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Cover of Guide to Pavement Technology Part 4A: Granular Base and Subbase Materials
Guide to Pavement Technology Part 4A: Granular Base and Subbase Materials
  • Publication no: AGPT04A-08
  • ISBN: 978-1-921329-84-5
  • Published: 5 September 2009
  • Edition: 1.1
  • Superseded

This Guide contains advice on the selection, testing and specification of crushed rock and naturally occurring granular materials for use in pavement base and subbase construction.

Edition 1.1 updated the Guide format, incorporating an errata from April 2013 replacing Figure C1 in Appendix C.

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