The long maintenance-free life and resistance of concrete to fuel spillage brings:

• High availability of runways, taxiways and aprons
  
• Continuity of airport operation
  
• Less runway water due to slipformed slot drainage
  
• High bearing capacity to cope with new and heavier aeroplanes
  
• Resistant to heat from engine blast
  
• Less chance of foreign object damage to engines

Organisations

Representatives from the following organisations, participate in task group activities.

Aggregate Industries
Aecom
Arup
Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering
Beca
Cemex
Concrete Cutters
Defence Estates
Elkem Materials
Ferrovial
Gomaco
Halcrow
Lagan Group
Morgan Est
Norder Design Associates
RPS Burks Green
Tarmac
VolkerFitzpatrick
WSP Group

Publications

The Group has produced a number of publications which are free to members.
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	Airfield pavements Guidance Notes 1 Concrete joints and joint sealing Explains why joints are required in an un-reinforced rigid concrete pavement and incorporates the results of questionnaires sent to a number of airfield operators. The guidance covers current practice and flags up issues of concern, providing information on the design, specification, construction, maintenance and performance of concrete joints. • Ref. BP/02 • 2002 • 6 pages • Price £10 • Free to Britpave Members
	Airfield pavements Guidance Notes 2 Design and evaluation methods The four major methods of designing airfi eld pavements are compared and assistance is given in the task of deciding which one to use, based on three criteria that covers construction practice; failure condition, evaluation of strength of existing pavements and their limitations. The UK designs from the PSA and BAA are discussed and their background is explained. • Ref. BP/03 • 2002 • 8 pages •Price £10 • Free to Britpave Members
	Airfield pavements Guidance Notes 3 Principles of design and assessment Provides a background to the basic principles of design and evaluation, including input throughout the whole life-cycle of a rigid airfield pavement. It covers structural behaviour, explains how a design thickness is obtained and includes information on modes of deterioration, pavement and subgrade characteristics and aircraft loadings. • Ref. BP/07 • 2003 • 8 pages • Price £10 • Free to Britpave Members
	Airfield pavements Guidance Notes 4 Surface finish, regularity and texture Covers the principles governing the requirements and current specifi cation for surface finish, regularity and texture of concrete airfield pavements. Problems with surface finish are illustrated and remedial measures discussed. The importance of texture is covered along with a range of methods of achieving it, both in fresh and hardened concrete. • Ref. BP/25 • 2007 • 9 pages • Price £10 • Free to Britpave Members
	Airfield pavements Guidance Notes 5 Longitudinal Joints Describing the requirement for load transfer at joints, the potential advantages of using a keyed joint, historical practice and performance, design methods and construction process. • Ref. BP/40 • 2008 • 8 pages • Price £10 • Free to Britpave Members

Photos

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Id: 136 - Airfield under construction		Id: 138 - Airfield under construction		Id: 237 - Aerial View of Runway 3 Fairford		Id: 238 - BIA Aierial view
Id: 35 - Airfield under construction		Id: 37 - Airfield under construction		Id: 42 - Channel, slot drain and barrier		Id: 65 - Slot drain. Completed project

Technical Data

The Technical Documents contained in this section are available free to Britpave Members.
They are all in Adobe PDF format. Please read the comments at the foot of this page.

A1: Slip-Forming Deep Airfield Pavements

Important comments
These Guidance Sheets have been prepared by Britpave Members for use by appropriately qualified staff within Member Organisations. The advice that is given needs to be properly considered and discussed with the relevant Client Organisation and the limitations of the advice need to be fully understood and taken into account in any application. The Guidance Sheets have been prepared taking account of the majority views of Britpave Members. Some of the advice given may not therefore align exactly with the views of some members.