BS 598-1:2011

What is this standard about?

This is Part 1 of a British Standard on sampling bituminous mixtures. The other published part of BS 598 is BS 598-112:2004 Method for the use of road surface hardness probe.

Who is this standard for?

Appropriately qualified bituminous mixture manufacturers and users

Why should you use this standard?

It describes a method for measuring the rate of spread of coated chippings and assessing the compaction performance of a roller and gives procedures for measuring the temperature of coated mixtures using non-contact temperature-measuring devices.

It introduces changes associated with the introduction of the European standards for test methods for hot mix asphalt.

What’s changed since the last update?

This standard is a full technical revision which supersedes BS 598-108:2005 and BS 598-109:1990+A1:2000. It introduces the following main changes:

• Two parts of the BS 598 series: Parts 108 and 109, for which there are no corresponding European standards, have been combined
• Figure 1 on the layout of metal trays has been introduced for clarity
• The results of a review of parts of BS 598, for which there are no corresponding European standards, have been incorporated