Names of Concrete Pavement Distress/Defects

PICTURE NAME OF RECOMMENDATION

DEFECT
1. Black Crack _ Narrow cracks in
unreinforced slabs and
medium cracks in all slabs
will need to be sealed; or
_ Stitched crack repair

_ Wide cracks will necessitate

either a bay replacement

repair or a full depth repair

2. Corner _ Corner or transverse full

Crack depth repair

3. Diagonal _ Narrow cracks in

Crack unreinforced slabs and
medium cracks in all slabs
will need to be sealed; or
_ Stitched crack repair

_ Wide cracks will necessitate

either a bay replacement

repair or a full depth repair

4. Longitudin _ Narrow cracks in reinforced

al Crack slabs require no immediate
action
_ Narrow cracks in
unreinforced slabs and
medium cracks in slabs of all
types should be remedied by
means of
a stitched crack repair
_ Wide cracks in all slabs

should be remedied either by

a longitudinal full
depth repair or by means of a
bay replacement repair
5. Shrinkage Very minor, narrow plastic
Crack shrinkage cracks may be
self-annealing and
consequently require no
remedial treatment
_ Sealing of the cracks

_ Full depth repair

_ Demolition and

reconstruction of the
slab by means of bay
replacement repair
6. Transverse _ Medium width cracks –
Crack form a grooveand seal
_ Wide cracks – transverse
full depthrepair
_ Full bay reconstruction

7. Joint _ Total reconstruction of the

Stepping slab and its subgrade
_ Slab lifting in conjunction
with either
pressure or vacuum grouting
undertaken in accordance
with specialist sub-
contractor’s
recommendation
8. Rocking _ Full depth reconstruction
_ Pressure or vacuum
grouting
undertaken in accordance
with specialist sub-
contractor’s
recommendation

9. Joint _Remove old seal,

Sealant thoroughly clean out
Defect and prepare groove and re-
seal
10. Surface _ Thin bonded concrete repair
Spalling _ Transverse full depth repair
_ Full depth corner repair

11. Box-out __ Narrow cracks in

Spalling reinforced slabs
require no immediate
treatment
_ Medium cracks in
reinforced slabs
should be sealed
_ Wide cracks in reinforced
slabs and all
cracks in unreinforced slabs
should be
remedied by means of bay
replacement repair or
transverse full
depth or corner repair as
appropriate

12. Ravelling Thin bonded surface repair

or Scaling _ Full depth reconstruction
for extensive concrete
panels

13. Loss of _ Transverse grooving

Surface _ Surface dressing (epoxy
Texture based
anti-skid surface dressing,
textured
wearing course, friction
course)
_ Mechanical roughening