Briefing to Portfolio Committee on Transport

Technical Standards, Guidelines, Manuals used in the Road Construction

& Maintenance Environment
15 MARCH 2011

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 Outline

• Background
o Technical Standards, Guidelines & Manuals
o Coordination Structures
• Summary of all Standards
o COLTO Specifications
o The TRH Series of Documents
o The TMH Series of Documents
o The UTG Series of Documents
o SANRAL Specifications
o DOT Documents
o SABS Documents
o Other Documents developed for SADC / Industry
• Work in Progress
• Current Submissions for COTO approval
• Challenges 2

• Questions & Discussions

 Technical Standards, Guidelines &
Manuals

• Contractual Specifications
o General Condition of Contracts published by COLTO (now COTO)
o General Condition of Contracts published by the International Federation of
Consulting Engineers (FIDIC)
• Technical Specifications
o COLTO Specifications
o The TRH Series of Documents
o The TMH Series of Documents
o The UTG Series of Documents
o DOT/SANRAL/SABS Documents
o SADC
o Other Documents developed by Industry
• Laboratory Specifications
o Standards published by the SABS
o Focuses on materials & test procedures, etc.
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o Other Documents
 Technical Standards, Guidelines &
Manuals

• The custodianship for the development, maintenance of National

Standards is the SABS.
• The custodianship & funding for the development and maintenance of
road infrastructure Technical Norms, Guidelines & Manuals has
traditionally been with the Committee of Land Transport Officials
(COLTO), now known as COTO).
• Agrément South Africa is responsible for the assessment and
certification of innovative non-standardised construction products,
systems, materials, components and processes, which are not fully
covered by a South African Bureau of Standard or code of practice

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 Coordination Structures (Inter-
Governmental)

Roads Coordinating Body (RCB)

• RCB was established to streamline and co-ordinate service delivery

planning and implementation and to ensure integrated delivery.
• RCB consists of DoT, National Treasury, DPLG, Provincial Roads
Authorities, Metropolitan Roads Authorities, NDPW, SALGA, and
SANRAL.
• Functions of RCB include:
o Coordination of road sector support, including other relevant
stakeholders such as SALGA, DPLG, NDPW and National
Treasury, for the implementation of key government programmes.
o Monitoring and evaluation of roads service delivery in order to
ensure that investment achieves the desired impact.
o To identify and schedule key areas jointly with roads authorities in
order to allow the latter to prioritize the funds.
o Provide Leadership, Monitoring & Oversight to specialist5
technical sub-committees
 RCB Technical Sub-Committees
Technical Committee
Road Signs & Route Numbering & Safety
Engineering
Overload Control Committee NOCTC
Abnormal Loads – Committee ALTC
Survey
Construction & Maintenance
Roads Material Committee
Geometric Design Committee
RNMS Committee
Construction Plant Committee
General Structures and Bridge Loading
Infrastructure Protection
Human Capital and Research initiatives
Focus Area
Road Traffic Signage, navigational signs, special events signs, symbols,
outdoor advertising, 2010 signage, research & route numbering
Overload Control Strategies, weighbridges, statistics, research, monitoring &
evaluations
Abnormal routes, clearance / permits, procedures & research
TMH 11 amendment & research
Service delivery, documentation, LIC, EPWP, new technology & research
Monitor/coordinate, APT(HVS & MMLS), RPF, SAPDM & research
Amendment to geometric design manuals, NMT & research
Road Network Management Systems & research
Departmental Construction plant & equipment, fleet management & research
Bridge design codes, management, maintenance & research
Utilities, way leaves, land use, access control – game reserves – statutory
compliance, TIA, Engineering Service contributions, RAM & research
Lack of technical capacity and proposed ways to address, coordinate
subcommittee research initiative
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 Coordination Structures (Private
Sector): Roads Pavement Forum (RPF)

• RPF is a forum to share and exchange information and technologies and to discuss
issues of strategic importance to the roads construction industry
o Providing a perspective of overarching strategic issues as it affects pavement
engineering.
o Promoting best practice; Co-ordination and linkage with other groupings;
o Establishment of task groups with specific national objectives;
o Provision of sufficient time for participation/discussion/advice and for social
interactions;
o Dissemination of new technologies;
o Provision of a forum for acceptance of technological changes;
o Provision of a forum for interaction between theory and practice and for
identification of technology development needs.
• RPF has been sponsored by the Cement and Concrete Institute (C&CI), the
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the Southern African Bitumen
Association (Sabita), the Aggregate and Sand Producers’ Association of South
Africa (ASPASA), the South African Ready Mix Association (SARMA), the South
African Roads Federation (SARF) & the Society of Asphalt Technology (SAT) in
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SUMMARY OF STANDARDS

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“COLTO SPECIFICATIONS” – S.A’s ROAD ENGINEER’S BIBLE

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 Technical Recommendations for Highways

(TRH Series of Documents)

Number Title Date

TRH1 Prime coats and bituminous curing membranes 1986

TRH2 Geotechnical and soil engineering mapping for roads and the storage of materials 1978
data
TRH3 Surfacing seals for rural and urban roads 2007

TRH4 Structural design of flexible pavements for interurban and rural roads 1996

TRH5 Statistical concepts of quality control and their application in road construction 1987

TRH6 Nomenclature and methods for describing the condition of asphalt pavements 1985

TRH7 Use of bitumen emulsions in the construction and maintenance of roads 1994

TRH8 Design and use of Hot-mix asphalt in pavements 1987

TRH9 Construction of road embankments 1982

TRH10 Design of road embankments 1994

TRH11 Guidelines for the conveyance of abnormal loads 2010

TRH12 Flexible pavement rehabilitation investigation and design 1997

TRH13 Cementitious stabilizers in road construction 1986

TRH14 Guidelines for road construction materials 1985

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 Technical Recommendations for Highways

(TRH Series of Documents)

Number Title Date
TRH15 Subsurface drainage for roads 1994
TRH16 Traffic loading for pavement and rehabilitation design 1991
TRH17 Geometric design of rural roads 1988
TRH18 The investigation, design, construction and maintenance of road 1993
cuttings
TRH19 Standard nomenclature and methods for describing the condition 1989
of jointed concrete pavements
TRH20 The structural design, construction and maintenance of unpaved 2009
roads
TRH21 Hot mix recycling 2009
TRH22 Pavement management systems 1994
TRH25 Guidelines for the hydraulic design and maintenance of river
crossings:
Vol 1: Hydraulics, hydrology and ecology 1994
Vol 2: Structural aspects, bridge configurations and foundations 1994
Vol 3: Embankment and bank protection 1994
Vol 4: Parameters for the design of low-level structures
Vol 5: Bridge management of river bridges 1994
Vol 6: Risk analysis of river crossing failure 1994
Vol 7: Legal aspects 199411
 Technical Methods for Highways
(TMH Series of Documents)
Number Title Date

TMH1 Standard methods of testing road construction materials 1986

TMH2 National standard for the spraying performance of binder distributors 1979

TMH3 Traffic axle load surveys for pavement design 1988

TMH4 Superseded by TRH17

TMH5 Sampling methods for road construction materials 1981

TMH6 Special methods for testing roads 1984

TMH7 Code of practice for the design of highway bridges and culverts in SA, Parts 1 & 2 1981

TMH7 Code of practice for the design of highway bridges and culverts in SA, Part 3 1989

TMH8 Verkeerstellingsprosedures vir buitestedelike paaie 1987

TMH9 Pavement management systems: Standard visual assessment manual for flexible 1992
pavements
TMH10 Manual for the completion of as-built materials data sheets 1993

TMH11 Standard survey methods 1997

TMH12 Pavement management systems: Standard visual assessment manual for unsealed Dec 2000
roads, version 1
N/A Proficiency testing schemes for quality control of road building materials NEW
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 Urban Transport Guidelines
(UTG Series of Documents)
Number Title Date

UTG1 Guidelines for the geometric design of urban arterial roads 1986

UTG2 Structural design of segmental block pavements for South Africa 1987

UTG3 Structural design of urban roads 1988

UTG4 Guidelines for urban stormwater management 1991

UTG5 Geometric design of urban collector roads 1988

UTG6 Guidelines on maintenance management for large municipalities 1989

UTG7 Geometric design of urban local residential streets 1989

UTG8 Guidelines for the preparation of an urban transport plan 1989

UTG9 Guidelines for the transportation system management process 1991

UTG10 Guidelines for the geometric design of commercial and industrial local streets 1990

UTG11 Guidelines for public participation in land use/transport planning 1990

UTG12 Pavement management systems: standard visual assessment manual for flexible 1996
pavements in urban areas

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 SANRAL Documents

Title Date
Geometric Design Manual Nov 2002

Road Drainage Manual 2007

Routine road maintenance guidance manual Jun 2000

Die uitleg en ontwerp van rus- en diensareas 1982

Toegang van en na fasiliteite langs nasionale deurpaaie 1991

Code of Procedures for the Planning and Design of Highway and Road Structures in South Feb 2002
Africa
Design Manual for Standard Box Culverts 1981
Book I: Design
Book II: Standard Drawings
Review of SA Bitumen Specification to take cognisance of compositional balance relative to 1996
long-term behaviour
Handleiding vir die hervestiging van plantegroei in padreserwes 1993

Labour Intensive Construction Guidelines (LICT 1 – 16) (and videos) 1996/1997

Procedures for road planning and geometric design Jan 2003

Policies in respect of road planning and design Jan 2003
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Policy Design Guideline Standards for Single Carriageway National Roads - Draft May 2009
 DOT Documents

Title Date
Southern African Development Community Road Traffic Signs Manual Nov 1997
SADCRTSM Volume 1
South African Road Traffic Signs Manual Nov 1997
SARTSM Volume 2
South African Road Traffic Signs Manual Apr 2001
SARTSM Volume 3
Southern African Development Community Road Traffic Signs Manual Nov 1997
SADCRTSM Volume 4
Design & upgrade of highway bridges
Specs for durability performance of concrete
Parking standards 2nd edition Sept 1986
PG 3/85
Bus Terminals and Bus Stations: Planning and Design Guidelines by DOT
(Metroplan)
PG 2/85
Route Numbering and Destination Analysis 1996
National Guidelines for Traffic Calming Mar 1996
CR-96/036 15
Pedestrian and Bicycle Facility Guidelines Aug 2003
 SABS Documents

Number Title Date

SANS 1186 Symbolic safety signs Parts 1 to 5 SABS 1186 1997

SANS 1200 Standardized specification for civil engineering construction SABS 1200 1986

SANS 1277 Streetlighting luminaires SABS 1277 1980

SANS 1279 Floodlighting luminaires SABS 1279 1980

SANS 1350 Guardrails for roads (W- section) SABS 1350 1982

SANS 1442 Roadstuds SABS 1442 1987

SANS 1459 Traffic lights SABS 1459 2002

SANS 1519 Road signs Part 1 and 2 SABS 1519 1997

SANS 1547 Traffic signal controllers SABS 1547 2001

SANS 1555 Road- works delineators SABS 1555 1992

SANS 1670 Warning lights SABS 1670 1996

SANS 1701 Bearings Parts 1 to 7 SABS 1701 1997

SANS 1777 Photoelectric control units for lighting (PECUs) SABS 1777 2000
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 SABS Documents

Number Title Date

SANS 1806 Structural bearings - Bridge bearings - Materials, manufacture and 2002
installation SABS 1806
SANS 1888 Incandescent lamps for traffic light signals SABS 1888 2002

SANS Road marking materials - Drop on materials - Glass beads, antiskid 1997
51423 aggregates and mixtures of the two SABS EN 1423 EN 1423
SANS Road marking materials - Premix glass beads SABS EN 1424 EN 1424 1997
51424
SANS Electrical supply track systems for luminaires SABS IEC 60570 IEC 60570 1998
60570
SANS Luminaires Parts 1 to 2 SABS IEC 60598 IEC 60598 1999
60598
SANS 9000 Quality management systems - Fundamentals and vocabulary SABS ISO 2000
9000 ISO 9000
SANS 9000- Quality management and quality assurance standards Part 1: Guidelines for 1994
1 selection and use SABS ISO 9000- 1 ISO 9000- 1
SANS 9001 Quality management systems – Requirements SABS ISO 9001 ISO 9001 2000

SANS 9004 Quality management systems - Guidelines for performance improvements 2000
SABS ISO 9004 ISO 9004
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 SABS Documents

Number Title Date

SANS 10120 Code of practice for use with standardized specifications for civil 1986
engineering construction and contract documents SABS 0120
SANS 10326 Structural bearings - The design of bridge bearings SABS 0326 2000

SANS 10341 Installation and maintenance of bearings - General guidelines SABS 0341 2000

SANS 457 Wooden poles, droppers, guardrail posts and spacer blocks Part 1 to 3 2000
SABS 457
SANS 470 Concrete poles for telephone, power and lighting purposes SABS 470 1993

SANS 513 Retro- reflectors (reflex reflectors) SABS 513 2001

SANS 731- 1 Road and runway markings Part 1: Single- pack solvent- borne and water- 2001
borne paints SABS 731- 1
SANS 753 Pine poles, cross- arms and spacers for power distribution, telephone 1994
systems and street lighting SABS 753
SANS 972 Signs for street and property identification Part 1 and 2 SABS 972 2002

SANS 1088 Luminaire entries and spigots SABS 1088 1978

SANS 10120 Code of practice for use with standardized specifications for civil 1986
engineering construction and contract documents SABS 0120
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Other Documents developed for SADC /
Industry

Title Date
Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Works Sept 1998
CR-97/103
Code of Practice for the Geometric Design of Trunk Roads Sept 1998
CR-97/049
Code of Practice for the Design of Road Pavements Sept 1998
CR-97/105
Code of Practice for Pavement Rehabilitation Sept 1998
CR-98/008
Code of Practice for the Design of Road Bridges and Culverts Sept 1998
CR-97/104
SADC (SATCC) Low-volume Sealed Roads 2003

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 CURRENT SUBMISSIONS
awaiting COTO approval

 TRH3: Design and Construction of Surfacing Seals

 TRH11: Administrative Guidelines for Granting of Exemption Permits for
the Conveyance of Abnormal Loads and Dimensional and Mass
Limitations and Other Requirements for Abnormal Load Vehicles; and
 TRH20: Unsealed Roads: Design, Construction and Maintenance.
 TRH21: Hot Mix Recycled Asphalt

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 Work in Progress
Completed

• Documents by SANRAL

o Road Drainage Manual;

o Routine Road Maintenance Manual

• RTMC - South Africa Road Safety Manual Volume 4: Road Safety

Audits

• SABITA Documents

o Hot-mix Asphalt Design Guidelines (SABITA)

o Appropriate Standards for Bitumen Surfacing (SABITA)

• eThekwini Metro - Warm-mix Asphalt Design Guidelines

• CSIR Documents
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o Pothole Repair Manual
o Structural Design Guidelines for Thin Layer Concrete (CSIR)
 Work in Progress
Draft

• Documents by SANRAL

o TMH1: Standard methods of testing road construction materials;

(partly)
o TRH12: Flexible pavement rehabilitation investigation and design
(Internal review);
o TMH11: Standard survey methods; and
o Roads design in South Africa through the South African Pavement
Design Method (SAPDM), . With the review of roads design, several
TRH/TMH documents will be affected.
o South African Pavement Engineering Manual (SAPEM)
o ESC – Engineering Service Contributions
o Road Classification and Access Management Manual;
o South African Trip Data Manual;
o South African Engineering Service Contribution Manual for Municipal
Road Infrastructure;
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 Work in Progress (Cont…)

• Documents by SANRAL

o South African Traffic Impact and Site Traffic Assessment Manual;

o South African Traffic Impact and Site Traffic Assessment Standards
and Requirements Manual;
o National Guidelines for Services in Roads Reserves in South Africa;

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 Regulations for Quality Standards

• SABS

o SANS 9000 : Quality management systems - Fundamentals and

vocabulary SABS ISO 9000 ISO 9000
o SANS 9000 : Quality management and quality assurance standards
Part 1: Guidelines for selection and use SABS ISO 9000- 1 ISO
9000- 1
o SANS 9001 : Quality management systems – Requirements SABS
ISO 9001 ISO 9001
o SANS 9004 : Quality management systems - Guidelines for
performance improvements SABS ISO 9004 ISO 9004

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 How & When are Penalties Imposed

• Guided by

o PFMA
o MFMA
o General Conditions of Contract
o Special Provisions / Conditions of Contract
o Performance Based Contracts

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 Challenges

• Technical Capacity – both in Government & Private Sector

• After major restructuring at the Department and the formation of
agencies, there has been a lack of investment & resources for the
continuing updating these Manuals by DoT.
• SANRAL and industry associations have partially been filling this gap,
limited by their own space & capacity & resources.
• With the introduction of the Road Maintenance Grant, the proposed
DORA Bill sates Department is now expected to update the relevant
guidelines.

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THANK YOU

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QUESTIONS & DISCUSSIONS

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