This Draft Uganda Standard applies to hydraulic road binders produced in a factory and supplied ready for use in road bases, sub-bases, capping layers, and soil stabilization or soil improvement. It specifies the mechanical, physical and chemical requirements for hydraulic road binders, together with the conformity criteria and evaluation procedures to be applied by the manufacturer.
The stabilized road bases, sub-bases, capping layers, and soil stabilization or soil improvement by application of this hydraulic road binder shall comply with the requirements of BS 1924-1 Stabilized materials for civil engineering purposes ― Part 1: General requirements, sampling, sample preparation and tests on materials before stabilization and BS 1924 -2 Stabilized materials for civil engineering purposes ― Part 2: Methods of tests for cement-stabilized and lime–stabilized materials.
Hydraulic road binders
