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Table 305-1
Asphalt Concrete Wearing Course Requirements
Sieve Designation
Percent Passing by Weight
mm Inch
25 1 100 -
19 3/4 90 -100 100
12.5 1/2 - 75 - 90
9.5 3/8 56 - 70 60 - 80
4.75 No. 4 35 - 50 40 - 60
2.38 No. 8 23 - 35 20 - 40
1.18 No. 16 5 - 12 5 - 15
0.075 No. 200 2-8 3-8
The asphalt concrete wearing course mixture shall meet the following
Marshal Test Criteria:
At least one week prior to production, a Job-Mix Formula (JMF) for the
asphaltic wearing course mixture or mixtures to be used for the project,
shall be established jointly by the Engineer and the Contractor.
The, JMF shall be established by Marshall Method of Mix Design
according to the procedure prescribed in the Asphalt Institute Manual
Series No.2 (MS-2), sixth edition 1993 or the latest Edition.
The JMF, with the allowable tolerances, shall be within the master range
specified in Table 305-1. Each JMF shall indicate a single percentage of
aggregate passing each required sieve and a single percentage of
bitumen to be added to the aggregates.
The ratio of weight of filler (Passing No.200) to that of asphalt shall range
between 1 -1.5 for hot climate areas with temperature more than 40 °C.
After the JMF is established, all mixtures furnished for the project
represented by samples taken from the asphalt plant during operation,
shall conform thereto to the following ranges of tolerances:
Asphalt Content
Prior to the final approval, the proposed job mix will be compacted to
refusal by applying 100, 200 and 300 blows to each face of the Marshall
specimen with bitumen content at the upper limit and the resulting voids
in the proposed mix shall not be less than 2%.
The surface of the wearing course shall be tested by the Engineer using a
5 meters straightedge at selected locations. The variation of the surface
from the testing edge of the straightedge between any two contacts,
longitudinal or transverse with the surface shall at no point exceed five (5)
millimeters. The cross fall (camber) shall be with +0.2 percent of that
specified, and the level at any point shall be within + three (3) mm of the
level shown on the Drawings. All humps or depressions exceeding, the
specified tolerance shall be corrected by removing the defective work and
replacing it with new material, by overlaying, or by other means
satisfactory to the Engineer.