PERFORMANCE RELATED SPECIFICATION SYSTEM FOR BITUMINOUS BINDERS

The paper presents the feedback of a series of technical seminars on bituminous binder testing and specifications, the BiTSpec seminars, which were held in Europe to support the present work program for developing performance related standards for the binders used in road construction and maintenance, under the responsibility of the CEN Technical Committee TC 336. The purpose of these events was to facilitate communication at European and national levels between all the stakeholders involved in the definition and the preparation of a suitable performance-related specification system for binders. The BiTSpec project started in 2002 with regional seminars held in ten different countries and ended with a European seminar held in June 2003 in Brussels. The paper also presents the synthesis of the collective viewpoints of the European organizations EAPA (European Asphalt Pavement Association), EUROBITUME (European Bitumen Association), FEHRL (Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories), IISRP (International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers) and WERD (Western European Road Directors), which express their needs and requirements related to the specification system for binders.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Full conference proceedings available on CD-ROM.
• Corporate Authors:

  World Road Association (PIARC)

  La Grande Arche, Paroi Nord, Niveau 5
  F-92055 La Defense Cedex,   France 
• Authors:
  • Stawiarski, A
  • Beuving, E
  • Jamois, D
  • Teugels, W
• Conference:
  • The XXIInd PIARC World Road Congress
  • Location: Durban, South Africa
  • Date: 2003-10-19 to 2003-10-25
• Publication Date: 2003

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 8p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt pavements; Binders; Bituminous binders; Performance evaluations; Specifications; Standardization; Testing
• Subject Areas: Highways; Materials; Pavements; I31: Bituminous Binders and Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00986178
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 2005 12:00AM