La. Admin. Code tit. 70 § I-505

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section I-505 - Construction Materials

A. Methods of Recycling

1. Salvage pipe culverts to relay on same project or deliver to maintenance unit for reuse.

2. Salvage treated timber and deliver to maintenance unit for reuse.

3. Salvage steel beams and deliver to maintenance unit for reuse.

4. Reclaim asphalt pavement to use in new mix, blend into base course, use as aggregate surface course on shoulders and ramps or deliver to maintenance unit for reuse.

5. Salvage concrete pavement to use in asphaltic concrete or as riprap.

6. Salvage guardrail and deliver to maintenance unit for reuse.

7. Experiment with use of shredded tires in asphalt concrete.

8. Recycle portland cement/concrete for hot mix and for coarse aggregate in portland cement/concrete for base course and for shoulders. Crush the portland cement/concrete, remove steel to use as coarse aggregate.

9. Buy or specify in contracts recycled calcium sulfate as an alternate for base course, embankment and shoulder materials.

La. Admin. Code tit. 70, § I-505

Promulgated by the Department of Transportation and Development, LR 17:973 (September 1992).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2415.