BS EN 13108-1:2016

What is BS EN 13108-1 - Material specifications of asphalt concrete about? 

BS EN 13108-1 discusses material specifications of asphalt Concrete. BS EN 13108-1 specifies requirements for mixtures of the mixed group Asphalt Concrete for use on roads, airfields, and other trafficked areas. Asphalt Concrete is used for surface courses, binder courses, regulating courses, and bases.BS EN 13108-1 includes requirements for the selection of the constituent materials. 

Note1: The mixtures of the mixed group Asphalt Concrete are produced on the basis of hot bitumen. Mixtures utilizing bitumen emulsion and bituminous materials based on in situ recycling are not covered by BS EN 13108-1. 

Note2: BS EN 13108-1 is designed to be read in conjunction with EN 13108-20 and EN 13108-21. 

Who is BS EN 13108-1 - Material specifications of asphalt concrete for? 

BS EN 13108-1 on material specifications of asphalt Concrete is useful for: 

• Manufacturers and suppliers of bituminous mixtures    
• Construction industry   
• Civil engineers and contractors    
• Road, pavement, and highway construction companies  
• Repair and maintenance companies  
• Local authorities  
• Testing laboratories 

Why should you use BS EN 13108-1 - Material specifications of asphalt concrete?  

The aim of BS EN 13108-1 is to enable the specification of asphalt concrete mixtures with bituminous emulsion on a performance basis. BS EN 13108-1 covers a large variety of materials for different applications, traffic, and climate conditions. BS EN 13108-1 also gives properties and listings of categories. The menu approach for properties has been chosen to accommodate the road industry for all of Europe. 

BS EN 13108-1 compliant material specifications of asphalt concrete can help reduce asphalt viscosity and reduce the time emulsified asphalt takes to set. 

What is changed since the last update?  

BS EN 13108-1:2016 supersedes BS EN 13108-1:2006 which is withdrawn. 

BS EN 13108-1:2016 includes some technical changes with respect to BS EN 13108-1:2006.  

These include: 

• General, empirical, and fundamental approaches have been merged into one list with different properties 
• new properties introduced (saturation tensile stiffness conditioning test, low temperature properties, fracture toughness, friction after polishing) 
• Additional optional sieves for the characterization of the grading 
• For several properties additional categories are introduced 
• Possibility to define specific conditions in documents related to the application of the product 
• CPR reference and new Annex ZA according CPR rules