List of Abbreviations

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
AAPA Australian Asphalt Pavement Association

AAPT Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists
ABET Adult Basic Education and Training
ACTLA Acceptance Criteria for Thin Layer Asphalt
ACGIH American College of Government Industrial Hygienists
AI Asphalt Institute
AITB Association of Industry Training Boards
APT Accelerated Pavement Testing
ARI Asphalt Reinforcement Interlayers
ARPG Asphalt Rubber Producers Group
ARRB Australian Road Research Board
ASANRA Association of South African National Road Agencies
ASGISA Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa
ASPASA Aggregate and Sand Producers Association of South Africa
ASA Agrément South Africa
AsAc Asphalt Academy
ATC Asphalt Testers Course
BAT Best Available Technology

BBA British Board of Agrèment
BCA The New Zealand Bitumen Contractors’ Association
BCC Black Contractors Council
BEE Black Economic Empowerment
BCAWU Building Construction and Allied Workers Union
BitSafe Bitumen Safety Course
BMLC Bituminous Materials Liaison Committee (absorbed into the
RPF)
BMOS Bituminous Materials on Site (course)
BOT Build Operate Transfer
BPAF Bitumen Price Adjustment Factor
BPI Bitumen Price Index
BRD Bulk Relative Density
BS British Standards
CapCoR Capacity Coordination for Roads

CAPSA Conference on Asphalt Pavements for Southern Africa
CAWU Construction and Allied Workers Union
CBA Cost benefit analysis
CBP Concrete Block Paving
C&CI Cement and Concrete Institute
CEAC Civil Engineering Advisory Council
CEF Central Energy Fund
CEITS Civil Engineering Industry Training Scheme
CEN European Commission for Standardisation (English)
CETA Construction Education and Training Authority
CIDB Construction Industry Development Board
CIDB Construction Industry Development Board
CMA Cement Marketers’ Association
CMM Construction Material Manufacturers
CMTC COTO Materials Testing Committee
CoC Code of Conduct
COCOSA Council for Construction in South Africa
CoD Centre of Development
COLTO Commission of Land Transport Officials
COSATU Congress of South African Trade Unions
COSHEC Centre for Occupational Safety and Health and Environmental
Conservation
CoT City of Tshwane
COTO Committee of Transport Officials
CPEE Centre for Pavement Engineering Education
CSIR Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
DACST Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology

DEAT Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
DPLG Department of Provincial and Local Government
DOL Department of Labour
DOT Department of Transport
DSD Dangerous Substances Directive
DTI Department of Trade and Industry
DWAF Department of Water Affairs and Forestry
EAPA European Asphalt Pavement Association

ECSA Engineering Council of South Africa
EEA Employment Equity Act
EHS Environment, Health and Safety
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
EINECS European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical
Substances
EME Enrobé à Module Élevé
EPWP Expanded Public Works Programme
ERD Effective Relative Density
ERTRAC European Road Transport Research Advisory Council
ESAL Equivalent standard axles
ETB Education and Training Board
ETBs Emulsion Treated Bases
ETQA Education and Training Quality Assurers
E&EC Eurasphalt & Eurobitume Congress
FET Further Education and Training

FHWA Federal Highway Administration
FIDIC The International Federation of Consulting Engineers
FRD Foundation for Research Development
FROM Finance Rehabilitate Operate & Maintain
GFIP/S Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project/Scheme

GPTRW Gauteng Department of Public Transport Roads and Works
GSAAPA Global Strategic Alliance of Asphalt Pavement Associations
GSB Graduate School of Business
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HAPAS Highway Authorities Product Approval Scheme
HDM Highway Design Model
HET Higher Education and Training
HiMA High Modulus Asphalt
HMA Hot-Mix Asphalt
HMAC High Modulus Asphalt Concrete
HSE Health Safety and Environment
HSEQ Health Safety Environment and Quality
HVS Heavy Vehicle Simulator
IARC International Agency for Research into Cancer

IBEF International Bitumen Emulsion Federation
IAT Institute of Asphalt Technology
ICAP International Conference on Asphalt Pavements
IDP Integrated Development Plans
IGHMA Interim Guidelines for the design of Hot Mix Asphalt in SA
ILO International Labour Organisation
IMESA Institution of Municipal Engineers of Southern Africa
IMPS Industry Market Performance Statement
IRI International Rideability Index
IRF International Road Federation
IRI International Roughness Index
ISAP International Society for Asphalt Pavements
ISO International Standards Organisation
ITS Indirect Tensile Strength
ITT Institute for Transport Technology
JIPSA Joint Initiative for Priority Skills Acquisition

JRCA Japanese Road Contractors Association
JV Joint Venture
LAMBS Large Aggregate Mixes for Bases

LAP Load Accreditation Programme
LCEP Local Councillor Empowerment Programme
LTD Low Temperature Ductility
LTPP Long Term Pavement Performance
LUMS Land Use Management Surveys
MIG Municipal Infrastructure Grant

MMLS Mini Mobile Loading Simulator
MOA Memorandum of Agreement
MR Modulus Resilience
MTC Materials Testing Committee
MTEF Medium Term Expenditure Framework
MTRD Maximum Theoretical Relative Density
MSDS Material Safety Data Sheet
NABCAT National Association of Black Contractors and Traders

NACTU National Council of Trade Unions
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NAFCOC National African Federation Chamber of Commerce
NAPA National Asphalt Pavement Association (USA)
NCAT National Center for Asphalt Technology
NDoT National Department of Transport
NEDLAC National Economic Development and Labour Council
NEPAD New Economic Policy for Africa Development
NGO Non-Government Organisation
NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
NPASR National Proficiency Assessment Service for Roads
NPO Non-Profit Organisation
NQF National Qualification Framework
NQS National Qualification System
NRSC National Road Safety Council
NSA National Skills Authority
NSB National Standards Body
NZBCA New Zealand Bitumen Contractors Association
OGA Open Graded Asphalt

OHS Occupational Health and Safety Act
OVA Opportunity Value Assessment
PAH Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon

PBO Public Benefit Organisation
PDPDG Public Driving Permit for Dangerous Goods
PIARC Permanent International Association of Road Congresses
PFMA Public Finances Management Act
PMS Pavement Management Systems
PPE Personal Protective Equipment
PPGS Product Performance Guarantee Systems
PPP Public Private Partnerships
PRAC Pavement Research Advisory Committee
PSV Polished Stone Value
QMS Quality Management Systems
RAL Roads Agency Limpopo

RA Reclaimed Asphalt
RBA The Refined Bitumen Association
RBAC Road Base Asphalt Concrete
RECOB Road Engineering Coordinating Body
RFA Road Freight Association
RISFSA Road Infrastructure Strategic Framework for South Africa
RIRAC Road Infrastructure Research Advisory Council
RMC Ready Mix Concrete
RPF Road Pavements Forum
RPP Recognition of prior learning
RTFOT Rolling Thin Film Oven Test
SAACE South African Association of Consulting Engineers

SABS South African Bureau for Standards
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SACOB South African Chamber of Business
SADC Southern African Development Community
SAFCEC South African Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors
SAFCOC South African Federated Chamber of Commerce
SAHMA South African Hot Mix Asphalt (Design Code)
SAICE South African Institute of Civil Engineers
SALGA SA Local Government Association
SANAS South African National Accreditation System
SANCU South African National Consumer Union
SANRAL South African National Roads Agency Limited
SANS South African National Standards
SAPDM South African Pavement Design Project
SAPEM South African Pavement Engineering Materials
SAPIA South African Petroleum Industry Association
SAQA South African Qualifications Authority
SARF South African Road Federation
SARMA South African Ready Mix Manufacturers Association
SAWIC South African Women In Construction
SAT Society for Asphalt Technology
SDA Skills Development Act
SERA Southern Education and Research Alliance
SETA Sector Education and Training Authority
SETO Sector Education and Training Organisation (eg. CEITS)
SGB Standards Generating Body
SHE Safety, Health and Environment
SHERQ Safety, Health, Environmental, Risk and Quality
SHRP Strategic Highway Research Program
SIDAP Sabita Infrastructure Development Assessment Project
SMA Stone Mastic Asphalt
SSDAG Sabita Skills Development Advisory Group
SSP Sector Skills Plan
STB State Tender Board
TEI Tertiary Educational Institutions

TFC Thin (Asphalt) Friction Courses
TG Technical Guideline
THRIP Technology Human Resources for Industry Programme
TLA Thin Layer Asphalt
TMH Technical Methods for Highways
TRH Technical Recommendations for Highways
TRL Transport Research Laboratory
TRIP Technical Recommendations in Practice
TSR Tensile Strength Ratio
URRUD Urban Renewal and Rural Development

UTFC Ultra Thin Friction Courses
UTHS Ultra Thin High Strength
UTLA Ultra Thin Layer Asphalt
UP University of Pretoria
US University of Stellenbosch
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VCA Voids in Coarse Aggregate
VFB Voids Filled with Binder
VIM Voids In the total Mix
VMA Voids in the Mineral Aggregate
VOC Vehicle Operating Costs
VPD Vehicles Per Day
WAM Warm Mix Asphalt

WCPA Western Cape Provincial Government
WLSP Wholesale List Selling Price
WOAP World of Asphalt Pavements
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

AAPA Australian Asphalt Pavement Association

BAT Best Available Technology

CapCoR Capacity Coordination for Roads

DACST Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology

EAPA European Asphalt Pavement Association

FET Further Education and Training

GFIP/S Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project/Scheme

IARC International Agency for Research into Cancer

JIPSA Joint Initiative for Priority Skills Acquisition

LAMBS Large Aggregate Mixes for Bases

MIG Municipal Infrastructure Grant

NABCAT National Association of Black Contractors and Traders

OGA Open Graded Asphalt

PAH Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon

QMS Quality Management Systems

RAL Roads Agency Limpopo

SAACE South African Association of Consulting Engineers

TEI Tertiary Educational Institutions

URRUD Urban Renewal and Rural Development

WAM Warm Mix Asphalt

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