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SPECIFICATION FOR THE REINSTATEMENT OF OPENINGS IN ROADS
REVISED OCTOBER 2003, FOLLOWING CONSULTATION

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Contents

Preface
Foreword
Definitions
Specification
S1 Introduction
S1.1 General
S1.2 Guarantee Period
S1.3 Road Categories
S1.4 Footway, Footpath and Cycletrack Categories
S1.5 Excavation and Trench Categories
S1.6 Alternative Options
S1.7 Immediate Works
S1.8 Apparatus within Road Structures
S1.9 Geosynthetic Materials
S1.10 Trees
S1.11 Conciliation and Arbitration
S2 Performance Requirements
S2.1 General
S2.2 Surface Profile
S2.3 Fixed Features
S2.4 Surface Regularity
S2.5 Structural Integrity
S2.6 Skid Resistance
S2.7 Sampling and Testing
S3 Excavation
S3.1 Breaking the Surface
S3.2 Excavation
S3.3 Excavated Material
S3.4 Side Support
S3.5 Drainage
S3.6 Shallow and Aborted Excavations
S3.7 Trenchless Pipelaying
S4 Surround to Apparatus
S4.1 General
S5 Backfill
S5.1 Backfill Material Classification
S5.2 Alternative Reinstatement Materials
S5.3 Additional Requirements
S6 Flexible and Composite Roads
S6.1 Reinstatement Methods
S6.2 Sub-base Reinstatement
S6.3 Base (Roadbase) Reinstatement
S6.4 Surface Reinstatement
S6.5 Base and Edge Preparation
S6.6 Tolerances
S7 Rigid and Modular Roads
S7.1 Reinstatement Methods
S7.2 Sub-base Reinstatement
S7.3 Concrete Road Slab Reinstatement
S7.4 Edge Support and Preparation
S7.5 Reinforcement
S7.6 Overlays
S7.7 Modular Roads
S7.8 Tolerances
S8 Footways, Footpaths and Cycletracks
S8.1 Reinstatement Methods
S8.2 Sub-base and Binder Course Reinstatement
S8.3 Surface Reinstatement
S8.4 Vehicular Trafficking
S8.5 Tolerances
S9 Verges and Unmade Ground
S9.1 General
S9.2 Adjacent Road Structures
S9.3 Cultivated Areas
S9.4 Grassed Areas
S9.5 Verges, Ditches and Drainage Courses
S10 Compaction Requirements
S10.1 Introduction
S10.2 Reinstatement Materials
S10.3 Equipment Operation and Restrictions
S11 Ancillary Activities
S11.1 Traffic Signs, Road Markings, Studs and Verge Markers
S11.2 Street Furniture and Special Features
S11.3 Traffic Sensors, etc.
S11.4 Sewers, Drains and Tunnels
S11.5 Test Holes
S12 Remedial Works
S12.1 General
S12.2 Safety Requirements
S12.3 Repair of Cracking
S12.4 Repair of Settlement Beyond Reinstatement Limits
S12.5 Repair of Other Significant Defects
Appendices
A1 Backfill Materials
A1.1 Class A - Graded Granular Materials
A1.2 Class B - Granular Materials
A1.3 Class C - Cohesive/Granular Materials
A1.4 Class D - Cohesive Materials
A1.5 Class E - Unacceptable Materials
A1.6 Field Identification Tests
A2 Key to Materials
A2.1 Hot Rolled Asphalt (HRA) Materials
A2.2 Stone Mastic Asphalt (SMA) Materials
A2.3 Coated Materials
A2.4 Cold-lay Surfacing Materials
A2.5 Structural Layer Thickness Tolerances
A2.6 Compacted Lift Thickness
A2.7 Bituminous Laying Temperatures
A2.8 Identification of Structural Layers
A2.9 Key to Materials
A3 Reinstatement - Flexible Roads
A3.0 Type 0 Flexible Roads
A3.1 Type 1 Flexible Roads
A3.2 Type 2 Flexible Roads
A3.3 Type 3 Flexible Roads
A3.4 Type 4 Flexible Roads
A3.5 Sub-base Construction - Flexible Roads
A4 Reinstatement - Composite Roads
A4.0 Type 0 Composite Roads
A4.1 Type 1 Composite Roads
A4.2 Type 2 Composite Roads
A4.3 Types 3 & 4 Composite Roads
A4.4 Sub-base Construction - Types 0, 1 & 2 Composite Roads
A4.5 Sub-base Construction - Types 3 & 4 Composite Roads
A5 Reinstatement - Rigid Roads
A5.0 Type 0 Rigid Roads
A5.1 Type 1 Rigid Roads
A5.2 Types 2, 3 & 4 Rigid Roads
A6 Reinstatement - Modular Roads
A6.1 Types 3 & 4 Modular Roads - Bituminous Base (Roadbase)
A6.2 Types 3 & 4 Modular Roads - Composite Base (Roadbase)
A6.3 Types 3 & 4 Modular Roads - Granular Base (Roadbase)
A7 Reinstatement - Footways, Footpaths and Cycletracks
A7.1 Flexible Footways, Footpaths and Cycletracks
A7.2 Rigid Footways, Footpaths and Cycletracks
A7.3 Modular Footways, Footpaths and Cycletracks
A8 Compaction Requirements
A8.1 Cohesive and Granular Materials
A8.2 Chalk Materials
A8.3 Bituminous Materials
A9 Alternative Reinstatement Materials (ARMs)
A9.1 Introduction
A9.2 General Requirements for ARMs
A9.3 Structural Materials for Reinstatement (SMRs)
A9.4 Stabilised Materials for Fill (SMFs)
A9.5 Outline Scheme for Approval Trials
A10 Permanent Cold-Lay Surfacing Materials (PCSMs)
A10.1 Introduction
A10.2 Permitted Usage of Approved PCSM Materials
A10.3 Unsuccessful PCSM Approval Trials
A11 Bitumen Binder Equivalence
A11.1 Introduction
A11.2 Base (Roadbase) and Binder Course Materials
A11.3 Surface Course Materials
A12 Reinstatement of Modular Surface Layer
A12.1 Interim Reinstatement
A12.2 Permanent Reinstatement
A12.3 Provision of Replacement Modules
A12.4 Pre-Existing Surface Damage Outside Limits of Undertaker's Works
A12.5 Joint Inspection and Recovery of Costs
Notes for Guidance
NG1 Introduction
NG1.1 General
NG1.2 Guarantee Period
NG1.3 Road Categories
NG1.6 Alternative Options
NG1.7 Immediate Works
NG1.8 Apparatus within the Road Structure
NG2 Performance Requirements
NG2.2 Surface Profile
NG2.3 Fixed Features
NG2.4 Surface Regularity
NG2.5 Structural Integrity
NG2.6 Skid Resistance
NG3 Excavation
NG3.2 Excavation
NG3.4 Side Support
NG4 Surround to Apparatus
NG4.1 General
NG5 Backfill
NG5.1 Backfill Material Classification
NG5.3 Additional Requirements
NG6 Flexible and Composite Roads
NG6.2 Sub-base Reinstatement
NG6.3 Base (Roadbase) Reinstatement
NG6.4 Surface Reinstatement
NG6.5 Base and Edge Preparation
NG7 Rigid and Modular Roads
NG7.1 Reinstatement Methods
NG7.7 Modular Roads
NG8 Footways, Footpaths and Cycletracks
NG8.2 Sub-base and Binder Course Reinstatement
NG8.3 Surface Reinstatement
NG9 Verges and Unmade Ground
NG10 Compaction Requirements
NG10.1 Introduction
NG10.2 Reinstatement Materials
NG10.3 Equipment Operation and Restrictions
NG11 Ancillary Activities
NG11.1 Traffic Signs, Road Markings, Stud and Verge Markers
NG11.2 Street Furniture and Special Features
NG11.3 Traffic Sensors, etc.
NG12 Remedial Works
NGA2 Key to Materials
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