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APPENDIX A: COMPILED COMMENTS FROM DOT/ STAKEHOLDERS
This appendix provides the comments received for the Pavement Design Manual draft final version
by December 2012.


A14 Document Title:
Deliverable
Ref:
A14.12
Title of Interim
Deliverable:
Second Draft Document
MAN-000540 Revision No: 3 Dated: #################### ACONEX Document No. of Approved Content Outline:
Geometry #################### Due Date for Initial Responses:
Priorities:
High Priority (H):
Medium Priority (M):
Low Priority (L):
Priority
(H,M,L)
1 Bus stops Bus stop pavement area should be laid with bitumen modified red
colored asphalt wearing course.
M DOT-Public Transport
Division
Added to Roads Specification manual
2 Par 1.4 Content and Format Page 3 Chapter 8 - Flexible pavement maintenance: Change "offers" to
"Offers"
L Johan Calitz Aurecon Docment
Reviewer
Corrected
3 Par 1.5.1Flexible pavements Page 4 In second paragraph change "contactors" to "contractors" L Johan Calitz Aurecon Docment
Reviewer
Corrected
4 Par 2.1 Overview Page 9 First paragraph. Careful study and characterization of these factors
is Change "is" to "are"
L Johan Calitz Aurecon Docment
Reviewer
Corrected
5 Par 2.2 Environment Page 9 Environment includes a many variables. Omit "a". L Johan Calitz Aurecon Docment
Reviewer
Corrected
6 Figure 2-2 Page 12 Cannot read some rainfall figures H Johan Calitz Aurecon Docment
Reviewer
Corrected
7 Table 2-1 Page 12 Start table on next page to fit the whole table on 1 page M Johan Calitz Aurecon Docment
Reviewer
Corrected
8 Paragraph 2.3.2 Vehicle
classification
Page 16 Vehicle classifications on paragraph 3 should start with numbering 1
and not 7 to be similar to numbering in Figure 2-4 on page 17
M Johan Calitz Aurecon Docment
Reviewer
Corrected
9 Paragraph 2.3.10 Truck factor and
Paragraph 2.3.11 Equivalent axle
load factor
Page 21 and Page 22 These paragraps should be changed around because the method to
calculate EALF used in equation 2-9 in paragraph 2.3.10 is only
provided in paragraph 2.3.11
M Johan Calitz Aurecon Docment
Reviewer
Corrected
10 Paragraph 2.3.11 Page 22 Last sentence of first paragraph: "As an alternative method, can apply
.." Add "designers" before "can apply"
L Johan Calitz Aurecon Docment
Reviewer
Corrected
11 Chapter 3 Pavement Materials Page 25 Second paragraph. Add "a" to "Pavement is composed of .." L Johan Calitz Aurecon Docment
Reviewer
Corrected
DDC Response
Observations such as typographical errors which
may be corrected during next revision.
No Subject Page / Section No Reviewers Comment Reviewer
Reviewer's
Organization
Sub-Package Name: Geometry 2
Comments that will cause the document to be
unacceptable.
Comments which require the document to be revised
and resubmitted.
Package Name:
Consolidated Comments Submitted to
DDC:
UNIFYING AND STANDARDIZING OF ROAD ENGINEERING PRACTICES
CONSOLIDATED REVIEWERS COMMENT SHEET
Pavement Design Manual
ACONEX Document No. of Interim
Deliverable Reviewed:
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A14 Document Title:
Deliverable
Ref:
A14.12
Title of Interim
Deliverable:
Second Draft Document
MAN-000540 Revision No: 3 Dated: #################### ACONEX Document No. of Approved Content Outline:
Geometry #################### Due Date for Initial Responses:
Priorities:
High Priority (H):
Medium Priority (M):
Low Priority (L):
Priority
(H,M,L)
DDC Response
Observations such as typographical errors which
may be corrected during next revision.
No Subject Page / Section No Reviewers Comment Reviewer
Reviewer's
Organization
Sub-Package Name: Geometry 2
Comments that will cause the document to be
unacceptable.
Comments which require the document to be revised
and resubmitted.
Package Name:
Consolidated Comments Submitted to
DDC:
UNIFYING AND STANDARDIZING OF ROAD ENGINEERING PRACTICES
CONSOLIDATED REVIEWERS COMMENT SHEET
Pavement Design Manual
ACONEX Document No. of Interim
Deliverable Reviewed:
12 Par 3.2.1 Empirical design for
granular base and subbase
materials
Page 28 Add "The AASHTO Road Test basis of these correlations is" to the
second sentence of the second paragraph reading "A granular base
of has a layer " Refer to page II-17 and II-20 of 1993 AASHTO
Guide for Design of Pavement Structures
M Johan Calitz Aurecon Docment
Reviewer
Corrected
13 Figure 3-1 Page 29 This figure copied from the AASHTO manual page II-19 should be
revised so that the footers which include AASHTO manual references
are not shown.
M Johan Calitz Aurecon Docment
Reviewer
Corrected
14 Figure 3-1 page 29 The title of this figure is on the page following the figure and should be
moved to the bottom of the figure on page 29
L Johan Calitz Aurecon Docment
Reviewer
Corrected
15 Par 3.2.1 Empirical design for
granular base and subbase
materials
page 30 Add "In the AASHTO Road Test the basis of these correlations is" to
the second sentence of the paragraph reading " Granular subbase
has a base layer " Refer to page II-20 of 1993 AASHTO Guide for
Design of Pavement Structures
M Johan Calitz Aurecon Docment
Reviewer
Corrected
16 Figure 3-2 Page 31 This figure copied from the AASHTO manual page II-21 should be
revised so that the footers which include AASHTO manual references
are not shown.
M Johan Calitz Aurecon Docment
Reviewer
Corrected
17 Par 3.2.2 Mechanistic design for
granular base and subbase
materials
Page 32 Change the last sentence of the third paragraph to: "The top half of
Table 3-2 is applicable for granular material that has a CBR greater
than 30%." Refer Table 6.4 on page 52 of Austroads manual.
M Johan Calitz Aurecon Docment
Reviewer
Corrected
18 Par 3.3 modified granular materials Page 33 Last sentence of first paragraph : Change "stabilised" to "modified" in
the sentence "Austroads specifies that stabilised granular materials
". Refer page 53 Autroads Manual
M Johan Calitz Aurecon Docment
Reviewer
Corrected
19 Figure 3-3 Page 35 This figure copied from the AASHTO manual page II-23 should be
revised so that the footers which include AASHTO manual references
are not shown.
M Johan Calitz Aurecon Docment
Reviewer
Corrected
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