Circular No. 12/2013/TT-BGTVT of May 30, 2013, of prescribing the use of cement concrete road surface structure in construction of traffic works

CIRCULAR

OF PRESCRIBING THE USE OF CEMENT CONCRETE ROAD SURFACE STRUCTURE IN CONSTRUCTION OF TRAFFIC WORKS

Pursuant to the November 26, 2003 Construction Law;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 12/2009/ND-CP of February 12, 2009, on management of investment projects on construction of works;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 83/2009/ND-CP of October 15, 2009, amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 12/2009/ND-CP of February 12, 2009, on management of investment projects on construction of works;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 107/2012/ND-CP of December 20, 2012, defining the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of the Ministry of Transport;

At the proposal of the director of the Department of Science and Technology and the general director of the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam,

The Minister of Transport promulgates the Circular on the use of cement concrete road surface structure in construction of traffic works.

Article 1. Scope of regulation

This Circular prescribes the use of cement concrete road surface structure in construction of traffic works, regardless of their investment sources.

Article 2. Subjects of application

This Circular applies to organizations and individuals involved in the construction of traffic works using cement concrete road surface structure.

Article 3. Interpretation of terms

1. Cement concrete road surface structure means a type of road topping structure with the surface layer made of cement concrete and the foundation layer made of cement-reinforced macadam or poor concrete or other materials, and directly placed on the road base or foundation bottom.

2. Traffic works include road works, rail works, waterway works, airfields, car terminals, car parks, stopovers and other auxiliary works.

Article 4. Conditions on and scope of application of cement concrete road surface structure

1. The research and use of cement concrete road surface structure in construction of traffic works must be carried out in all steps of formulation of investment projects, implementation of investment projects and operation and maintenance of works.

2. Cement concrete road surface structure is used in projects on construction of traffic works when it is suitable to terrain, geological, climatic and hydrographical conditions, supply of materials, and conditions of construction, repair and maintenance, and enables the upgrading and expansion of works in the future.

3. If satisfying the conditions prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article, cement concrete road surface structure must be the major technical solution applied to construction of the following transport works:

a/ Roads in toll stations; car terminals; car parks; special-use motorways; port entrances; underground roads; and spillways;

b/ Roads in flood-hit areas but the roadbed is not placed on week soil; and roads affected by frequent fog or humid conditions;

c/ Roads in mountainous areas with a slope of at least 7%, which are difficult to access for maintenance and regular repair if using other types of road surface structures;

d/ Roads dug through a soil or rock base affected by groundwater;

dd/ Rural roads;

e/ Other traffic works using cement concrete road surface structure with econo-technical efficiency and lower construction investment, repair and maintenance costs than those using other types of road surface structure.

4. If traffic works satisfy all the conditions and scope of application prescribed above without using the cement concrete road surface structure, their investors shall report such to agencies competent to decide on investment for consideration and decision.

Article 5. Applied technical standards

1. Application of technical standards in investment projects on construction of traffic works using the cement concrete road surface structure complies with Article 5 of the Government’s Decree No. 15/2013/ND-CP of February 6, 2013, on the management of quality of construction works.

2. Main technical standards and regulations include:

a/ Standards on cement concrete road surface engineering, which comply with the Minister of Transport’s Decision No. 3230/QD-BGTVT of December 14, 2012, promulgating the provisional regulation on engineering of common cement concrete road surface with joint gap in the construction of traffic works;

b/ Standards on construction and pre-acceptance test of cement concrete road surface, which comply with the Minister of Transport’s Decision No. 1951/QD-BGTVT of August 17, 2012, promulgating the provisional regulation on construction engineering and pre-acceptance test of cement concrete road surface in the construction of traffic works;

c/ Standards on construction and pre-acceptance test of macadam and cement-reinforced natural aggregate base course, which comply with standard TCVN 8858:2011 promulgated by the Ministry of Science and Technology in 2011.

Article 6. Responsibilities of involved organizations and individuals

1. Organizations providing consultancy on project formulation or adjustment and designing shall study conditions and scope of application prescribed in Article 4 of this Circular in order to work out plans on cement concrete road surface structure engineering up to the standards provided in Article 5 of this Circular and plans on other types of road surface structure (such as asphalt concrete, bituminous surface,...) in order to analyze, compare, select plans on road surface structure ensuring econo-technical efficiency of projects.

2. Investment deciders shall consider and decide on the use of cement concrete road surface structure under this Circular when they approve construction investment projects and in the course of operation and maintenance of traffic work projects.

3. Investors shall compare and propose the use of types of cement concrete road surface for their projects in compliance with this Circular.

Article 7. Effect

1. This Circular takes effect on July 15, 2013.

2. In case traffic works have been approved by competent agencies without using the cement concrete road surface structure before the effective date of this Circular, their investors may consider and submit to competent agencies for approval design changes under Articles 4 and 5 of this Circular for use of cement concrete road surface structure if they find that all conditions are satisfied and the econo-technical efficiency of their projects are improved.

3. Any problem arising in the course of implementation should be promptly reported to the Ministry of Transport for consideration and settlement.-