CONSTRUCTION OF A SIXTEEN INCH CONCRETE PAVEMENT

THIS REPORT ON THE EXTENSION OF THE NUMBER 1 RUNWAY AT HEATHROW (LONDON) AIRPORT GIVES DETAILS OF THE METHOD AND EQUIPMENT USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 16-IN THICK CONCRETE PAVEMENT, AND SHOWS THAT WITH MODERN CONCRETE PLANT THE PRODUCTION OF SUCH A PAVEMENT TO A HIGH STANDARD IS A PRACTICAL PROPOSITION. THE PAVEMENT SLAB WAS SUPPORTED ON A 6-IN LAYER OF LEAN CONCRETE LAID ON AN 18-IN THICKNESS OF COMPACTED GRANULAR SUB-BASE.

• Corporate Authors:

  Aerodome Works Devel Comm Proc /UK

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• Publication Date: 1970-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 13 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport runways; Concrete pavements; Concrete plants; Construction equipment; Lean concrete; Pavements; Paving; Slabs; Subbase (Pavements); Thickness
• Uncontrolled Terms: Pavement thickness; Subbase
• Old TRIS Terms: Lean mix concrete
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00215722
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 19 1972 12:00AM