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The Idiots' Guide to Highways Maintenance
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AGGREGATES
AGGREGATE PROPERTIES
PATCHING
PATCHING WITH BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
ASPHALT - see BITUMINOUS MIXTURES 
ASPHALT REINFORCING
ASPHALT / BITUMINOUS MIXTURE REINFORCING
BITUMEN
BITUMEN VISCOSITIES FOR BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
BITUMINOUS MATERIAL TEMPERATURES
POLYMER MODIFIED BITUMEN
MODIFIED BITUMEN AND BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
BITUMEN MACADAM
BS 4987 BITUMEN COATED MACADAMS
ANALYSIS OF A BITUMINOUS MACADAM
PROPRIETARY "BRANDED" BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
PROPRIETARY "THIN SURFACING" & "NEGATIVE TEXTURED SURFACE "BITUMINOUS MIXTURES
BITUMINOUS MIXTURES
BITUMINOUS MIXTURES / DIAGRAMS / PHOTOGRAPHS
A COMPARISON OF BITUMINOUS SURFACING MATERIALS
 
BITUMINOUS MIXTURE SURFACES, IMAGES
BITUMINOUS MIXTURE SAMPLING
A BRIEF PHILOSOPHY OF BITUMINOUS MATERIAL PRODUCTION AND LAYING
RECYCLING
DRY STONE RECYCLING FOR CAPPING AND SUB-BASE

ON SITE RECYCLING ASPHALT BY HOT PATCH TREATMENT
RECYCLING BITUMINOUS MATERIALS - HOT MIX
RECYCLING BITUMINOUS MATERIALS - COLD MIX (FOAMED BITUMEN)
RECYCLING DATA TABLE
RECYCLING IN HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE (RETREAD)
BRITISH STANDARDS
LIST OF BRITISH STANDARDS FOR  HIGHWAYS MAINTENANCE
LIST OF BRITISH & EUROPEAN STANDARDS 
FOR HIGHWAYS MAINTENANCE
RETEXTURING
ROAD SURFACE RETEXTURING PROCESSES
ROAD SURFACE RIDE QUALITY
RIDE QUALITY OF HIGHWAY SURFACE COURSES
ROAD MARKINGS - see WHITE LINES
CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO (CBR)
CALIFORNIA BEARING RATIO (CBR) 
RUBBER AS A BITUMEN MODIFIER
RUBBERISED HOT ROLLED ASPHALT WEARING COURSE
SAMPLING
SAMPLING BITUMINOUS MIXTURES (and other materials)
CONCRETE
THE BASICS OF CONCRETE
CONCRETE DATA TABLE
SALT FOR WINTER MAINTENANCE
ROAD SALT FOR WINTER MAINTENANCE
SKID RESISTANT SURFACINGS
SKID RESISTANT PROCESSES BY PICTURES
COMPACTION
COMPACTION AND CONSOLIDATION
COMPACTION TESTING
SKID RESISTANCE OF ROAD SURFACES
SKID RESISTANCE AND HIGH FRICTION SURFACING

SKID RESISTANCE DATA TABLE
COLOURED SURFACES
COLOURED SURFACING FOR HIGHWAYS
PICTURE GUIDE TO HOT IMPRINTING THERMOPLASTIC MATERIALS
SURFACE DRESSING
A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO SURFACE DRESSING

SURFACE DRESSING DATA TABLE

SURFACE DRESSING BY PICTURES

SURFACE DRESSING CONDENSED

FAILURE BY LOSS OF CHIPPINGS

FAILURE BY FATTING UP OF BINDER

BINDER SPRAYER TESTING
CORING
ROAD PAVEMENT INVESTIGATION BY CORING
DESCRIPTIONS OF PICTURES OF CORES IN BITUMINOUS ROAD PAVEMENTS
LARGE PICTURES OF ROAD PAVEMENT CORES
DEFLECTOGRAPH
DEFLECTOGRAPH SURVEY
SLURRY MACADAM / MICRO ASPHALT
CARRIAGEWAY SLURRY MACADAM / MICRO ASPHALT

CARRIAGEWAY SLURRY MACADAM ( A FURTHER EXAMPLE)
DESIGN OF ROAD AND FOOTWAY PAVEMENTS
ROAD PAVEMENT AND FOOTWAY DESIGN
SLURRY SEALING
FOOTWAY SLURRY SEALING BY PICTURES

FOOTWAY SLURRY SEAL, EXPLAINED
DRAINAGE
DRAINAGE (CONTROL OF WATER) IN ROAD PAVEMENT
EME
ENROBÉ À MODULE ÉLEVÉ
FAILURE
ROAD PAVEMENT AND ROAD SURFACE FAILURE
FOAMED BITUMEN
FOAMED BITUMEN - RECLAIMED ASPHALT RECYCLING
STONE MASTIC ASPHALT (SMA)
BITUMINOUS MIXTURE DIAGRAMS

THE LAYING AND APPEARANCE OF
14MM. STONE MASTIC ASPHALT (SMA)

STONE MASTIC ASPHALT (SMA),  A STUDY IN PICTURES
HAUNCHING (ROAD HAUNCH STRENGTHENING)
HAUNCHING / WIDENING TO RURAL ROAD PAVEMENTS
HOT ROLLED ASPHALT
HOT ROLLED ASPHALT AND PRECOATED CHIPPINGS
A GUIDE TO HOT ROLLED ASPHALT MATERIALS
HOT ROLLED ASPHALT, TOPICS OF INFORMATION
HOT ROLLED ASPHALT AND RED PRECOATED CHIPPINGS
SPREAD RATES OF MATERIALS
SPREAD RATES OF BITUMINOUS MIXTURES 
STIFF (HIGH MODULUS) BASE/ ROADBASE
HIGH MODULUS ( STIFF ) DENSE BITUMEN MACADAM BASE 
HOT ROLLED ASPHALT, LARGE IMAGES, WITH PRACTICAL TIPS
HOT ROLLED ASPHALT, RATES OF SPREAD OF PRECOATED CHIPPINGS
TEMPERATURES
BITUMINOUS MATERIAL TEMPERATURES
THERMOPLASTIC IMPRINTING
PICTURE GUIDE TO HOT IMPRINTING THERMOPLASTIC MATERIALS
IRONWORK IN ROAD SURFACES
RAISING IRONWORK FOR BITUMINOUS OVERLAYS
THIN SURFACINGS (TS)
PROPRIETARY "THIN SURFACING" & "NEGATIVE TEXTURED SURFACE"
BITUMINOUS MIXTURES
BITUMINOUS MIXTURES LAID THINLY - A CASE STUDY
BRITISH STANDARD BITUMINOUS MIXTURES, THAT CAN BE LAID THINLY
JOINT AND CRACK SEALING
JOINT AND CRACK SEALING
TRANSPORT RESEARCH LABORATORY REPORTS
"TRRL" (OLDER) PREFIXED REPORTS

"TRL" (NEWER) PREFIXED REPORTS
LIME - SOIL STABILISATION
LIME - SOIL STABILISATION
LINKS
GENERAL (COMMERCIAL) LINKS PAGE
LINKS TO SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON OFFICIAL
AND SEMI-OFFICIAL WEBSITES
TRIAL HOLES / SITE INVESTIGATION
SITE INVESTIGATION WITH TRIAL HOLES
MANHOLES
STREET IRONWORK INSPECTION COVERS AND GULLYS
UPDATES
KEEP UP TO DATE WITH RECENT WORK ON THE WEBSITE
NEGATIVE TEXTURED SURFACING (NTS)
PROPRIETARY "THIN SURFACING" & "NEGATIVE TEXTURED SURFACE"
BITUMINOUS MIXTURES
VIALIT BITUMEN BINDER  TESTING
THE VIALIT TEST FOR BITUMEN ADHESION AND COHESION
VELOCITY PATCHING
VELOCITY PATCHING
NEWSLETTERS
highwaysmaintenance.com - NEWSLETTER
VISCOSITY OF BITUMEN
BITUMEN VISCOSITIES FOR BITUMINOUS MATERIALS
NOISE (ROAD TYRE)
ASPECTS OF ROAD NOISE
WHITE LINES
WHITE LINES AND ROAD MARKINGS (BS 3262)
ROAD MARKING WITH WHITE THERMOPLASTIC
WHITE LINES AND ROAD MARKINGS (BS EN SPECIFICATIONS)
ROAD MARKING - A TABLE OF DATA