Conf. Paper (EUPAVE)

Repair of concrete airstrips is a matter of particular interest. Besides being costly, it obstructs airport operations. Consequently, materials and construction procedures must comply with technical and operational demands. This article describes the development and application of a cementitious rapid hardening binder and a corresponding polymer fiber concrete for the...

The Guided Busway Design Handbook, produced in 2004 and the Guided Busway Construction Handbook (2006) are best practice guides to guideway construction. This paper describes development of the handbooks which drew on experience from across industry and lessons learnt from previous projects. Ongoing work since publication of the handbooks to...

The Netherlands has made a clear decision to increase traffic mobility by reducing the use of traffic lights wherever possible. If traffic lights are not to be used, crossings need to be changed. The easiest solution is to change crossings into roundabouts and this solution (depending of the volume of...

Some concrete roads have been constructed and finished or textured that lead to an unfavourable texture. This kind of textures can lead to unacceptable high noise levels. However, from the civilengineering point of view these roads can be very durable. In those cases, only the surface needs a treatment to...

In this paper the results of laboratory investigation preceding realization of continuous prestressed concrete pavement at Krakow – Balice Airport are presented. Three concrete slabs of dimentions 1.0 m × 3.6 m × 0.16 m were realized in the Laboratory of Technological University of Krakow. Two of them were prestressed...

In response to the growing importance of sustainable building, designers, consultants and pavement managers now tend to make more rational decisions than before when comparing the pros and cons of the construction, maintenance and management of various types of road pavements. Asphalt and concrete pavements offer specific advantages that need...

Application of bound foundation materials is attractive and allows to reduce the required asphalt thickness due to the high stiffness of the cement bound material. Unfortunately, the design of a pavement with a bound base is not standard. This hampers the application of cemented waste materials in road bases. This...

Since 1988, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has been monitoring the performance of the first experimental Whitetopping project in Florida for possible implementation as an option for rehabilitation of rutted and cracked asphalt pavements. The project includes three major sections with thicknesses of 150 mm (6 in.), 175 mm...

The project concerns the design and supervision of construction for the realisation of a new combined tramway and bus lane linking the main railway station of Gent (Belgium) with the exhibition halls at Flanders Expo. Fundamental criteria for the design included the durability of the pavement, a pleasing appearance compatible...

For a long time the professional community in the Czech Republic have been criticizing the fact, that construction, maintenance and rehabilitation of motorways are not systematically studied in light of technology, functionality and reliability in connection with economy of these processes. Therefore the authors of this paper began an R&D...

Since the early 1990s, the design of every type of pavement has been impacted by a major turnaround in Québec Transport Ministry (MTQ) standards. The main focus of this turnaround has been the structural design and the frost protection of every type of pavement, taking into account local climate and...

Almost all jointed concrete pavements in the Netherlands, varying from low volume country roads to dual carriage motorways, are designed with the ‘Vencon 1.0’ program. The program needed to be upgraded to the Windows operating system. The upgrade also gave an opportunity to reconsider the design models of the old...