About Us

About us

Bitumen numbers you can order against.

bitumencalculator.org is a small, free set of calculators for people who have to turn a drawing into a delivery — tonnes, litres, drums and trucks.

Why this site exists

Most bitumen calculators online get one thing badly wrong: they mix up bitumen (the binder, about 1,020 kg/m³) with asphalt mix (binder + stone, about 2,350 kg/m³). The two are not interchangeable, and using one where the other belongs can put an order out by more than double.

We built this site to keep those two apart, and to finish the job most tools stop halfway through. A number is not an order. So we take you from area and thickness all the way to tonnes of mix, kilograms of binder, drums at real net weight, truckloads and cost.

What we have built

Every tool is free, needs no sign-up, and runs entirely in your browser — so it keeps working on site when the signal drops.

How we work

  • Defaults come from documents, not guesses. Spray rates from published highway agency and state DOT specifications; mix ranges from Asphalt Institute, MORTH and IRC guidance.
  • Every default is editable. The moment you have a job mix formula or a test certificate, that number wins — and the calculator lets you enter it.
  • We show the working. Binder is reported separately from mix, and emulsion is converted from residual rate to product volume, so nothing is hidden inside one figure.
  • Your specification outranks us. Our tables are for the stage before your documents exist. If a number here disagrees with your spec, the spec is right.
  • Nothing leaves your browser. No accounts, no uploads, no server calls.

Tayyab Rehan

Founder · Developer · AI Automation

I am a Computer Science student who builds calculators for a living — and this site is the one I wish had existed. I design and code every tool here myself, from the maths engine to the last hover state, then test each one against real specifications before it goes live. Alongside that, I work as an AI automation specialist: building workflows, agents and pipelines that take slow, repetitive work off people’s hands. The same idea drives this site — if a number can be worked out correctly and instantly, nobody should be doing it twice on the back of a drawing.

  • Computer Science
  • Calculator Engineering
  • AI Automation
  • Front-end Development
  • Technical SEO

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