British + European Standards

Design + Detailing

Concrete block and flag pavements should be designed in accordance with the relevant section in BS 7533-101:2021.

Structural Design Block Paving Flags

Light Traffic (<0.5msa) BS 7533-101:2021 BS 7533-101:2021 Flexible Base BS 7533-101:2021 Bound Base

Heavy Traffic (0.5 – 12 msa) BS 7533-101:2021 N/A Ports BS 7533-101:2021 N/A

Airports C.A.A N/A

Manufacturing Standards + Testing Requirements

Code of Practices for Construction

Block Paving Flags Kerbs

European Standard hEN 1338:2003 hEN 1339:2003 hEN 1340:2003

Block Paving Flags Kerbs

hEN 1338:2003 hEN 1339:2003 hEN 1340:2003

Laying Course Sand + Application

Typical Grading For Laying Course Sand +Jointing Material

Sand Category Application

IA Aircraft pavements / Bus stations / Pavements with severely channelised traffic.

IB

II

III

IV Industrial pavements / Loading bays.

Adopted Highways / Roads / Pedestrianisation schemes with regular heavy traffic / Car parks with some heavy vehicles.

Pedestrian schemes receiving only occasional heavy traffic / Car parks with no heavy vehicles.

Private drives / Pedestrian footways with occasional vehicle overrun.

Percentage by mass passing

Bs Sieve Size IA IB II III IV

5.00mm 90 to 100 90 to 100 90 to 100 89 to 100 89 to 100

2.36mm 75 to 100 75 to 100 75 to 100 65 to 100 65 to 100

1.18mm 55 to 90 55 to 90 55 to 90 45 to 100 45 to 100

600um 35 to 65 35 to 65 35 to 65 25 to 80 25 to 80

300um 10 to 45 10 to 45 10 to 45 5 to 48 5 to 48

150um 0 to 10 0 to 10 0 to 10 0 to 15 0 to 15

CE Marking

In line with legislation requirements, all AG paving and flag products are CE marked. A Declaration of Performance (DOP) for each product can be downloaded from our website: ag.uk.com/

resources

Be Up To Standard

To be confident your pavement design meets the most stringent quality standards, before choosing products consult the design information available in BS 7533-101:2021 Parts 1 and 2 for block paving; Parts 8 and 12 for flags; Part 13 for permeable pavements, which refers to the design of pavements for heavy and light duty traffic. These codes of practice have been written using information derived from extensive research and cover pavement design for all situations. All AG products are manufactured to fulfil industry standards and we can advise you on the best choices.

Passes All The Tests

AG’s paving and flagstones are produced and tested to the relevant and current British Standards. Testing is carried out both in-house and at accredited independent testing laboratories. For copies of all test results, please speak to one of our specification managers. With all products, tolerances are allowed within the manufacturing standards. Please refer to the relevant standard when assessing permittable tolerances.

Suitable Laying Course Material

As our experience of paving has increased, our understanding of the requirements for laying course materials has been honed. Laying course materials should be naturally occurring sands/angular stone. Other materials including crushed rock should be used only for Category IV applications.