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Part 1: Introduction
1 Scope
The Materials Testing Manual (MTM) is published to assist the Department of Transport and Main
Roads in the design, construction and maintenance of the state road network.
The 3rd Edition of the MTM was published in 1978 and has been amended regularly since the initial
publication. Since June 2010 the manual has been available in electronic form only.
To reduce costs for industry, the manual contains a “Table of Equivalencies” so that testing
laboratories will no longer need to obtain separate NATA accreditations for identical test methods.
The methods published in the MTM are also referenced in the following departmental publications:
• Pavement Design Manual
• Technical Specifications
2 Content
The manual contains eleven parts as follows:
a) Part 1 - Introduction
b) Part 2 - General
c) Part 3 - Sampling
f) Part 6 - Aggregates
g) Part 7 – Asphalt
i) Part 9 – Concrete
j) Part 10 – Chemical
k) Part 11 - Pavements
The original issue of the manual contained only full text methods published by the then Department of
Main Roads. Since the early 1980s the MTM has referred to other methods and standards, initially for
concrete testing but expanding to include the testing of soils, aggregates, asphalt and other
bituminous materials.
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• methods that reference other test methods but include some mandatory variations
• full text methods either developed in-house or based on existing test methods.
4 Safety
This manual does not attempt to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is
the responsibility of the user of this manual to establish appropriate occupational health and safety
practices that meet statutory regulations.
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