MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS:

50
25
9.5
0.075

Designation
Alternate US
Standard

Mass Percent
Passing

2
1
3/8
No. 200

100
55 85
40 75
0 12

Plasticity The fraction passing the

0.425 mm (No. 40) sieve shall have a
liquid limit not greater than 35 and
plasticity index not greater than 12 as
determined by AASHTO T 89 and T 90,
respectively
Abrasion The course retained on a
2.00 mm (No. 10) sieve, shall have a
mass percent of wear not exceeding 50
by the Los Angeles Abrasion Tests as
determined by AASHTO T 96.
California Bearing Ratio material shall
have a soaked CBR value of not less
than twenty-five (25) percent (AASHTO
T 193)
CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS
In Place Density Test (AASHTO T 191) of
each compacted layer shall be at least
100 percent of the maximum dry
density determined in accordance with
AASHTO T 180, Method D
Where the required thickness is 150
mm or less the material may be spread
and compacted in one layer. If more
than 150 mm, the aggregate sub-base
shall spread and compacted in two (2)
layers of approximated equal thickness,

Sieve
Standar
d mm

50
37.5
25.0
19.0
12.5
4.75
0.425
0.075

Designatio
n
Alternate
US
Standard
2
1
1

No. 4
No. 40
No. 200

Mass
Percent
Grading
A

Passing
Grading

100
60 85
35 65
20 50
5 20
0 - 12

100
60 85
35 55
8 25
2 14

Plasticity the fraction passing the 0.425

mm (No. 40) Sieve shall have a liquid limit
not grater than 25 and plasticity index not
greater than 6 as determined by AASHTO T
89 and T 90, respectively.
Abrasion The coarse portion retained on a
2.0 mm (No. 10) Sieve shall have a mass
percent of wear not exceeding 50 by the Los
Angeles Abrasion Test (AASHTO T 96).
California Bearing Ratio The material
passing the 19 mm (1 ) sieve shall have
a soaked CBR value of not less than 80%
(AASHTO T 193). The CBR value shall be
obtained at the maximum dry density
(MDD) as determined by AASHTO T180,
Method D.
CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS:
Spreading and Compacting It shall be in
accordance with all the requirements of
sub-section 200.3.3 of Item 200, 1988
DPWH Standard Specifications for
Highways, Bridges, and Airports, Volume II
except that the field density required for

Description this item shall consist of

constructing a bituminous concrete surface
course composed of aggregates, mineral
filler, and bituminous material mixed in
central plant, constructed and laid hot on
prepared base in accordance with
specifications and in conformity with the
limes grades, thickness and typical cross
section shown on the plans.
MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS:
Bituminous Material It shall be either
medium curing (MC) Cut Back Asphalt or
Asphalt Cement, whichever is called for in
the Bill of Quantities.

Gradation Ranges Hot Plant Mix

Bituminous Pavements (Mass percent
passing square sieves, AASHTO TM and T
27)

Asphalt Cement shall conform to the

requirements of AASHTO M 220

Liquid Asphalt
Rapid Curing AASHTO M 81
Medium Curing AASHTO M 82

Emulsified Asphalt
EA (Anionic) AASHTO M 140 (ASTM D
977)
EA (Cationic) AASHTO M 208

3 810 20--35 5345 65--100--

Sieve
Standard
mm

Grading The base course material shall

conform to the grading requirements shown
in the table below:

95 100100---

Grading The sub base material shall

conform to the grading requirements in
the table below:

Aggregates
Coarse Aggregate coarse aggregate
retained 2.36 mm (No. 8) sieve shall be
crushed stone, crushed slag, or natural
gravel, and unless stipulated, shall conform
to the quality requirements of AASHTO M
79.
When crushed gravel is used, it shall be
meet the pertinent requirements of section
2.1 and 3.1 of AASHTO M 62 and not less
than 50 mass percent of particles retained
on 4.75 mm (No. 4) sieve shall have at least
one fractured face.
Fine Aggregate Fine aggregate passing
the 2.36 mm (No. 8) sieve shall consist if

2 5---5 1530 5095 100100---

ITEM 310 BITUMINOUS CONCRETE

SURFACE COURSE, HOT-LAID

MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS:

natural sand, stone, stone screening or slag

screening or a combination thereof, and
unless otherwise stipulated shall conform to
the quality requirements of AASHTO M 29
(ASTM D 1073).
The several aggregate fraction for the
mixture shall be sized, grades and
combined in such proportions that the
resulting composite blend meet one of the
grading requirements of the Table shown
below:

GGrading

ITEM 201 AGGREGATE BASE COURSE

each layer is not less 100 percent of the

maximum dry density determined in
accordance with AASHTO T 180, Method D.

FGrading

and maximum compacted thickness of

any one layer shall not exceed 150 mm.

EGrading

ITEM 200 AGGREGATE SUBBASE

COURSE

0.075 (No. 200)0.30 (No.50)

0 8-11 28- 25 4536 58

0.60 (No. 30)1.18 (No. 16)2.36 (No.8)4.75 (No. 4)9.5 (3/8)12.5 (1/2 )19 ( 3/4 )25 (1)37.5 (1 )

Designation mmSieve

4 89 2013 2818 3727 4738 60

0 86 2011 2818 3727 4738 6056 7868 8695 10010054 75-75 9595 100100

BGrading
AGrading

2 1011 2822 4238 5862 8275 90

4 910 2015 3022 4033 5348 7074 9295 100100-56 7868 8695 100100-

DGrading
CGrading

Mineral Filler mineral filler shall consist

of finely divided mineral matter such as
rock, dust, slag, hydrated lime, hydraulic
cement, fly ash, or other suitable mineral
matter. It shall be free from organic
impurities and at the time of use, shall be
sufficiently dry to flow freely and shall be
essentially free from agglomerations.
Filler material for bituminous bases or
pavements shall meet the requirements of
AASHTO M 17. Mineral filler for bituminous
paving mixtures.
Physical Requirements
SIEVE
0.600 mm (No. 30)
0.300 mm (No. 50)
0.075 mm (No.
200)

MAX. %
PASSING
100
95 100
70 100

The mineral filler shall have a plasticity

index not greater than 4. Plasticity index
limits are not appropriate for hydraulic lime
and cement.
Proportioning of Mixtures:
The proportion of bituminous material on
the basis of total dry aggregate, shall be
from 5.0 to 8.0 mass percent. The exact
percentage to be used shall be fixed by the
engineer in accordance with the job mix
formula and other quality control
requirements.
During the mixing operation, one half to
one (0.5 1.0) mass percent of hydrated
lime, dry aggregate basis, shall be added to
the mixtures. The lower percentage limit is

Cement Only Type I Portland Cement shall

be used unless otherwise provided for in the
special provisions. It shall conform to the
applicable requirements of item 700,
Hydraulic Cement, 1988. Different brands or
the same brands from different mills shall
not be mixed nor shall be used alternately
unless the mix is approved by the
Engineers.
Fine aggregates
Shall conform to the grading requirements
of sub section 311.2.2.3 1, 1988 DPWH
Standard Specifications for Highways,
Bridges and Airports, Volume II.
Grading Requirements for Fine
Aggregates
Sieve Designation
9.5 mm ( 3/8 )
4.75 mm (No.4)
1.18 mm (No. 16)
0.300 mm (No. 50)
0.150 mm (No.
100)

Mass percent
Passing
100
95 100
45 80
5 30
0 10

It shall consist of natural sand, stone

screening or other inert materials with

Coarse Aggregate
It shall conform to the grading requirements
specified in sub-section 311.2.3 of Item 311,
1988 DPWH Standard Specifications for
Highways, Bridges, and Airports. Volume II.
Grading Requirements For Coarse
Aggregate:
Passing
Grading C

MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS:

Mass Percent
Grading B

Sieve Standard
mm
4.7512.519.025.037.550.063.075.0

If the fine aggregate is subjected to five (5)

cycles of the sodium sulfate soundness test,
the weighted loss shall not exceed 10 mass
percent.

0 510 30-35 70-95 100100-

ITEM 311 PORTLAND CEMENT

CONCRETE PAVEMENT

AGrading -0 5-0 1535 7090 100100-

It shall contain more than three (3) mass

percent passing the 0.075 mm (No. 200)
sieve by washing nor more than one (1)
mass percent each of clay lumps or shale.
The used of beach sand will not be used
without the approval of the Engineer.

Designation
Alternate US -0 50 10-25 60-90 100100
Standard

Hydrated Lime shall conform to the

requirements of item 701 construction lime
(HYDRATED).

similar characteristics, or combination

thereof, having hard, strong and durable
particles approved by the Engineers. Fine
aggregates from different sources of supply
shall not be mixed or stored in the same
pile nor used alternately in the same class
of concrete with out the approval of the
Engineer.

No. 4 11 22 3

applicable to aggregate which are

predominantly calcareous.

It shall consist of crushed stone, gravel,

blast furnace slag, or other approved inert
materials of similar characteristics, or
combination thereof having hard, strong,
durable pieces and free from any adherent
coatings.
It shall contain not more than one (1) mass
percent of material passing the 0.075 mm
(No. 200) sieve, not more 0.25 mass
percent of clay lump nor more than 3.5
mass percent of soil fragments.
If the coarse aggregate is subjected to five
(5) cycles of sodium sulfate soundness test,
the weighted loss shall not exceed 12 mass
percent. It shall have a mass percent of
wear not exceeding 40 when tested by
AASHTO T 96.
If slag is used, its density shall not be less
than 1120 kg/m (70 lb/cu.ft.).
Water
Shall be reasonably clean and free of oil,
salt, acid, alkali, grass, or other substances
injurious to the finished product. It shall be
tested in accordance with the requirements
of Item 714, water, 2988 DPWH Standard
Specifications for /Highways, Bridges, and
Airports, Volume II.