Transcription of IRC:15-2017
1 IRC:15-2017 CODE OF PRACTICE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF JOINTED PLAIN CONCRETE PAVEMENTS(Fifth Revision)Published by:INDIAN ROADS CONGRESSKama Koti Marg, Sector-6, Puram, New Delhi-110 022 NOVEMBER, 2017 Price : ` 1000/- (Plus Packing & Postage) IRC:15-2017 First Published : July, 1965 First Revision : December, 1970 Second Revision : December, 1981 Third Revision : February, 2002 Reprinted : September, 2003 Reprinted : October, 2005 Fourth Revision : May, 2011 Reprinted : April, 2014 Fifth Revision : November, 2017(All Rights Reserved.)
2 No part of this publication shall be reproduced, translated or transmitted in any form or by any means without the permission of the Indian Roads Congress)Printed by India Offset Press, Delhi - 110 0641000 Copies Description Page of the Highways Specifications and Standards Committee i-ii1. Introduction 12. Scope 23. Material 34. Proportioning of Concrete 105.
3 Tools, Plants & Equipment 126. Preparation of Subgrade, Sub-base and Laying of Separation Membrane 167. Weather Limitations 208. Joints 249. Storage & Handling of Materials 4210. Construction 4311. Trial Length 6312. Quality Control 6713. Opening to Traffic 85 Appendix A: Photographs of PQC Widening 86i IRC:15-2017 PERSONNEL OF THE HIGHWAYS SPECIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS COMMITTEE (As on )1 Kumar, Manoj(Convenor)Director General (Road Development) & Special Secretary to Govt.
4 Of India, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi2 Singh, (Co-Convenor) Addl. Director General (Incharge), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi3 Verma, Dr. (Member Secretary) Chief Engineer (R) S,R & T, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, New DelhiMembers4 Bamezai, Prof. (Dr.) GitaR&D, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi5 Basar, ToliChief Engineer, PWD, Arunachal Pradesh6 Bhanot, BalrajChairman, TED, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi7 Bongirwar, (Retd.), PWD Maharashtra8 Gupta, (RD) & AS (Retd.)
5 , Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi 9 Jain, Prof. (Dr.) , Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee10 Jain, Engineer (Retd.), PWD Haryana11 Kadiyali, Dr. Executive, Kadiyali & Associates, New Delhi (Expired on )12 Lal, BhureChairman, Environment Pollution Control Authority, Delhi13 Lal, ChamanEngineer-in-Chief, Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority, Haryana14 Narain, SunitaDG, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi15 Nashikkar, , Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Ltd., Mumbai16 Pandey, (Projects), National Highways Authority of India, New Delhi17 Parida, Prof.
6 (Dr.) , SRIC, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee18 Pateriya, Dr. (Tech), National Rural Roads Development Agency, New Delhi19 Pawar, AjitSecretary (Retd.), PWD Maharashtra20 Porwal, Dr. (VSM)ADG (Retd.), Border Roads Organisation, New Delhi21 Raju, Dr. (Retd.), Roads & Building, Andhra Pradesh22 Rawat, Director, AECOM India Pvt. Sarangi, , National Highways Authority of India, New Delhi24 Sharma, Engineer, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi25 Sharma, (RD) & SS (Retd.), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New DelhiiiIRC:15-201726 Sheokand, Balbir SinghExecutive Engineer, PWD Haryana27 Singh, NirmaljitDG(RD) & SS (Retd.)
7 , Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi 28 Singh, Pawan KumarGM, 3M India , (RD) & SS (Retd.), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi30 Tawade, (T), National Highways Authority of India, New Delhi31 The Director,(Chandra, Dr. Satish)Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi32 The Director General,(Shrivastava, Lt. Gen. )Border Roads Organisation, New Delhi33 The Director General, (Mathur, Vishnu) Society of Indian Automobile Manufactures, New Delhi34 The Engineer-in-Chief,(Sharma, Lt. Gen. Suresh) Military Engineer Services, New Delhi35 Tickoo, BimalSecretary (T), PWD Jammu36 Tiwari, Prof.
8 (Dr.) GeetamProfessor, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi37 Varshney, SharadSuperintending Engineer, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi38 Verma, , Engg and Planning Consultants Ltd., New DelhiCorresponding Members1 Baluja, Dr. RohitPresident, Institute of Road Traffic Education, New Delhi2 Bhowmik, Sunil Engineer-in-Chief (Retd.), Tripura3 Kandasamy, CDG(RD) & SS (Retd.), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi4 The Director,(Patil, Capt. (Dr.) Rajendra B. Saner)Central Institute of Road Transport, PuneEx-Officio Members1 President,Indian Roads Congress(Pradhan, ), Engineer-in-Chief cum Secretary, Works Department, Odisha2 Director General (Road Development) & Special Secretary to Govt.
9 Of India(Kumar, Manoj), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi3 Secretary General,Indian Roads Congress Nirmal, Sanjay Kumar1 IRC:15-2017 CODE OF PRACTICE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF JOINTED PLAIN CONCRETE PAVEMENTS1. INTRODUCTIONThe Standard Specification and Code of Practice for Construction of Concrete Road was first published in July 1965. It was revised in 1970 and the second edition was brought out in December, 1981. The third edition was brought out in the year of 2002.
10 The fourth edition of the document was published in 2011. Since then the technology for road construction has undergone considerable changes and MORT&H Specifications for Road and Bridge Works has been revised. Some special requirements like widening of existing four lane concrete road to six lane and construction of four lane concrete pavement in place of existing two lane bituminous road have arisen. Some problems relating to the construction of transition slab between rigid and flexible pavement , corrosion of dowel bars and damage done to the slabs by vibratory trails have been observed in concrete pavements constructed in the last few years.
