ASTM E3008/E3008M-16e1 PDF Download

The ASTM E3008/E3008M-16e1 standard provides a classification system for transportation surface elements. It builds upon the concepts and framework established in Classification E1557 and is applicable to major components of most vehicular transportation surfaces. The purpose of this classification is to provide a common thread that links activities and participants in a transportation surface project, from initial planning through operations, maintenance, and disposal.

It is important to note that this classification only refers to permanent, physical parts of construction. For calculating construction costs, two additional classifications, E2083 and E2168, need to be included. These standards allow for the inclusion of construction enabling, temporary, and risk mitigation costs. Procedures for reporting these figures are described in Practices E1804 and E2514, as well as Classification E2516. While these three latter standards were primarily written for building construction, they can be applicable to other forms of construction as well.

The users of the transportation surface UNIFORMAT II classification include financial and investment stakeholders such as owners, developers, bankers, lenders, accountants, and financial managers. It also includes those involved in the implementation of transportation surface projects, such as project managers, facilities programmers, designers, engineers, cost planners, estimators, schedulers, and risk analysts. Additionally, it is relevant for facilities management staff, public officials, manufacturers, educators, students, and other project stakeholders.

This classification is applied in various stages of transportation surface projects. For financing and investing purposes, it can be used to structure costs on an elemental basis for economic evaluations. During implementation, it is used for cost modeling, planning, estimating, and controlling project time and cost. It also aids in conducting value engineering workshops, developing project schedules, performing risk analyses, structuring project descriptions, and coding standard details in computer-aided design systems. For facilities management, the classification can be used to record and write property condition assessment reports. Additionally, it can assist in structuring cost manuals and recording construction, operating, and maintenance costs in a database.