British Standards and Other Approved Documents

British Standards and other approved documents
used in Paving, Drainage and Landscaping projects
Earthworks
o BS1377:4 - Soils for civil engineering purposes:Compaction-related tests
Aggregates
o BS 12:1996 Spec for Portland cement
o BS1199 & 1200:1976 Spec for building sands from natural sources
o BS4721 Specification for ready mixed building mortars
o BS 8500-1: Concrete - Methods of specifying and guidance for the specifier
o BS 8500-2: Specification for constituent materials and concrete

o BS EN 206-1:200 Concrete - Part 1: Specification, performance, production and
conformity
o BS EN 12620:2002 - Aggregates for concrete
o BS EN 13242:2002 - Aggregates for unbound or hydraulically bound materials for use

in civil engineering or road construction
Drainage
o BS65:1991 Spec for vitrified clay pipes, fittings and ducts
o BS1196:1989 Spec for clayware field drain pipes and junctions
o BS4660:1989 Spec for uPVC pipes and fittings of nominal sizes 110mm and 160mm
o BS4692:1989 Spec for plastic pipes and fittings for use as subsoil field drains
o BS5911 Precast concrete pipes, fittings and ancillary products
o - Part 1: Spec for unreinforced & reinforced concrete pipes & fittings with
flexible joints
(complementary to BS EN 1916:2002)
o - Part 3: Specification for unreinforced and reinforced concrete manholes and

soakaways
o - Part 4: Specification for unreinforced and reinforced concrete inspection

chambers
o - BS EN 1916:2002 Concrete pipes and fittings, unreinforced, steel fibre and

reinforced
o - BS EN 1917:2002 Concrete manholes and inspection chambers
o BS5955:Part 6:1980 Code of Practice for installation of uPVC pipework
o BS6367:1983 Code of Practice for drainage of roofs and paved areas
o BS7158:1989 Spec for plastic inspection chambers for drains
o BS8005 Guide to new sewer construction
o BS8301:1985 Code of Practice for Building Drainage (obsolete-ish)
o BS EN124:1994 Gully and manhole tops for vehicular and pedestrian areas.
o BS EN124 European Standard for manhole covers and gully tops (was BS497)
o BS EN 124:2004 Gully tops and manhole tops for vehicular and pedestrian areas
o BS EN295 Vitrified clay pipes and fittings and pipe joints for drains and sewers
o BS EN 752: 1996-8, Drain & Sewer Systems outside buildings.
o BS EN 1433:2002 Drainage channels for vehicular and pedestrian areas
o BS EN 1610: 1998, Construction & Testing of Drains & Sewers
o Building regulations Part H - Drainage - Downloadable PDF Document
o Sewers for Adoption 5th Edition

Paving
o Main British and European Manufacturing Standards:
o BS EN 1338 - Concrete Paving Blocks
o BS EN 1339 - Concrete Paving Flags
o BS EN 1340 - Concrete Kerb Units
o BS EN 1341 - Natural Stone Flag Paving
o BS EN 1342 - Natural Stone Setts
o BS EN 1343 - Natural Stone Kerbs
o BS EN 1344 - Clay Pavers
o BS 6100-2 Glossary of Building and Civil Engineering terms - Part 2: Civil engineering
o Clay Pavers
o BS EN 1344:2002 - Clay pavers. Requirements and test methods
o Stone Paving
o BS EN 1341:2000 Specification for slabs of natural stone for external paving.

European Committee for Standardisation, October 1993.
o BS435:1975 Spec for dressed natural stone kerbs, channels, quadrants and setts
o Concrete Pavings
o BS7263:Part 1:2001 Precast concrete flags, kerbs, channels, edgings and quadrants.
Precast, unreinforced concrete paving flags and complementary fittings. Requirements
and test methods
o BS7263:Part 2:1990 Precast concrete flags, kerbs, channels, edgings and quadrants:
Code of practice for laying (Superseded)
o BS7263:Part 3:2001 Precast concrete flags, kerbs, channels, edgings and quadrants:
specification (Superseded)
o BS EN 1338:2003 - Concrete paving blocks. Requirements and test methods
o Elemental Pavements
o BS 7533-1:2001 Pavements constructed with clay, natural stone or concrete pavers.

Guide for the structural design of heavy duty pavements constructed of clay or
concrete pavers ISBN 0580 332357

Guide for the structural design of lightly trafficked pavements ISBN 0580 332594
Code of practice for laying precast concrete paving blocks and clay pavers for flexible
pavements ISBN 0580 467767

Code of practice for the construction of pavements of precast concrete flags or natural
stone slabs ISBN 0580 494776
o BS 7533-5 - Guide for the design of pavements (other than structural aspects)

Code of practice for laying natural stone, precast concrete and clay kerb units ISBN
0580 330664

Code of practice for the construction of pavements of natural stone setts and cobbles
ISBN 0580 40479 X
o BS 7533-8:2003 - Guide for the structural design of lightly trafficked pavements of

precast concrete flags and natural stone slabs ISBN 0580 41295 4
o BS 7533-9 - Code of practice for rigid laying of clay pavers
o BS 7533-10:2004 - Pavements constructed with clay, natural stone or concrete

pavers. Guide for the structural design of trafficked pavements constructed of natural
stone setts ISBN 0580 43265 3
o BS 7533-11:2003 - Code of practice for the opening, maintenance and reinstatement
of pavements of concrete, clay and natural stone. ISBN 0580 42671 8
o BS 7533-12:2006 - Guide for the structural design of trafficked pavements

constructed of concrete paving flags and natural stone slabs. ISBN 0580 48087 9
o BS 7533-13 - Pavements constructed with clay, natural stone or concrete pavers.

Guide for the structural design of permeable pavements
o These items in preparation
o Building regulations Part M - Access and facilities for disabled people
o Precast Concrete Paving: a design handbook - Interpave 1999
o Guide to structural design of pavements for new roads. TRL - Road Note 29
o BS 7997:2003 Products for tactile paving surface indicators: Specification
o Guidance on use of Tactile Paving - DETR, 1998
o Concrete Block Paving - Cement and Concrete association 1978

Road Construction
o BS 434-1:1984 Bitumen road emulsions (anionic and cationic). Specification for
bitumen road emulsions
o BS 434-2:2006 Bitumen road emulsions. Code of practice for the use of cationic
bitumen emulsions on roads and other paved areas
o BS 4987-1:2005 Coated macadam (asphalt concrete) for roads and other paved areas.
Specification for constituent materials and for mixtures
o BS 4987-2:2003 Coated macadam (asphalt concrete) for roads and other paved areas.
Specification for transport, laying and compaction
o BS 594-1:2005 Hot rolled asphalt for roads and other paved areas. Specification for
constituent materials and asphalt mixtures
o BS 594 :2007 Asphalt for roads and other paved areas - Specification for transport,
laying and compaction and type testing protocols
o BS 8420:2003 Methods of measuring irregularities on surfaces of roads, footways and

other paved areas using straightedges and wedges
o BS EN 12271: Surface dressing. Requirements
o PD 6689:2006 Surface dressing. Guidance on the use of BS EN 12271
o BS EN 12272: Surface dressing. Test methods.

o BS EN 12274: Slurry surfacing. Test methods.
o BS EN 12591: Bitumen and bituminous binders. Specifications for paving grade

bitumens
o BS EN 12697: Bituminous mixtures. Test methods for hot mix asphalt.
o PD 6692:2006 Asphalt. Guidance on the use of BS EN 12697 ""Bituminous

mixtures. Test methods for hot mix asphalt""
o BS EN 13043: Aggregates for bituminous mixtures and surface treatments for roads,
airfields and other trafficked areas
o PD 6682-2:2003 Aggregates for bituminous mixtures and surface treatments

for roads, airfields and other trafficked areas. Guidance on the use of BS EN
13043
o BS EN 13108: Bituminous mixtures. Material specifications
o PD 6691:2007 Guidance on the use of BS EN 13108 Bituminous mixtures.

Material specifications
o BS EN 13808:2005 Bitumen and bituminous binders - Framework for specifying

cationic bituminous emulsions
o BS EN 13847:2001 Coal tar and pitch based binders and related products. Terminology
and classification
o BS EN 13924:2006 Bitumen and bituminous binders. Specifications for hard paving

grade bitumens
o BS EN 14023:2005 Bitumen and bituminous binders. Framework specification for

polymer modified bitumens
o Concrete roadways:
o BS EN 13863: Concrete pavements. Test method
o BS EN 13877-1:2004 Concrete pavements. Materials
o BS EN 13877-2:2004 Concrete pavements. Functional requirements for concrete

pavements
o BS EN 13877-3:2004 Concrete pavements. Specifications for dowels to be used in

concrete pavements
o Site preparation:
o BS EN 13242:2002 Aggregates for unbound and hydraulically bound materials for use
in civil engineering work and road construction
o PD 6682-6:2003 Aggregates for unbound and hydraulically bound materials for

use in civil engineering works and road construction. Guidance on the use of BS
EN 13242
o BS EN 13285:2003 Unbound mixtures. Specifications
o BS EN 13286: Unbound and hydraulically bound mixtures. Test methods
o BS EN 14227: Unbound and Hydraulically bound mixtures. Specifications

Landscaping
o BS3882:1994 Spec for topsoil
o BS7044 Artificial sports surfaces
o BS7188:1998 Impact absorbing playground surfacing
o BS1722 Fences

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used in Paving, Drainage and Landscaping projects

o BS4721 Specification for ready mixed building mortars

o BS 8500-1: Concrete - Methods of specifying and guidance for the specifier

o BS 8500-2: Specification for constituent materials and concrete

o BS EN 12620:2002 - Aggregates for concrete

o BS EN 13242:2002 - Aggregates for unbound or hydraulically bound materials for use

o BS1196:1989 Spec for clayware field drain pipes and junctions

o BS5911 Precast concrete pipes, fittings and ancillary products

o - Part 3: Specification for unreinforced and reinforced concrete manholes and

o - Part 4: Specification for unreinforced and reinforced concrete inspection

o - BS EN 1916:2002 Concrete pipes and fittings, unreinforced, steel fibre and

o - BS EN 1917:2002 Concrete manholes and inspection chambers

o BS5955:Part 6:1980 Code of Practice for installation of uPVC pipework

o BS6367:1983 Code of Practice for drainage of roofs and paved areas

o BS7158:1989 Spec for plastic inspection chambers for drains

o BS8005 Guide to new sewer construction

o BS8301:1985 Code of Practice for Building Drainage (obsolete-ish)

o BS EN 752: 1996-8, Drain & Sewer Systems outside buildings.

o BS EN 1433:2002 Drainage channels for vehicular and pedestrian areas

o BS EN 1610: 1998, Construction & Testing of Drains & Sewers

o Building regulations Part H - Drainage - Downloadable PDF Document

o Sewers for Adoption 5th Edition

o BS EN 1338 - Concrete Paving Blocks

o BS EN 1339 - Concrete Paving Flags

o BS EN 1340 - Concrete Kerb Units

o BS EN 1341 - Natural Stone Flag Paving

o BS EN 1342 - Natural Stone Setts

o BS EN 1343 - Natural Stone Kerbs

o BS EN 1344 - Clay Pavers

o BS EN 1344:2002 - Clay pavers. Requirements and test methods

o BS EN 1341:2000 Specification for slabs of natural stone for external paving.

o BS EN 1338:2003 - Concrete paving blocks. Requirements and test methods

o BS 7533-1:2001 Pavements constructed with clay, natural stone or concrete pavers.

o BS 7533-2:2001 Pavements constructed with clay, natural stone or concrete pavers.

o BS 7533-4:2006 Pavements constructed with clay, natural stone or concrete pavers.

o BS 7533-6:1999 Pavements constructed with clay, natural stone or concrete pavers.

o BS 7533-7:2002 Pavements constructed with clay, natural stone or concrete pavers.

o BS 7533-8:2003 - Guide for the structural design of lightly trafficked pavements of

o BS 7533-9 - Code of practice for rigid laying of clay pavers

o BS 7533-10:2004 - Pavements constructed with clay, natural stone or concrete

o BS 7533-12:2006 - Guide for the structural design of trafficked pavements

o BS 7533-13 - Pavements constructed with clay, natural stone or concrete pavers.

o These items in preparation

o Building regulations Part M - Access and facilities for disabled people

o Precast Concrete Paving: a design handbook - Interpave 1999

o BS 7997:2003 Products for tactile paving surface indicators: Specification

o Guidance on use of Tactile Paving - DETR, 1998

o Concrete Block Paving - Cement and Concrete association 1978

o BS 8420:2003 Methods of measuring irregularities on surfaces of roads, footways and

o BS EN 12271: Surface dressing. Requirements

o PD 6689:2006 Surface dressing. Guidance on the use of BS EN 12271

o BS EN 12272: Surface dressing. Test methods.

o BS EN 12591: Bitumen and bituminous binders. Specifications for paving grade

o BS EN 12697: Bituminous mixtures. Test methods for hot mix asphalt.

o PD 6692:2006 Asphalt. Guidance on the use of BS EN 12697 ""Bituminous

o PD 6682-2:2003 Aggregates for bituminous mixtures and surface treatments

o BS EN 13108: Bituminous mixtures. Material specifications

o PD 6691:2007 Guidance on the use of BS EN 13108 Bituminous mixtures.

o BS EN 13808:2005 Bitumen and bituminous binders - Framework for specifying

o BS EN 13924:2006 Bitumen and bituminous binders. Specifications for hard paving

o BS EN 14023:2005 Bitumen and bituminous binders. Framework specification for

o BS EN 13863: Concrete pavements. Test method