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APPENDIX 1/5: TESTING TO BE CARRIED OUT BY THE CONTRACTOR (CONTINUED)<br />

Frequency of<br />

Clause Work, Goods or Material Test<br />

Testing<br />

Test Certificate Comments<br />

Series 900<br />

901<br />

925<br />

937<br />

938<br />

943<br />

Aggregates for bituminous materials Required National quality<br />

management sector<br />

schemes apply<br />

Resistance to<br />

fragmentation (hardness)<br />

Resistance to freezing and<br />

thawing (durability<br />

Cleanness<br />

Resistance to<br />

Monthly<br />

fragmentation (N)<br />

Soundness (N)<br />

1 per source<br />

Water absorption (N)<br />

Sieve test (mass Monthly<br />

passing 0.063 mm<br />

sieve) (N)<br />

Washing and sieving<br />

method to be used<br />

Shape Flakiness index (N) Monthly<br />

Blastfurnace slag Bulk density (N) 1 per 500 tonnes<br />

Soundness (N)<br />

Once every 4 months<br />

Dicalcium silicate 1 per 500 tonnes<br />

disintegration (N)<br />

Iron disintegration (N)<br />

Steel slag Bulk density 1 per 500 tonnes Required<br />

Volume stability (N) 1 per 500 tonnes<br />

Coarse aggregate for Resistance to polishing 1 per source<br />

surface courses<br />

(PSV) (N)<br />

Resistance to surface 1 per source<br />

abrasion (AAV) (N)<br />

Binders for bituminous materials Penetration (N)<br />

Softening point (N)<br />

1 per 750 tonnes<br />

1 per 750 tonnes<br />

Required National quality<br />

management section<br />

schemes apply.<br />

Modified binders should<br />

have a BBA HAPAS<br />

Roads and Bridges<br />

Certificate. In the event<br />

that no such<br />

Certificates have been<br />

issued, then in the<br />

interim, only modified<br />

binders undergoing<br />

BBA assessment<br />

should be considered<br />

for approval by the<br />

Project Manager.<br />

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