For many years, various forms of lime, including products with varying degrees of purity, have been utilized successfully as soil stablizing agents. The state of the art in lime treatment based on a comprehensive analysis of current practice and technical literature is presented in this report. References are included for more information.

Design related project level pavement management - Economic evaluation of alternative pavement design strategies - Reliability / - Pavement design procedures for new construction or reconstruction : Design requirements - Highway pavement structural design - Low-volume road design / - Pavement design procedures for rehabilitation of existing pavements : Rehabilitation concepts - Guides for field data collection - Rehabilitation methods other than overlay - Rehabilitation methods with overlays / - Mechanistic-empirical design procedures.

This publication provides introductory technical guidance for civil engineers and other professional engineers and construction managers interested in stabilization of soil for pavements. Here is what is discussed: 1. INTRODUCTION, 1.1 PUPOSE, 1.2 SCOPE, 1.3 DEFINITIONS, 1.4 USES OF STABILIZATION, 2. SELECTION OF ADDITIVE, 2.1 SOIL TYPES AND ADDITIVES, 2.2 USE OF STABILIZED SOILS IN FROST AREAS, 2.3 THICKNESS REDUCTION FOR BASE AND SUBBASE COURSES, 3. DETERMINATION OF STABILIZER CONTENT, 3.1 STABILIZATION WITH PORTLAND CEMENT, 3.2 STABILIZATION WITH LIME, 3.3 STABILIZATION WITH LIME-FLY ASH (LF) AND LIME-CEMENT-FLY ASH (LCF), 3.4 STABILIZATION WITH BITUMEN, 3.5 STABILIZATION WITH LIME-CEMENT AND LIME-BITUMEN