AIA

Asphalt Industry Alliance

ASTM

American Society for Testing and Materials

ATS

Asphalt thin surfacing

BBA

British Board of Agr ment

BSI

British Standards Institute

CPD

Construction Products Directive

CSS

County Surveyors Society

DEFRA

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

DSR

Dynamic shear rheometer

DTI

Department for Trade and Industry

DTLR

Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions

EfW

Energy From Waste

EN

European Norm(s)

EOTA

European Organisation for Technical Approvals

ETA

European Technical Approval(s)

EU

European Union

EVA

Ethylene-vinyl-acetate

FBA

Furnace bottom ash

GGBS

Ground granulated blast furnace slag

HAPAS

Highway Authorities Product Approval scheme

HDPE

High density polyethylene

HiPAT

High pressure ageing test

HRA

Hot rolled asphalt

IBA

Incinerator bottom ash

IBAA

Incinerator bottom ash aggregate

ITSM

Indirect tensile stiffness modulus

LDPE

Low density polyethylene

MCHW

Manual of Contract Documents For Highway Works

MPG

Mineral Planning Guidance

NAT

Nottingham Asphalt Tester

PB

Polybutadiene

PE

Polyethylene

PFA

Pulverised fuel ash

PFI

Private Finance Initiative

PMB

Polymer modified bitumen(s)

PP

Polypropylene

PRD

Percentage refusal density

PS

Polystyrene

QPA

Quarry Products Association

RBA

Refined Bitumen Association

RLAT

Repeated load axial test

RTFOT

Rolling thin film oven test

SARA

Saturates, aromatics, resins, asphaltenes

SBR

Styrene-butadiene rubber

SBS

Styrene-butadiene-styrene

SEBS

Styrene-ethylene-butadiene-styrene

SHE

Safety, Health & Environment

SIS

Styrene-isoprene-styrene

SUDS

Sustainable urban drainage systems

TRL

Transport Research Laboratory

TWIT

Total water immersion test

UEAtc

The European Union of Agr ment

UKAS

United Kingdom Accreditation Service

WRAP

Waste and Resource Action Programme