary
Dr. S.S.Jain
Members
D. Basu
A.K. Bhatnagar
S.K. Bhatnagar
Dr.
FP Dn., CRRI
Head,
Dr.CE.G.Justo
(Dr. Sunil
H.L.
AHQ
Meena
Director,
Bose)
HRS, Chennai
Corresponding Members
Sukomal Chakrabarti
S.KNirmal
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Members
Sharma
PWD,
Convenor
Co-Convenor
....
Guwahati
Member-Secretary
Members
(R&B) S&R
Aran Bajaj
Sukomal Chakraborty
Dr. Animesh Das
D.P. Gupta
Chief Engineer
A Rep.
D. Mukhopadhyay
Dr. B.B.
MORT&H
A Rep.
of IOC, Faridabad
(B.R. Tyagi)
A Rep.
Pandey
of E-in-C's Branch
of
DGBR
R.K. Pandey
(P.K.
R.S. Shukla
Mahajan)
K.K. Singal
(Dr. Sunil
Dr. A. Veeraragavan
Director,
Bose)
HRS, Chennai
Corresponding Members
Dr. P.K. Jain
S.K. Nirmal
J.T.
Mumbai
Nashikkar
m
mm
metre
millimetre
1.2.1.2 Abbreviations
The Council
in its 173
rd
meeting held on 8 th
BS
British Standards
IRC
IS
document
Indian Standards
LL
Liquid Limit
PI
Plasticity
WBM
Index
1.2.
1.3.
References
1.3.1
standards
shall apply.
kN
on
and
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most recent editions of the standard indicated below
the
No.
Title
IRC:SP: 16-2004
Highway Pavements
(First Revision)
IS460:Part
1985
Revision)
IS 460:Part 2
1985
IS460:Part3: 1985
of apertures of
test sieves
Method of Test
IS 2386:Part 1-1963
(Third Revision)
Part
Particle Size
Method of Test
IS 2386:Part 3-1963
- Part
3:
(Reaffirmed 2002)
IS 2386:Part 4-19
Methods
IS 2430: 1986
for
for Concrete
- Part 4:
(First
Method of test
IS 5640: 1970
IS 14685-1999
BS
1047:1983
2.
SCOPE
EN
2620)
may
be.
WBM
may
be used as a sub-
In
each case,
it
shall
be
base,
in
lines,
Description
2.1.1
or as directed.
(WBM)
2.1.2
shall
The
surface and
WBM layer.
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2.1.3
silty
or clayey subgrade.
It is
from
advisable to lay a
flat,
Crushed
3.1.3
3.
MATERIALS
Coarse
Requirements
Aggregates
General
shall
be angular
shall
in shape,
be
slag.
reasonably uniform
in
elongated and
material.
Coarse aggregates
3.1.1
Crushed slag
3.1.
slag
1 1
.2
kN
flat
Crushed slag
per
shall not
weigh
comply with
It
less than
in
it
shall
should also
Use of crushable
(i)
Chemical
To comply with
stability
requirement of
Appendix of BS
conform
Table
1047
1.
(ii)
Sulphur content
(iii)
Water absorption
(IS
3.1.2.
Crushed
Table
SI.
1:
2.
Maximum
10 per cent
Test +
Test
WBM
Method
equirements
IS
(Part 4)
Max. 50%
2386 (Part 4)
or IS 5640**
Max. 40%
IS
(Part 4)
Max. 40%
bituminous surfacing
2386 (Part 4)
orlS 5640**
Max. 30%
Flakiness Index***
IS
(Part 1)
Max. 20%
IS 2386 (Part 4)
Max. 40%
IS 2386 (Part 4)
Max. 30%
Surfacing course
3.
2 per cent
Sub-base
1.
14685-1999
Maximum
2386
IS
2386
IS
2386
or IS 5640**
IS 2386 (Part 1)
Flakiness Index***
Notes
Max. 15%
may
Aggregates
**
satisfy the
laterite, etc.,
wet conditions
shall
in
test
in
be enforced only
in the case
slag.
Samples for
procedure
tests shall
set forth in IS
in
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O verburnt
3.1.4
metal shall be
made
3.2.3
like brick
deleterious materials.
Relaxation in grading
may be
Kankar
Kankar
shall
be tough having a
any clay
in the cavities
It
3.3 Screenings
between nodules.
3.3.1
3.1.6 Laterite
shall not
be used.
and Grading
and
in
used for
However, from
Requirement
3.2.1
fill
Screenings to
this
plasticity
conform to
Table 2. Grading 1
shall
The
3.2.2
size of aggregates to
mm.
3.3.2
be used would
Screenings of type
Table 2
Grading
No.
Size
90
Size
1,
and of type
3.
With coarse
Sieve Designation
(IS 460)
mm to 45 mm (100 mm)
mm
90 mm
63 mm
45 mm
22.4 mm
125
53
WBM
90-100
25-60
0-15
0-5
mm to 45 mm (75 mm)
90 mm
100
90-100
mm
53 mm
45 mm
22.4 mm
63 mm
53 mm
45 mm
22.4 mm
11.2 mm
63
63
25-75
0-15
0-5
100
90-100
65-90
0-10
0-5
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Table 3
Grading
Size of Screenings
Sieve Designation
Classification
(IS 460)
13.2
mm
11.2
mm
or type
95-100
80 micron
0-10
mm
5.6 mm
100
90-100
80 micron
15-35
100
<
may be used as
screenings
like
mm
11.2 mm
5.6 mm
11.2
Percent by Weight
13.2
WBM
3.4.2
binding material.
may
not
moorum
3.3.3
However, for
used as a surfacing course,
where the PI of crushable type screenings is less
WBM as
3.5.1
when
and
the
WBM
less than
is
bituminous surfacing.
Table 4
If
used
compacted thickness of
6 when the
materials for
Classification
sub-base/base or surfacing
Screenings
Size
Loose
Range
Quantity
Stone Screenings
Grading
Loose
classification
quantity
and
WBM
WBM
Coarse Aggregates
Grading
sub-base course
100
WBM
(mm)
(m 3 )
90 to
1.21 to
45
1.43
mm
is
WBM
correspondingly.
filler shall
or gravel.
WBM
Moorum
Properties
and
size
or Gravel
size
(m 3 )
(m 3 )
5
0.27 to
mm
LL<20,
PI<6
0.30 to
0.30
Type
13.2
Per cent
passing 75
micron < 10
Loose
quantity
0.32
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Table 5
mm
75
WBM
Coarse Aggregates
Classification
Stone Screenings
Size
Loose
Range
Quantity
Loose quantity or
Grading
classification
WBM sub-
WBM
Properties
Loose
and size
base/ base
surfacing
and size
quantity
course
course*
(m3)
(m3)
(m3)
(m3)
(nun)
(m3)
0.91 to
Type A,
0.12 to
0.10 to
LL<20,
0.22 to
0.15
0.12
PI<6
0.24
63
Grading 2
Screenings
to 45
1.07
13.2
mm
Percent
passing 75
micron
<10
TypeB,
63 to 45
Grading 2
11.2
Grading 3
0.20 to
0.16 to
022
0.18
0.18 to
0.14 to
021
0.17
mm
53 to 22.4
Quantities in Col. 6 are 80 per cent of those in Col. 5 as larger quantity of binding material will need to be used where
the
WBM
is
given in Table
mm are
5.
dirt
and
to
The
3.4.), will
WBM. Generally,
mm
m /10 m
3
shall
depend on the
it
4.1.2
compacted
in the case
removed and
WBM.
4.1.3
CONSTRUCTION PROCEDURE
WBM
the
be laid on an
for
4.1.1
is to
strengthened, corrugations
WBM
is
3.5.3
the
scarified
Where
until firm.
of
WBM
Layer
is efficient,
WBM can
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cutting
50
mm x 50 mm (minimum) furrows at
metre intervals
at
4.3.3
be spread
line of
in lengths
work ahead of
ofWBM.
preceding section.
The
direction
shall
shall
normally not
4.4 Rolling
be
4.4.1
these shall be
4.1.4
with either
In
all
4.2
The
4.4.2
and overlapping
confinement of aggregates.
alongwith
constructing
lateral
in the finished
is
avoided.
water
may be
4.4.3
On
done,
if
required.
shall be spread
rolling shall
commence from
in
pavement.
be dumped
to
in
4.4.4
subgrade
their hauling
is
soft or yielding or
when
it
causes a
If irregularities
m apart.
exceed 12
mm
when
tested with a 3
straight
compacted layer
to
4.3.2
The
tested
by depth blocks.
in the
permitted.
No segregation of large or
The coarse
Material,
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4.5 Application of Screenings
sub-base before
After coarse aggregates have been rolled
4.5.1
(is still
rolling shall
it
shall
interstices
fill
shall
down
strength, as directed
by the Engineer.
them
The screenings
shall not
be dumped
in piles but
4.7.1
at
aggregates.
4.5.2
so as to
rate in three or
by
shall
may
brooms or both
100 kN
which water
roller during
may
The
fill
it is
of voids difficult
shall continue
roller.
used
in
Damp
shall not
be
4.8.1
any circumstances.
4.6.1
till
the
macadam
No
traffic shall
be allowed
sets.
swept and
sweep
rolled.
Hand brooms
shall
be used to
distribute
and to
be
and
laid
base course to be
WBM course
WBM
traffic
is
on
latter shall
completely
it.
In the case of
sprinkling, sweeping
shall be continued
4.8.2
Care
shall
5.
SURFACE EVENNESS OF
COURSE
WBM
be taken that
damaged due
5.1
to
construction.
shall
4.6.2
construction of
WBM
on top of
it
5.2
The
6.
can cause
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Table 6
SI
Range of
x^UdlbC /AgglCgalCS
Size
mm
63-45 mm or
53-22.4 mm
90-45
1.
2.
each
checked with a
at intervals
The
Max
permissible
of undulations
variation
Surface
permitted in any
specified profile
unevenness
300-metre length,
under camber
exceeding
template
mm
12
15
30
mm
10
camber templates
construction of
8.
sub-grade
is
MAINTENANCE OF
COURSES
WBM WEARING
WBM as
WBM
Table 6
soil
level.
this
in
this
RECTIFICATION OF DEFECTIVE
CONSTRUCTION
mm
8. 1
from
12
The
nprmissihlp
Where
mm
30
respect, reference
6.
Transverse Profile
Maximum number
12
series of three
Courses
Max.
traffic lane
WBM
surface renewals.
ruts
to
its full
8.1.1
fresh material as
manner
Clause
4.
shall not
in the aforesaid
CONSTRUCTION OF
WBM OVER
normal
NARROW WIDTHS
Where
the
WBM course
is
to
be constructed
excavated to their
full
rollers.
8.1.2
Blinding of surface
Blinding of the
10
traffic
or weather action
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and the surface has started showing signs of
Clause 4.7.
8.1.3
WBM
Surface Renewal
wearing
when the surface is worn
:
blinding operations.
Clause
out, is corrugated
third
of the quantity of
11
4.
effective
etc.
from