THE USE OF NATURALLY OCCURRING NON STANDARD MATERIALS FOR ROAD BASE CONSTRUCTION IN AUSTRALIA. 26TH ARRB REGIONAL SYMPOSIUM, BUNBRUY, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1988; PROGRAM AND PAPERS

This paper briefly outlines the use of naturally occurring non standard materials in road base construction in Australia. After a short survey of the history of usage and the parallel development of current rigorous standards for basecourse materials, a selection of examples of the successful use of materials not meeting those standards is given. Such materials include decomposed rocks, soft rocks, fine grained materials, loams and sands. Some comments are made on construction and maintenance practices appropriate to such usage. No attempt is made to document western Australian experience as this is the subject of a further paper in this symposium. For the covering record of the symposium, see IRRD no 808826. (Author/TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • Metcalf, J B
• Conference:
  • Australian Road Research Board Conference Proc
• Publication Date: 1988

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• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 79-90

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Building materials; Loam; Local materials; Pavement base course; Paving; Rocks; Sand; Standards
• ITRD Terms: 8006: Australia; 2990: Basecourse; 8525: Conference; 4555: Material (constr); 233: Natural resources; 9063: Quality; 3665: Road construction; 2961: Roadbase; 4154: Rock; 4156: Soil; 9084: Use
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

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• Accession Number: 00479972
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0-86910-333-4
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1989 12:00AM