ICS 93.080.10.

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R O M AN I AN S TAN D AR D

STAS 2900-89
Classification index G 71

ROAD WORKS

ROAD BASES AND SUB-BASES

Technical general requirements for quality
Lucrri de drumuri

STRATURI DE BAZ I DE FUNDAIE

Condiii tehnice de calitate
Travaux routiers

COUCHES DE BASE ET DE FONDATION

Prescriptions techniques de qualit
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1.1

Replacing:
STAS 6400-73
Previous editions:
1950, 1963, 1979
Validation date:
1989-08-31

GENERAL

Scope

This standard specifies the general technical requirements of quality with respect to road bases and sub-bases as
components of rigid and non-rigid causeway systems for public roads.
NOTE The provisions of this standard can be applied for private roads as well provided that the beneficiary of these road works
agrees to it.

1.1.1

Road bases may consist of:

- macadam;
- penetrated and semi-penetrated macadam;
- crushed stone wedged with bituminous split;
- natural aggregates stabilized with hydraulic binders (cement);
- natural aggregates stabilized with pozzolanic binders (grained slag, steam power plant ash or grinded volcanic tuffa,
activated);
- hydrocarbon pavement mixture;
- cement concrete.

1.1.2

Road sub-bases can consist of:

- natural aggregates (sand, ballast, old crushed stone surfaces);
- ballast, optimal mixture;
- big crushed stone, 63-90 sort;
- crushed stone, optimal mixture;
- mechanical stabilized soil;
- natural aggregates stabilized with hydraulic binders (cement);
- natural aggregates stabilized with pozzolanic binders (grained slag, steam power plant ash or grinded volcanic tuffa,
activated);
- rubble stone penning.

1.1.3

Existing coatings can be regarded as road bases or sub-bases provided they consist of:
- macadam;
- penetrated and semi-penetrated macadam;
- cement-bound macadam;
- hydrocarbon pavement mixture;
- cement concrete;
- pavements made of large and abnormal paving sets and paving bricks;
- pavements made of rubble stone and boulders.

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1.2

Terminology
In accordance with STAS 4032/1-82.

1.3

General directions

1.3.1

The provisions stipulated by STAS 1709-75 will be applied in order to prevent degradations caused by frost-thaw processes.

1.3.2
Road base and sub-base thicknesses are calculated in accordance with the provisions of STAS 1339-79 and with other valid
technical requirements concerning the composition and dimensions of causeway systems.
1.3.3

In order to increase the carrying capacity of road circuits especially for the earthworks of cohesive earths, improvement and
levelling of the roadbed carrying capacity can be obtained by providing its upper side with a shape layer according to STAS 12253-84 or
by mechanical stabilizations through non-cohesive material admixture etc.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

2.1

Road bases and sub-bases

2.1.1

Road systems for both revamping and building new roads is obtained by combining different types of road bases and subbases with different types and technical classes of pavements applied to public roads, as shown in the table.

2.1.2

Existing crushed stone surfaces and coatings used as road bases and sub-bases have not been included in the table, since
clause 2.4 from this standard provides instructions for their use.

2.1.3

For those works that have in view the improvement of traffic conditions by coating grit-blinded roads with light asphaltic
lilinies, the dimensions of road sub-bases shall be established in accordance with valid legal stipulations.

2.1.4

Road sub-bases made of ballast or mechanical stabilized natural aggregates should be no more than 30 cm thick.

2.1.5

Cement concrete road base is generally used for streets.

2.1.6

Hydrocarbon pavement mixture road base is applied directly on ballast foundations in accordance with STAS 1339-79
concerning the ratio between linear deformation modules for the materials that form road bases and that for sub-bases.

2.2

Sub-bases layers

2.2.1

The draining layer is made of ballast so that it can collect and eliminate rain waters, which infiltrate through shoulders and
commissures in road sub-bases during or after work processes. Considering all this, special measures will be taken to flash the water
infiltrated in this layer outside the road body.

2.2.2

The inferior sub-based layer can also function as draining layer provided that it is made of ballast and it meets the necessary
requirements concerning thickness, draining quality, and water flashing measures.

2.2.3

The ballast draining layer is at least 10 cm thick after consolidation. This layer is taken into account when dimensioning the
road system, and its thickness is included in the total thickness of the latter settled to prevent frost damages, as stipulated by
STAS 1709-75.

2.2.4

The anticapillary layer is made of ballast so that it can prevent water ascension through capillarity from the foundation soil to
the upper road sub-base or base layers.

2.2.5

The anticapillary layer should be at least 15 cm thick, yet thicker than the maximum capillary height.
This layer is taken into account when dimensioning the road system, and its thickness is included in the total
thickness of the latter settled to prevent frost damages, as stipulated by STAS 1709-75.
The anticapillary layer can also function as insulator provided that the ballast meets the requirements stipulated by STAS 66282 (sand for insulator layer).

2.2.6

The insulator layer is made either of sand or geotextiles from recycled materials so that it can prevent road sub-base
contamination with soil from the road bed.
The insulator layer can be eliminated if a shape layer is provided according to STAS 12253-84.

STAS 6400-84

2.2.7

The insulator sandy layer is 7 cm thick after consolidation, and it is neither taken into account when
dimensioning the road system nor included in its total thickness settled to prevent frost-thaw damages, as stipulated by
STAS 1709-75.
2.2.8
The insulator layer made of geotextiles can function as draining layer as well provided it meets the
requirements of being placed as far as the bauks of the ditches and at least 15 cm above the ditch bottom.

2.2.9

The thermal insulator layer is made of either expanded slag of 900-1200 class, 0-7 type, or granulated A blastfurnace slag so that it can provide the road circuit with frost-thaw resistance.

2.2.10

The minimum thickness of the thermal insulator layer is of 12 cm, and it is established in accordance with
valid technical regulations. This layer is not taken into account when dimensioning the road system, yet included in its
total thickness settled to prevent frost-thaw damages as stipulated by STAS 1709-75 and by other valid legal
regulations.

2.2.11

The thermal insulator layer made of expanded slag functions as draining layer as well.

2.3

Flashing the water from the road sub-base

2.3.1

Flashing the water from the sub-base sublayer or inferior layer is performed as follows, in accordance with
STAS 10796/1-77, and depending on the water discharge possibilities:

2.3.1.1 A continuous draining layer is made available as far as the road ramps, provided there is the possibility of
flashing the water from the ditches or on the positive slopes. The surface of its support layer will have a 1012% cross
fall on the last 80 cm, up to the slopes of the road.
When expanding an existing road, shoulder slots of 2530 cm width, 3050 cm depth, and 1020 m
spacing according to the road longitudinal gradient, can also be supplied.

2.3.1.2 In case of a cutting or ground-levelled road, where there is no possibility of flashing the water through
ditches, longitudinal drains of a minimum 0,3% gradient are placed either beneath the shoulders or the drain pipes.
Should any longitudinal drains are needed for streets, they are usually placed beneath the sidewalks or in
green areas.
Streets with rain drainages can be supplied with longitudinal drains placed beneath the sidewalks (ramp),
making it possible to flash the water on the outflows.

2.3.2

Shoulder slots shall have a 4-5% gradient, and are built either as usual, on the road axis when the longitudinal
profile declivity is lower than 2%, or with a 60o gradient, following the slope, when the declivity is higher than 2%.

2.3.3

Flashing the water from the draining layer or from the shoulder slots through the slopes of the road, is
performed at least 15 cm above the ditch bottom or above the ground level or the dead-water level in the area in case of
embankments.

2.3.4

No measures will be taken to flash the water from the road sub-base if the embankments are made of noncohesive or permeable soils.

2.3.5

The above-mentioned directions to flash the water from the road sub-base are not restraining; other measures
can be established by execution projects.

2.4

The use of crushed stone surfaces or old pavements for road bases or sub-bases

2.4.1

The use of existing crushed stone surfaces in building the road circuit is established in accordance with both
their width and thickness and the quality of their compounding materials, as follows:
- the crushed stone surface will not be taken into account in building the road system when it is not as wide as the road
bed and less than 10 cm thick; yet, it will be scabbed and reshaped;

- the crushed stone surface will form the shape layer and the road sub-base when it is as wide as the road bed and
minimum 10 cm thick, being taken into account in dimensioning the road system, as stipulated by valid legal
regulations;
- the crushed stone surface will be scabbed, reshaped and consolidated to function either as shape layer or road subbase when it is not as wide as the road bed, but thicker than 10 cm; it will be taken into account in dimensioning the
road system with the thickness it gets after reshaping;

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- the crushed stone surface can function as a road sub-base or sub-base sublayer only when built as required or mixed
with materials that meet the technical requirements stipulated for these layers according to STAS 662-82.

2.4.2 When using old pavements as road bases or sub-bases, samples and surveys should be gathered and analyzed
in labs, to establish their real thickness and the quality of the compound materials. In case of existing bituminous
pavements, road deformation is also measured by means of lever deflectometers or other adequate tools; as stipulated
by valid legal regulations, climatic and hydrological conditions will be considered when statistically interpreting the
data.
2.4.3 When stiffening works are executed on either bituminous or cement concrete paved roads, the pavement made
of cement concrete can be used as consolidation layer in accordance with valid legal regulations.
Maintenance of bituminous layers as components of the new road structure will be justified by technical
and economic reasons.
2.5

Expansion of existing roads

2.5.1 When expanding an existing road, a new road structure is adopted in order to provide the road circuit with a
carrying capacity equivalent to the one of the existing road.
2.5.2 The water from the road sub-base of the expansion traffic lanes is flashed according to the 2.3 clause of this
standard.
2.5.3 In case of sub-base expansions of less than 0,75 m thickness, the type of sub-base is chosen depending on the
consolidation equipment available for this work width; cement concrete, natural aggregates stabilized with hydraulic or
pozzolanic binders, and rubble stone penning are recommended.
2.5.4 In case of road expansions by supplementing the number of traffic lanes, the combination of different layers between the two
road structures is performed in a staggered manner with steps of minimum 15 cm for each layer.
2.6

Geometrical elements and limit deviations

2.6.1

The thickness of road bases and sub-bases is settled in accordance with STAS 2900-79 and STAS 1598-78.

2.6.2 A road bed made of non-cohesive soils or provided with a shape layer shall have the same slopes on the
transversal profile, the same declivity on the longitudinal profile and the same tolerance as those of the pavement
surface.
2.6.3 A road bed made of cohesive soils and lacking a shape layer shall be provided with a minimum 4% slope on
the transversal profile. It shall have the same declivity on the longitudinal profile and the same tolerance as those of the
pavement surface.
2.6.4 The transversal profiled slopes and the longitudinal profiled declivities of the road bases and sub-bases surface
are similar with those of the pavements under which they are executed, and meet the requirements of specific standards
regarding pavements: STAS 174-83; STAS 175-76; STAS 179-84; STAS 183-83; STAS 1120-82; STAS 6978-77 and
STAS 9095-77.
2.6.5 Admitted dislevelments of road sub-bases on the transversal profile differ within 0,5 cm from those accepted
for the pavements under which they are executed.
2.6.6 Admitted dislevelments on the longitudinal profile of road sub-base surface under a 3 m level, are of maximum
2 cm for sub-bases made of mechanical stabilized soil, natural aggregates, ballast with optimal mixture, crushed stone and rubble
stone, and of maximum 1,5 cm for sub-bases made of natural aggregates stabilized with hydraulic and pozzolanic binders.
2.6.7 Admitted dislevelments on the longitudinal profile of road bases made of macadam, natural aggregates
stabilized with hydraulic binders (pozzolanic included) and hydrocarbon pavement mixture, are in accordance with specific
standards: STAS 179-84, STAS 10473/1-76 and STAS 7970-76.
2.6.8 Admitted dislevelments on the longitudinal profile of the surface of road bases made of cement concrete, under
a 3 m level, are of maximum 1 cm.
2.7

Materials

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2.7.1

Road bases and sub-bases consist of materials which shall meet the quality requirements stipulated by the
provisions of specific standards, as follows:
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natural raw aggregates, according to STAS 662-82;

rubble stone, crushed stone, broken stone, broken sand, pavings, paving bricks, according to STAS 667-84;
expanded slag, according to STAS 8177-68;
granulated high blast-furnace slag, according to STAS 648-74;
bituminous earth, according to STAS 754-73;
filler, according to STAS 539-79;
cement, according to STAS 388-80, STAS 1500-78, STAS 10092-78;
non-hydrated crushed lime, according to STAS 9310-77;
hydrated powder lime, according to STAS 9201-80;
water, according to STAS 790-84.

2.7.2

Insulator layer sand shall meet both the quality requirements stipulated by STAS 662-82 and the inverse filter
requirement in accordance with STAS 662-82.

2.7.3

Draining layer ballast shall meet the requirements stipulated by STAS 662-82 regarding the ballast used for
road sub-bases.

2.7.4

Geotextiles made of recycled materials and used for insulator layers shall meet the following quality
requirements:
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mass on each surface unit

natural fibers content
stretching resistance
stretching specific elongation
coefficient of longitudinal and transversal permeability

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3.1

600800 g/m2;
max. 10%;
min. 400 N/5 cm;
max. 50%;
min. 10-2 cm/sec.

EXECUTION OF ROAD BASES AND SUB-BASES

The execution of road bases and sub-bases begins only after the road bed reception, in accordance with STAS

2914-84.

3.1.1
The execution of draining, anticapillary and insulator layers made of ballast or sand requires the following
procedures:
- gravelling and levelling the sand or the ballast with the shaping pass in layers of maximum 15 cm thickness
(before consolidation);
The thickness of the graveled material can exceed 15 cm before consolidation when using consolidation
equipment whose technical characteristics demand levels of thickness bigger than 15 cm. In this case, the gravelling
thickness of the material will be settled on the project site, before starting the work.
- splashing the necessary water quantity to ensure the optimal humidity for consolidation determined by
means of the modified Proctor test in accordance with STAS 1913/13-83;
- sand consolidation through either tamping or vibrations, and ballast consolidation through compression and
vibrations, in accordance with the 3.6 clause of this standard.

3.1.2 The execution of thermal insulator layers made of expanded or granulated high blast-furnace slag is performed
in accordance with valid technical regulations.
3.1.3 The execution of the insulator layer made of geotextiles from recycled materials is performed by unfolding the
cloth beam on the road length and mechanically sewing the pieces together.
In order to secure the geotextile against degradations while making the superior road sub-based layer, the
following measures are requested:
- the before-consolidation thickness of the superior road sub-based layer made of natural aggregates shall be of
minimum 15 cm;

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Unloading the natural aggregates from the lorries is performed by dumping them, preferably while slowly
driving; their laying and levelling is performed by means of either motorized grader or bulldozer, whose breast plate
shall not get into direct contact with the geotextile;
It is prohibited for equipments with roller-chain tracks to enter the surface of the geotextile;
- shall the superior road sub-based layer is made of crushed stone, a protection layer will be inserted between it
and the geotextile; this protection layer is made either of sand or steam power plant ash, and it is 7 cm wide.

3.2
When the road sub-bases are carried out directly on the road bed, their execution begins only after the road bed
reception, according to STAS 2914-84; when the road system is provided with road sub-based sublayers, the execution
of road sub-bases begins only after the above-mentioned sublayers are evaluated according to the 5 clause of this
standard.
The execution of superior sub-based layers is performed only after the reception of the inferior sub-based layers.
3.2.1

Ballast or sand road sub-based layers are performed according to the 3.1.1 subclause of this standard.

3.2.2

The execution of road sub-bases made of mechanical stabilized soil is performed according to STAS 8840-83.

3.2.3 The execution of road sub-bases made of ballast, optimal mixture, is performed according to both STAS 66282 regarding the grading and the 3.1 clause of this standard.
3.2.4

The execution of road sub-bases made of big sized crushed stone, 63-90 type, requires the following procedures:

- gravelling and compressing the dried crushed stone. Until the astriction of the crushed stone, compression is performed by
means of 6 t rammers with glazed rollers; later on, the procedure is executed by using 1014 t rammers with tyres or vibrators;
- wedging the surface of the crushed stone layer with split of 16-25, and consolidating it;
- filling the remaining holes either with ballast of 0-8 or with sand, using the mudding technique.
The crushed stone layer is secured with a protective material (granulated sand, grit etc.) until the neighboring superior layer is
executed.
Shall the superior layer is made of macadam or cement concrete, filling the holes or securing the crushed
stone layer will be omitted.

3.2.5 The execution of road sub-based layers made of crushed stone, optimal mixture, requires the following
procedures:
- deciding the mixture ratio of different types of crushed stone in order to obtain the grading of the optimal
mixture in conformity with valid legal regulations and with the optimal humidity for consolidation determined by
means of the modified Proctor test as stipulated by STAS 1913/13-83;
- obtaining the mixture within a sand plant provided with a four-compartmented predozer;
- gravelling the material with an asphalt finisher, and if needed, adding the necessary water quantity to
achieve the optimal humidity for consolidation;
- layer consolidation by means of rammers with tyres or vibrators, according to the 3.6 clause of this
standard.

3.2.6 The execution of road sub-based layers made of natural aggregates stabilized with hydraulic binders (cement) is
performed in accordance with STAS 10437/1-76; layers made of activated grained slag, steam power plant ash or grinded volcanic tuffa
are executed according to valid legal regulations.
3.2.7 The execution of road sub-bases made of rubble stone penning requires manually arranging the stones on the inferior
ballast layer as closest as possible, with cogged commissures, with the bigger bottom down and the length perpendicular on the road
axis; remaining holes between stones will be filled (wedged) with crushed stone.
3.3

The execution of road bases begins only after the reception of road sub-bases as stipulated by the 5 clause of this standard.

3.3.1

The execution of macadam road bases is performed according to STAS 179-84.

3.3.2 The execution of road bases made of crushed stone wedged with bituminous is performed in accordance with valid
technical regulations.
3.3.3 The execution of road bases made of natural aggregates stabilized with cement is performed in accordance with STAS
10473/1-76; layers made of activated grained slag, steam power plant ash or grinded volcanic tuffa are executed according to valid legal
regulations.
3.3.4

The execution of road bases made of cement concrete requires the following procedures:

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arrangement of the supporting layer, according to STAS 183-83;

deciding the composition of the B200 type concrete , according to valid technical regulations;
grouting and transporting the concrete, according to STAS 183-83;
gravelling the concrete within metal reaches or any other types of moulds, followed by its consolidation.

The concrete is graveled at temperatures of at least +5o C.

Below this temperature, up to a temperature of minimum 0o C, all procedures can be performed if special
measures concerning grouting, gravelling and securing the concrete are taken.
Traffic activities on the cement concrete layer take place in accordance with STAS 183-83.
The concrete layer shall be equipped with dilatation and work commisures on all thickness of layer at maximum 40 m
spacing established according to local conditions.

3.3.4.1

Pavements made of large and abnormal paving sets or paving bricks can be deprived of transversal commissures for
contraction.

3.3.4.2 Those layers made of cement concrete and wider than 5 m are provided with contact longitudinal
commissures on their entire thickness.
Contraction, dilatation and contact commissures are executed in accordance with STAS 183-83, by respecting
all safety measures for the specific cement concrete layers.
NOTE: When sliding roofs are not available, bast mats can be used instead.

3.3.4.3 In case the concrete layer is covered with bituminous, the coating is performed after testing the prescribed
resistances for B200 type concrete. Before applying the bituminous, the concrete surface is daubed with lime paste on
each side of the commissures, on stripes of 20-30 cm long; asphalting roofing-boards, polyethylene leaves, interlaces
made of bituminous glass fibers, or glass fiber cloths can substitute the lime paste.
3.4

Road sub-bases made of old scabbed and reshaped crushed stone surfaces

3.4.1

When they are not totally scabbed according to the 2.4.1 clause of this standard, existing crushed stone
surfaces are scabbed on an area with at least 5 cm thicker than the depth of road dislevelments and holes.

3.4.2

The material resulted from total or partial scabbing is reshaped as given or by combination with new natural
aggregates, and afterwards it is consolidated according to the 3.6 clause of this standard.

3.5

Road bases and sub-bases made of existing pavements

Bituminous or cement concrete pavements, as well as pavings made of pitchstones, rubble stones or boulders,
are repaired first in order to eliminate fissures and holes, and their commissures are clogged up if needed, according to
valid legal requirements.

3.6
3.6.1

Consolidation of road bases and sub-bases

When consolidating road bases and sub-bases, the following shall be considered:

- the parameters of the rammers shall be in accordance with STAS 9348-80, STAS 9652-80 and STAS 9831-80;
- the rammers shall follow a straight line, not a winding one, and they shall not be turned back on those surfaces
that are being consolidated or have been consolidated recently;
- consecutive consolidation stripes shall overlap on a minimum 20 cm thickness;
- the number of passes over to obtain optimal consolidation as stipulated by the 4.3.2 subclause of this standard,
is decided before beginning to work.

3.6.2

Shoulders are completed and consolidated in the same time with road bases and sub-bases so that the former
would border the latter on a permanent basis, by ensuring the water flashing procedures as described in the 2.3
subclause of this standard.

3.6.3

It is not recommended to assemble road borders or lanes in advance because they may prevent the
consolidation of road bases and sub-bases on their entire thickness.
After installing road borders or lanes, the consolidation of shoulder pavements shall be performed with
equipments that fit their thickness.

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3.6.4 Dislevelments that result from and persist after the consolidation process of road bases and sub-bases are
corrected with supplied materials of the same type, which are also consolidated after appliance.
Surfaces with more than 4 cm dislevelments are passivated in regular forms on the entire layer thickness, filled
with materials of the same type and reconsolidated.

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4.1

RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR TESTING WORK QUALITY

Testing the quality of materials

4.1.1 Materials are checked for quality throughout the entire duration of work processes in accordance with specific
standards; the following explanatory notes are needed:
- the quality of geotextiles is tested according to STAS 9051/1-74 and STAS 9051/2-79
- the quality of expanded slag is tested by establishing its grading according to STAS 4606-80;
- the quality of expanded or granulated blast-furnace slag is tested by establishing both its grading according to
STAS 4608-80, and its apparent density when piled up according to STAS 648-74;

4.1.2 Quality tests are performed by either the project site laboratory or the central laboratory of the producer; in case
of tests that neither of these two can perform, a specialized laboratory will be involved.

4.2

Testing the geometrical elements

4.2.1 The surface of road bases and sub-bases is checked on both longitudinal and transversal profiles so that it
would meet the technical regulations and the limit deviations stipulated by the 2.6 subclause of this standard.
4.2.2 Road bases and sub-bases thickness are tested according to STAS 2900-79 and STAS 1598-78, making sure
they correspond the data included in the execution project.
Tests are performed no less than every 200 m.
4.2.3 Road bases and sub-bases thickness shall meet the data included in the execution project and the requirements
of this standard.
Survey tests on road thickness are performed no less than every 200 m.
Road base thickness is also checked through survey tests as follows:
- at least one survey at every 200 m of the road length or at every 1500 m2 of its surface, when using macadam
or natural aggregates stabilized with hydraulic or pozzolanic binders;
- two drill cores at every 7000 m2 of road surface, when using hydrocarbon pavement mixture;
- direct measurements of the road slab and minimum four drill cores at 10 000 m2 of road surface, when using cement concrete.
4.2.4 Levels of the longitudinal profile are checked on the road axis with level instruments, and they shall meet the
figures stipulated in the work project.
4.3

Work process check

4.3.1

Observation of the technological processes stipulated by the 3 clause of this standard is performed.

4.3.2

Check of the road foundation consolidation is performed.

4.3.2.1 Road sub-bases made of mechanical stabilized soil shall be consolidated until achieving the consolidation degree as STAS
8840-82 stipulates it.

4.3.2.2 Road sub-bases made of natural aggregates (ballast, sand) shall be consolidated as follows:
- roads from the IV and V technical classes shall have a consolidation degree of minimum 98% of the density
attained in the maximum drying stage and determined through the modified Proctor test in accordance with STAS
1913/13-83, in at least 93% of the measurement points; and of minimum 95% in all measurement points;
- roads from the I, II and III technical classes shall have a consolidation degree of minimum 100% of the
density in the maximum drying stage and determined through the modified Proctor test in accordance with STAS
1913/13-83, in at least 95% of the measurement points; and of minimum 98% in all measurement points.
Real density is determined by sand substitution according to STAS 1913/15-75 and STAS 12288-85.
Moisture is determined according to STAS 1913/1-82
Tests are performed at least once every 250 m of the road length.

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4.3.2.3 Road sub-bases made of crushed stone shall have their consolidation checked by crushing a stone which has
the same petrographical characteristics as the one used in executing the layers, and measures ca. 40 mm; this stone is to
be thrown in front of the rammers that have initially performed the consolidation.
Consolidation is labeled as successful if the layer does not display dislocations or deformations.

4.3.3

Work quality checks for road bases or sub-bases made of natural aggregates stabilized with hydraulic binders
(pozzolanic binders included) are performed in accordance with STAS 10473/1-76 and STAS 10473/2-76, as well as
other valid technical requirements.

4.3.4

Work quality checks for road bases made of hydrocarbon pavement mixture are performed in accordance with STAS

7970-76.

4.3.5

Work quality checks for road bases made of cement concrete are performed in accordance with STAS 183-83.

4.4

Tests of road bases and sub-bases carrying capacity consist of measures performed with lever deflectometers

according to valid legal regulations.

4.5

Tests of levelness consist of measures performed with levered deflectometers according to valid legal

regulations.

4.6
The beneficiary shall survey and check all procedures concerning the quality of materials and
work processes, as this standard stipulates them.
4.7
Results of all measurements, tests and checks will be up-dated in the documentation of the
project site, which will also be used as control documentation for work reception.

WORK RECEPTION

5.1

Road bases and sub-bases reception is performed in three steps: on each stage, preliminary, and final.

5.2

Stage reception is performed as follows:

5.2.1

When finishing a component layer and before starting the execution of another. Tests of technological
processes involved, thickness and thickness observations, cross and surface slopes measurements, quality checks for
materials and work, as well as carrying capacity determinations, are performed on this occasion, with respect to the
specific layer.
The accuracy of data registered in laboratory documentations is also checked.
An acceptance report is signed in accordance with valid legal regulations, and potential remedies are
mentioned on this occasion.
The execution of the next layer does not begin unless these remedies have been corrected.

5.2.2
The stage reception procedure is also performed when finishing the execution of road bases and sub-bases
and before moving on to road pavings.
Results are registered within an acceptance report, by observing the same rules as before.
5.3

Preliminary reception for road bases and sub-bases is performed simultaneously with the preliminary
reception of the entire work, in accordance with valid legal regulations.
The reception commission will examine the work and will compare the results with the provisions of the
approved technical and control documentation, as well as with the acceptance reports signed throughout the execution
of the project.
Road bases and sub-bases can have their thickness checked by means of surveys, two on each kilometer or in
the same measurement points where surveyed the thickness and quality of the pavement.

5.4

Final reception

Final reception for road bases and sub-bases is performed simultaneously with the paving reception, once its
probationary period expires.
Final reception are performed in accordance with the provisions of valid legal regulations.

STAS 6400-84

Project coordinatorr:
Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications
Institute for technical research in transport
Eng. Dr. Georgeta Fodor
Final elaboration: The Romanian Standards Association
Eng. Paula Stanescu

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Collaborators:
-State General Office for Investments Constructions
-Central Institute for Research, Design and Standardization
in Constructions
-Institute of Auto, Maritime and Aerial Research and
Design
-Institute of Constructions, Bucharest
-Institute of Design and Research in Wood Industry
-Management of Roads and Bridges, Timisoara
-Management of Roads and Bridges, Craiova
-The Enterprise for Roads and Bridges, Bucharest

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Composition

Minimum
thickness after
consolidation,
cm

Types of pavings
Minimum
thickness after
consolidation,
cm

Composition

Penetrated
and semipenetrated
macadam

No.

Road bases
Macadam

Road sub-bases

Road technical class according to valid legal

macadam
natural aggregates
stabilized with
hydraulic or
pozzolonic binders

Ballast

hydrocarbon
pavement mixture
cement concrete

5 for small and

medium aggregates
6 for big aggregates
analysis

Sand
An inferior ballast
layer and a superior
layer made of ballast,
optimal mixture

10, for the inferior layer

10, for the superior layer
macadam

An inferior ballast layer 10 for the inferior layer;

and a superior layer made 12 for the superior layer
either of big choke
aggregate, 63-90 type, or
choke aggregates, optimal
mixture

macadam
hydrocarbon
pavement mixture

cement concrete

5 for small and

medium aggregates
6 for big aggregates
analysis

An inferior ballast layer, 10 for the superior layer;

a medium rubble stoned 21 for the medium layer
(including 5 cm of
layer, a levelling layer
sand);
made of choke aggregate
6 for the levelling layer

macadam
hydrocarbon
pavement mixture

5 for small and

medium aggregates
6 for big aggregates

An inferior ballast layer

and a superior layer
made of natural
aggregates stabilized
with hydraulic or
pozzolanic binders

hydrocarbon
pavement mixture

5 for small and

medium aggregates
6 for big aggregates

10 for the inferior layer;

12 for the superior layer

choke aggregate
wedged with
bituminous split
natural aggregates
stabilized with
hydraulic or
pozzolonic binders

NOTES
da = yes
*) with obligation of bituminated commissures in accordance with STAS 6978-77
**) At the risk of the appearance a contracting fissures in time.
***) Recommended a structure of a superior layer made of crushed stone, optimal mixture

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Pavements
made of
paving bricks

Pavements made
of large and
abnormal paving
sets

Pavements made of
rubble stone and
boulders

Cement concrete

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Special technical requirements for bituminous pavings
Equivalent deformation
modules of the road
Minimum thickness of bituminous
circuit, which restrict the
layers that compose road bases and
using of some types of
pavings
road bases and sub-bases
beneath bituminous
pavings, N/mm2

3 the asphalt carpet

6 in two layers
8** for classes IV and V
10** for class III
11 for road bases made of small and
medium aggregates
12 for road bases made of big
aggregates
12** for classes II and III
15 for class I

3 the carpet
6 in two layers
3 the carpet
6 in two layers
10 and 12 for classes III and IV when
the road base is made of small, medium
and big aggregates, respectively
15 for classes I and II
12 for classes IV and V
15 for class I
6 for class III
12 for class II
11 for road bases made of small and
medium aggregates
12 for road bases made big aggregates

8** for classes IV and V

10** for class III
15 for classes I and II

8** for classes IV

10** for class III
15 for classes I and II