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  • Limits of use of natural soils, specifications and controls in earthworks

    During 2000-2003 C12 activity, it was decided to be interested in the limits of use of the soils in the earthworks through the various Member States of the committee and simultaneously to analyse the control methods developed to guarantee the good completion of the work. C12 has considered interesting [...]

    • Date : 2003
    • Pages : 172
    • PIARC Ref. : 12.12.BEN
    • ISBN : 2-84060-141-9
  • Marginal Materials - State of the art

    Three PIARC Technical Committees have devoted part of their preliminary work to the XVIIIth Congress (Brussels, 1987) to the use of marginal materials in road technology: Technical Committee on Testing of Road Materials, Technical Committee on Flexible Roads, Technical Committee on Earthworks, Drainage, [...]

    • Date : 1989
    • Pages : 112
    • PIARC Ref. : 02.04.BEN
  • Practical Guidelines for the Design and Construction of Road Embankments

    The practical guidelines contained in this report have been developed from the results of a survey on the state of the art in the design and construction of road embankments. In March 1993 a questionnaire was circulated to collect information about the "rules of the art in the design and construction [...]

    • Date : 1999
    • Pages : 36
    • PIARC Ref. : 12.03.BEN
    • ISBN : 2-84060-057-9
  • Road in Desert Areas

    Drafted by the PIARC Technical Committee on Roads in Developing Regions, this report provides information on the construction and maintenance of roads in desert areas.

    • Date : 1991
    • Pages : 88
    • PIARC Ref. : 03.03.BEN
  • Slope Risk Guidance for Roads

    Slopes are, in general, associated with a greater frequency of failure than other geotechnical assets and a greater threat economically and socially. This report makes a synthesis of risk analysis methods and of vulnerability issues. It presents, in a series of appendices, mitigation measures with their [...]

    • Date : 2004
    • Pages : 112
    • PIARC Ref. : 12.13.BEN
    • ISBN : 2-84060-166-4
  • Testing Aggreates

    Particle-size Analysis by Sieving, Los Angeles Test, Sand Equivalent, Accelerated Polishing Test, Determination of the Amount of Fines Passing 0.075 mm Mesh, Gravimetric Measurement: Absolute Density, Real Density, Bulk Density (with and without compacting), Aggregate Shape Measurement: [...]

    • Date : 1987
    • Pages : 66
    • PIARC Ref. : 02.02.BEN