RECLAMATION PROCESS CUTS STREET CONSTRUCTION COSTS BY 35%
RECLAMATION OF EXISTING PAVING MATERIALS IS PROVING TO BE A SATISFACTORY METHOD OF REBUILDING BITUMINOUS STREETS. THE OPERATION INVOLVES BREAKING UP THE OLD PAVEMENT, GATHERING THE MATERIAL IN WINDOWS, PULVERIZING AND MIXING THE BROKEN PIECES WITH A PORTABLE HAMMER MILL, THEN BLADING THE MIXTURE TO GRADE AND COMPACTING IT WITH A PNEUMATIC ROLLER. THE ONLY NEW MATERIAL ADDED IS THE WEARING SURFACE OF PLANT-MIX ASPHALT. AT NO TIME DURING THE WORK CITED WERE RESIDENTS OF THE STREET UNABLE TO REACH THEIR HOMES BY CAR.
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Authors:
- PHILLIPS, D L
- Publication Date: 1973-3
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 67-8
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Serial:
- American City
- Volume: 88
- Issue Number: 3
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bituminous construction; Building materials; Construction management; Recycling; Streets
- Subject Areas: Construction; Highways;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00215629
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 25 1973 12:00AM