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Cover of Guide to Pavement Technology Part 10: Subsurface Drainage
Guide to Pavement Technology Part 10: Subsurface Drainage
  • Publication no: AGPT10-09
  • ISBN: 978-1-921551-38-3
  • Published: 6 May 2009
  • Edition: 1.1

Part 10: Subsurface Drainage provides advice on the general requirements for drainage materials, design of pavement drains and construction and maintenance considerations. This Part contains information on the types and uses of subsurface drainage systems, causes and effects of moisture ingress, site investigation and assessment for subsurface drainage, design of pavement drains, construction and maintenance considerations.

Edition 1.1 updates the Guide format, and corrects: Figure 5.3; table cross references in Section 5.6.2 Design of Granular Filters; and Manning’s formula in Section 5.7.2 Pipe slope and size.

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