SUMMARY OF IRC CODE OF PRACTICE FOR MAINTENANCE OF BITUMINOUS SURFACES OF HIGHWAYS

The paper presents a summary of the IRC Code of Practice for highway maintenance. Such operations are classified in three groups: 1) routine maintenance which covers such items as the filling of pot-holes and repairing of cracks; 2) periodic maintenance which includes more extensive operations such as applying a seal or renewal coating; and 3) rehabilitation and strengthening which applies to major reconstruction operations to rectify structural deficiencies. The code is divided into 11 sections and covers several phases of maintenance operations including materials, tools and equipment, arrangements for traffic, and overall organisation and management. The paper also discusses the routine surveying of existing pavements to assess physical condition, structural capacity and roughness. (TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Seminar on Maintenance and Drainage Aspects of Road Pavements, Bangalore, July 1-4, 1982. Theme 2: Design Aspects Relative to the Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Blacktopped Concrete Pavements Including Identification of Defects (Condition Surveys, Measurement of Riding Quality, Skidding Resistance, Renewal, Overlay Determination etc).
• Corporate Authors:

  Indian Roads Congress

  Jamnagar House, Shahjahan Road
  New Delhi,   India  110 011
• Publication Date: 1982

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 159-168
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Indian Roads Congress
  • Publisher: Indian Roads Congress

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Classification; Conferences; Driver rehabilitation; Ethics; Evaluation; Evaluation and assessment; Flexible pavements; Highway maintenance; Magnetic properties; Maintenance; Maintenance management; Mechanical relaxation; Pavements; Planning; Repairing; Roughness; Strength of materials; Structural strengthening; Surfacing; Surveys
• Uncontrolled Terms: Code of practice; Pavement conditions; Rehabilitation; Repairs
• Geographic Terms: India
• Old TRIS Terms: Magnetization
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 2944: Flexible pavement; 8045: India; 3847: Maintenance; 143: Planning; 3635: Repair; 187: Specification (standard); 2972: Surfacing
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I60: Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00379147
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: ANALYTIC
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 30 1983 12:00AM