Development of durable micro surfacing for high traffic in Thailand

Cold mixes in Thailand in the past decades were essentially based on Slurry Seal Type II for road surface maintenance. This technique gave satisfaction until the years 1995-2000. Nevertheless its application was limited to the rural roads as it could not withstand constrains of higher traffic and ensure a quick re-opening to traffic. Tighter road budgets allocations for maintenance combined with an increasing demand of economical maintenance technique for high trafficked road network has pushed TIPCO Asphalt to propose the micro surfacing Type III which has revealed to be the best ratio performance / cost technique versus any other road solutions for restoring surface properties and improving drivers safety without excessive disturbance of traffic. The first trials took place in the 2001’s on urban expressways in Bangkok and they were crowned by success. Since that time performances have been regularly improved and micro surfacing development has grown up to become an “incontestable” technique for the maintenance on expressways. Its application extends now to national and rural roads where it is gaining market share over the conventional slurry seal.

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• Authors:
  • Lenfant, M
• Conference:
  • AAPA International Flexible Pavements Conference, 15th, 2013, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• Publication Date: 2013-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 12p
• Monograph Title: Delivering new age solutions: 15th AAPA International Flexible Pavements Conference, 22-25 September, Royal International Conference Centre, Brisbane

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bituminous materials; Maintenance; Maintenance management; Pavement layers; Pavement maintenance; Pavements; Seal coats; Surfacing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Pavement technology
• Geographic Terms: Bangkok (Thailand); Thailand
• ATRI Terms: Maintenance management; Pavement layer; Pavement maintenance; Surface finishing
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01503286
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 6 2014 10:56AM