Product: Class 6A Selected Well Graded Granular Material

Projects Pavements - Roads, Car Parks, Airport; River Management and Coastal Protection Applications Embankments and bunds; Selected granular fill: below water Materials The following recycled and secondary aggregates may be used alone or in combination: Blast Furnace & Zinc Slag Burnt colliery spoil China clay sand and Stent Foundry sand Furnace bottom ash Reclaimed asphalt Recycled aggregate (RA) Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA) Recycled glass Spent oil shale Steel slag Information source / date Based on November 2009 Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works: Volume 1 (MCHW1), Specification for Highway Works, Series 600.

Compliance references Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works: Volume 1 (MCHW1), Specification for Highway Works, Series 600 (Nov 09)

Technical references BS 1377-2: 1990 Methods of test for soils for civil engineering purposes. Classification tests BS 812-124: 2009 Testing aggregates Part 124: Method for determination of frost heave BS EN 12457-3: 2002 Characterisation of waste Leaching Compliance test for leaching of granular waste materials and sludges Part 2: One stage batch test at a liquid to solid ratio of 10 l/kg for materials with particle size below 4 mm (without or with size reduction) BS EN 1744-3: 2002 Tests for Chemical Properties of Aggregates - Part 3: Preparation of Eluates by Leaching of Aggregates BS EN 933-11: 2009 Tests for geometrical properties of aggregates. Classification test for the constituents of coarse recycled aggregate BS EN 933-2: 1996 Tests for geometrical properties of aggregates. Determination of particle size distribution. Test sieves, nominal size of apertures EA NEN 7375: 2004. Leaching characteristics of solid (earth and stony) building and waste material. Leaching tests. Determination of the availability of inorganic components for leaching. Environment Agency (2005) MCHW 1 (Manual of Contract Documents for Highway Works Volume 1), Specification for Highway Works. Highways Agency, Welsh Assembly Government, Transport Scotland and the Department of the Environment for Northern

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Ireland. The Stationery Office, London. TRL Report 447 (2005).Sulfate specification for structural backfills. Reid, JM, Czerewko, MA and Cripps, JC. TRL Limited Crowthorne, UK. WRAP (2004 and 2005). The quality protocols for the production of aggregates from inert waste in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. WRAP (2008). Quality protocol for the production of aggregates from inert waste. Guidance notes for Producers' compliance checklist. WRAP (2008). Quality protocol for the production of aggregates from inert waste. Guidance notes to the Purchasers'/Specifiers' compliance checklist. WRAP (2008). Quality protocol for the production of aggregates from inert waste. Producers' compliance checklist. WRAP (2008). Quality protocol for the production of aggregates from inert waste. Purchasers'/Specifiers' compliance checklist.

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Composition requirements The composition of all recycled aggregate (RA), recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) and reclaimed asphalt shall be tested in accordance with Clause 710 (MCHW1). Clause 710 requires that the composition be determined in accordance with BS EN 933-11. The content of other materials (Class X) including wood, plastic and metal shall not exceed 1% by mass. Clause 710 requires that recycled aggregates are produced in accordance with the Quality Protocol for the production of aggregates from inert waste and the Producers compliance checklist published by Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP). The results of all quality control checks carried out by the Contractor shall be compiled in accordance with the procedure set down in the above document and with those in Clause 710. These shall be delivered promptly to the client on request. For further information refer to the WRAP quality protocols for the production of aggregates from inert waste and the WRAP quality protocol checklists and guidance notes for producers, specifiers and purchasers of sustainable aggregates. Furnace bottom ash shall have a particle size no larger than 10 mm.

Grading requirements The aggregate grading shall be within the limits below:

Sieve size (mm) 500 10 5 0.6 0.063

Notes: 1. 2.

Percentage by mass passing the sieve size shown 100 0 - 100 0 - 85 0 - 45 0-5
Aggregate sizes are expressed as d/D or lower limiting sieve size/upper limiting sieve size. Test in accordance with BS 1377-2 (on-site) and BS EN 933-2 (off-site).

3. In addition to any grading requirements the maximum particle size of any fill material shall be no more than two-thirds of the compacted layer thickness.

Physical properties requirements The physical properties for Class 6A are given in Table 6/1 of the 600 Series of the Specification for Highway Works. There are no specific requirements for recycled or secondary materials. The lower limit of the uniformity coefficient for Class 6A is 10. Grading and uniformity requirements do not apply to chalk. Subject to the surface level tolerances given in Clause 613 and sub-Clause 616.1 (MCHW1), material shall not be frost susceptible if it is used within 450 mm of the designed final surface of a road or paved central reserve, or 350 mm if the annual frost index of the site is less than 50. Material shall be classified as non-frost-susceptible if the mean heave is 15 mm or less, when tested in accordance with BS 812-124.

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Chemical properties There are no specific limiting values for chemical properties for Class 6A. General requirements for sulfur compounds of materials deposited within 500 mm, or other distances described in Appendix 6/3 of the MCHW, of concrete, cement bound materials, other cementitious materials, stabilised capping or metallic structural elements forming part of the Permanent Works are given in Clause 601.14 and 601.15 of the 600 Series of the Specification for Highway Works (Series 600) . The requirements above shall not apply to metallic items protected by concrete and ancillary metallic items such as the tops of chambers and gullies. Further details are given in the Notes for Guidance for the Specification for Highway Works, NG600 Series (Series NG600) and in TRL 447. No further restrictions on chemical properties are specified. However, in certain circumstances, the Environment Agency in England and Wales, (or their equivalent in Scotland and Northern Ireland) will require that the construction activities will not lead to contamination of ground or surface waters due to leaching or spillages. For this reason you are advised to discuss, as a matter of routine, your intended application with the relevant regulatory authority. This is particularly important for Class 6A fills, which are intended to be placed under water.

Additional information Under the Construction Products Regulations, CE marking will be mandatory for aggregates from July 2013. This includes aggregates from primary, recycled and secondary sources. Maintained by TRL Limited from October 2009.

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