Vietnam: Technical standards applied to the use of cement concrete road surface structure for traffic works

According to Article 5 of Circular No. 12/2013/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, application of technical standards in investment projects on construction of traffic works using the cement concrete road surface structure complies with Article 5 of Decree No. 15/2013/ND-CP dated February 06, 2013 of Vietnam’s Government on the management of quality of construction works.

Main technical standards and regulations include:

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

- 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 dated 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;

- 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.

It should be noted that in case traffic works have been approved by competent agencies without using the cement concrete road surface structure before the effective date of Circular No. 12/2013/TT-BGTVT, 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.

View relevant provisions at Circular No. 12/2013/TT-BGTVT of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam, effective from July 15, 2013.

Thu Ba

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