Guide Specifications for Highway Construction - 10th Edition

Abstract

PREFACE

This is the tenth edition of the AASHTO Guide Specifications for Highway Construction.

These specifications have been developed by the AASHTO Committee on Construction and are intended to complement the specifications for major structures and bridges, which are covered by the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Construction Specifications.

The tenth edition of the AASHTO Guide Specifications provides guidance for developing transportation contract specifications.

This edition has a number of updates including a focus on electronic submittals, updated environmental requirements, and revised materials specifications.

The AASHTO, ASTM, and additional documentation references have also been updated to reflect the most current versions.

The many differences in climate, geology, geography, customs, statutes, and regulations make a national construction specification practically impossible.

However, to provide for easier cross-referencing from state to state or with other agencies, this guide provides uniformity of nomenclature, format, methods of measurement, basis of payment, and method of tests.