IRC:SP:63-2018 GUIDELINES FOR THE USE OF INTERLOCKING CONCRETE BLOCK PAVEMENT (First Revision) Published by: INDIAN ROADS CONGRESS Kama Koti Marg, Sector-6, R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110 022 NOVEMBER, 2018 Price : ` 500/- (Plus Packing & Postage) IRC:SP:63-2018 First Published : October, 2004 Reprinted : July, 2006 Reprinted : July, 2008 Reprinted : October, 2010 Reprinted : February, 2016 First Revision : November, 2018 (All Rights Reserved. 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 at India Offset Press, Delhi - 110 064 500 Copies IRC:SP:63-2018 CONTENTS S.No. Description Page No. Personnel of the Highways Specifications and Standards Committee i-ii Background 1 1. Scope 2 2. Applications 2 3. Types and Shapes of Blocks 4 4. Composition of Block Pavement 8 5. Structural Design of Concrete Block Pavement 13 6. Materials 14 7. Drainage 19 8. Construction 20 9. Maintenance 34 Annexure–I 36 Annexure–II 39 IRC:SP:63-2018 PERSONNEL OF THE HIGHWAYS SPECIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS COMMITTEE (As on 24.10.2017) Kumar, Manoj Director General (Road Development) & Special Secretary to Govt. of 1 (Convenor) India, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi Singh, B.N. Addl. Director General, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, 2 (Co-Convenor) New Delhi Verma, Dr. S.K. Chief Engineer (R) S,R & T, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, 3 (Member Secretary) New Delhi Members 4 Bamezai, Prof. (Dr.) Gita R&D, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi 5 Basar, Toli Chief Engineer, PWD, Arunachal Pradesh 6 Bhanot, Balraj Chairman, TED, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi 7 Bongirwar, P.L. Secretary (Retd.), PWD Maharashtra DG(RD) & AS (Retd.), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, 8 Gupta, D.P. New Delhi 9 Jain, Prof. (Dr.) S.S. Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee 10 Jain, R.K. Chief Engineer (Retd.), PWD Haryana Chief Executive, L.R. Kadiyali & Associates, New Delhi 11 Kadiyali, Dr. L.R. (Expired on 18.02.2016) 12 Lal, Bhure Chairman, Environment Pollution Control Authority, Delhi Engineer-in-Chief, Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority, 13 Lal, Chaman Haryana 14 Narain, Sunita DG, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi 15 Nashikkar, J.T. Secretary (Retd.), PWD Maharashtra 16 Pandey, R.K. Member (Projects), National Highways Authority of India, New Delhi 17 Parida, Prof. (Dr.) M. Dean, SRIC, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee 18 Pateriya, Dr. I.K. Director (Tech), National Rural Roads Development Agency, New Delhi 19 Pawar, Ajit Secretary (Retd.), PWD Maharashtra 20 Porwal, Dr. S.S. (VSM) ADG (Retd.), Border Roads Organisation, New Delhi 21 Raju, Dr. G.V.S. Engineer-in-Chief (Retd.), Roads & Building, Andhra Pradesh 22 Rawat, M.S. Executive Director, AECOM India Pvt. Ltd. 23 Sarangi, D. CGM, National Highways Authority of India, New Delhi 24 Sharma, M.P. Chief Engineer, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi DG(RD) & SS (Retd.), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, 25 Sharma, S.C. New Delhi i IRC:SP:63-2018 26 Sheokand, Balbir Singh Executive Engineer, PWD Haryana DG(RD) & SS (Retd.), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, 27 Singh, Nirmaljit New Delhi 28 Singh, Pawan Kumar GM, 3M India Ltd. DG(RD) & SS (Retd.), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, 29 Sinha, A.V. New Delhi 30 Tawade, D.O. Member (T), National Highways Authority of India, New Delhi The Director, 31 Central Road Research Institute, New Delhi (Chandra, Dr. Satish) The Director General, 32 Border Roads Organisation, New Delhi (Shrivastava, Lt. Gen. S.K.) The Director General, 33 Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers, New Delhi (Mathur, Vishnu) The Engineer-in-Chief, 34 Military Engineer Services, New Delhi (Sharma, Lt. Gen. Suresh) 35 Tickoo, Bimal Secretary (T), PWD Jammu 36 Tiwari, Prof. (Dr.) Geetam Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi Superintending Engineer, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, 37 Varshney, Sharad New Delhi 38 Verma, G.L. MD, Engg and Planning Consultants Ltd., New Delhi Corresponding Members 1 Baluja, Dr. Rohit President, Institute of Road Traffic Education, New Delhi 2 Bhowmik, Sunil Engineer-in-Chief (Retd.), Tripura DG(RD) & SS (Retd.), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, 3 Kandasamy, C New Delhi The Director, 4 (Patil, Capt. (Dr.) Rajendra B. Central Institute of Road Transport, Pune Saner) Ex-Officio Members President, (Pradhan, N.K.), Engineer-in-Chief cum Secretary, Works Department, 1 Indian Roads Congress Odisha Director General (Road 2 Development) & Special (Kumar, Manoj), Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, New Delhi Secretary to Govt. of India Secretary General, 3 Nirmal, Sanjay Kumar Indian Roads Congress ii IRC:SP:63-2018 GUIDELINES FOR THE USE OF INTERLOCKING CONCRETE BLOCK PAVEMENT BACKGROUND The Guidelines for Interlocking Concrete Block Pavements (ICBP) was first published in October 2004, since then the uses of Interlocking Concrete Block Pavements have increased sharply and the technology for ICBP construction has undergone considerable changes. A need was felt that some special requirements, like repair, drainage system, abrasion value of blocks, grade of concrete for casting of blocks etc. need to be incorporated in the document. For incorporating these aspects it was decided to update the Guidelines. The revised draft was prepared by the subgroup of Rigid Pavement Committee (H-3) comprising of Shri J.B. Sengupta, Shri R.K. Jain, Shri Ram Avtar, and Shri Binod Kumar. Other than the H-3 Committee members, valuable inputs were received from the officers of S&R Zone of the Ministry. The Rigid Pavement Committee (H-3) deliberated on the document in a series of meetings and finalized it in its meeting held on 27th May, 2017. The revised draft was placed before the Highways Specifications and Standards Committee (HSS) in its meeting held on 24th October, 2017. The HSS Committee approved the draft subject to the consideration of the observations of members. The draft document after carrying out the necessary modifications was considered and approved by the Executive Committee of IRC in its meeting held on 2nd November, 2017 for placing before the Council of IRC. The Council in its meeting held on 3rd November, 2017 at Bengaluru considered and approved the document for printing subject to incorporation of comments of members. The composition of H-3 Committee is as given below: Jain, R.K. …… Convenor Arora, V.V. …… Co-Convenor Ganju, Col. (Retd.) V.K. …… Member-Secretary Members Avtar, Ram Reddy, S.S. Bongirwar, P.L. Sengupta, J.B. Gajria, Maj. Gen. (Retd.) K.T. Sharma, M.P. Gupta, Prof. (Dr.) P.K. Sheokand, B.S. Indoria, R.P. Srivastava, R.K. Jain, L.K. Tare, Prof. (Dr.) Vandana Joshi, Brig. Girish Thakar, Vikas Kumar, Binod Thombare, Vishal 1 IRC:SP:63-2018 Kumar, Raman Tipnis, Col. (Retd.) Manoj Madaan, Rajesh Trivedi, Anil Maiti, Dr. S.C. Venkatesha, M.C. Nayak, Sanjay Rep. of UltraTech Cement Ltd. (Jain, A.K. upto 17.08.2016 Ramana, Dr. G.V. thereafter Ramachandra, Dr. V.) Corresponding Members Justo, Prof. (Dr.) C.E.G. Ramchandani, S.M. Pandey, Prof. (Dr.) B.B. Veeraragavan, Prof. (Dr.) A. Ex-Officio Members President, (Pradhan, N.K.), Engineer-in-Chief Indian Roads Congress cum Secretary, Works Department, Odisha Director General (Kumar, Manoj), Ministry of Road (Road Development) & Special Transport & Highways Secretary to Govt. of India Secretary General, Nirmal, Sanjay Kumar Indian Roads Congress 1 SCOPE 1.1 These guidelines cover the design and construction of interlocking concrete block pavements giving the suggested applications, design catalogues, construction practices and specifications for their use. 1.2 The use of interlocking concrete block pavement is not recommended for Expressways, National Highways, State Highways and Major District Road. However, if an MDR or State Highways passes through an habitation, their use is permitted. 1.3 The Constituent materials, products requirements and test methods for solid, unreinforced precast cement concrete paver blocks shall be as per IS:15658 “Precast Concrete Blocks for Paving Specification”. 2 APPLICATIONS 2.1 Interlocking Concrete Block Pavements have been found to have applications in several situations. Such as : 1. Footpaths and Side-walks 2. Cycle Tracks 2