NATIONAL PAVING AND KERB ASSOCIATION: DATA SHEETS 1 TO 5, PLUS: PAVING FOR THE BLIND. GREAT PORTLAND STREET, LONDON W1. SMALLER SLABS FOR CHATHAM HIGH STREET. PHASE 1, PEDESTRIANIZATION SCHEME, CHATHAM HIGH STREET, KENT

The data sheets set out description, applications, method of manufacture, weights, dimensions and method of laying for precast concrete paving flags as follows: Sheet 1, paving flags to BS 368. Applications include pedestrian footways and precincts. Sheet 2, small element paving flags. Applications include footways on which commercial vehicle overrun is expected, and other areas which will have some use by heavy vehicles. Sheet 3, paving for the blind. Special pavings with a high relief surface which helps blind pedestrians to locate zebra and pelican crossings more easily. Sheet 4, paving flags -techniques for laying. Recommendations are given for subgrade, sub-base and for bedding and laying the flags described in data sheets 1, 2 and 3. Also included are reprints of two articles from Concrete Quarterly, January-March 1984, No. 140-Smaller Slabs for Chatham High Street (pp 32-3), and Paving for the Blind, Great Portland Street, London, W1 (p 14). The pavings with high relief surface were developed by TRRL in consultation with the Royal National Institute for the Blind and other organizations. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  National Paving and Kerb Association

  60 Charles Street
  Leicester, Leicestershire,   England 
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 14 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Blind persons; Blindness; Construction management; Crosswalks; Curbs; Delivery vehicles; Pavement base course; Pavement surface course; Pavements; Paving stones; Pedestrian areas; Precast concrete; Size; Soil types; Specifications; Texture; Trucks; Walkways
• Uncontrolled Terms: Texture (Geomorphol)
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 2075: Blindness; 3666: Construction method; 1234: Delivery vehicle; 9014: Dimension; 2720: Footway; 1236: Lorry; 1659: Pedestrian crossing; 341: Pedestrian precinct; 4792: Precast concrete; 2961: Roadbase; 4508: Sett (stone); 177: Specifications; 4076: Structure (geomorphol); 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Materials; Motor Carriers; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I32: Concrete; I52: Construction of Pavements and Surfacings; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00394593
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1985 12:00AM