European Standards For Asphalts
European Standards For Asphalts
European Standards For Asphalts
European Standards
standards and, in particular, the
differences compared with the
previous standards.While the
asphalt mixtures themselves do
not change, the descriptions and
for Asphalt
the methodology leading up to
their manufacture, supply and
conformity differ from those
previously applicable.
The new European Standards
for asphalt comprise two families
of standards:
the EN 13108 family of
product and associated
standards
An introduction to the new European Standards and PD document, and
the EN 12697 family of their application in the UK
testing standards.
These ENs (the UK versions of By John B-Bullock, Aggregate Industries (technical Manager - Yeoman Asphalt)
the ENs are designated BS EN
and are published by BSI) replace
the current Part 1 of BS 49871, their practical use without issues such as climate, traffic
which addresses coated national guidance for individual density and road safety demand
macadams, and Part 1 of BS 5942, countries would be almost specific properties and
which deals with hot-rolled impossible and would inevitably performance criteria to be
asphalts. Additionally, the BS EN lead to the selection of selected and applied within the
12697 series of testing standards inappropriate mixture UK.
will, at the same time, replace the compositions, resulting in Development of the ENs
majority of those parts of BS 598 performance levels that would be started after the issue of the
where an equivalent European unacceptable to clients, Construction Products Directive
test Standard exists. A list of the producers and laying contractors. (CPD) in December 1988 with
mixture standards is shown in To address this, the UK has the work on harmonizing the
table 1 with the testing standards published a national guidance standards commencing in 1989.
listed in table 2. document (designated Published The first EN construction
European Standards (ENs) are Document or PD) to address standard published was that for
drafted using a similar process to the applicability of the new EN cement in 2000.The bitumen
that used by the British Standards 13108 series in the UK. standard EN 125913 was
Institution. However, as a result The guidance document PD published later the same year.The
of their wide applicability across 6691, Asphalt - Guidance on the European Standards for
the 27 member states of Europe use of BS EN 13108 Bituminous aggregates were published in
that have agreed to adopt the Mixtures - Material specifications 2002 and implemented in January
European Standards for asphalt, is particularly important as 2004. It has taken until this year