IRC:SP:83-2008

2, DEFINITIONS

2.1. General

The main types of maintenance required in respect of cement concrete pavements are as
follows:

(a) Routine Maintenance: It embraces the proactive work items which are required to
be carried out in a consistent scheduled (almost regular) basis around the year, such
as monitoring the condition of the pavement, keeping the pavement and joints clean
and free of stones and debris, restoring damaged and eroded shoulders and other
such road side activities which can be generally managed in a day or so in one particular
stretch.

(b) Programmed Maintenance: It covers the reactive spot/incidental repairs such as

filling of popouts/potholes with specified materials and other generally planned
activities such as resealing the defective joint sealant, cross-stitching, partial depth
repairs, full depth repairs and diamond grinding to remove faults in the rigid pavement.

(c) Rehabilitation and Strengthening: It refers to major restoration or upgrading of

the pavement like diamond grooving for restoring surface texture, slab stabilisation,
reconstruction or application of an overlay to rectify structural inadequacy in the
pavement over lengths typically in the range of 1 km or more and thus to extend the
serviceable life of the pavement.

(d) Emergency Repairs: It covers responding to complaints or emergencies.

The repairs are usually performed by skilled (sometimes specialist) labour engaged
on a periodic and planned basis.

2.2. Terms and Definitions

Different terminology used in these guidelines will be read in accordance with the following
definitions/abbreviations:

Blowup or Buckling Compressive failure in which there is either upward movement of both or
one slab ( >4 mm) or shattering of one or both slabs at a joint or a crack.

Bump Local areas at a higher level than the pavement profile.

Composite Pavement A pavement consisting of flexible over rigid or rigid over flexible.