PAVER SMOOTHS SUB-BASE JOB

A description is given of the North Devon link road, being built to join the A39 at Bideford with the M5 and planned to open in the summer of 1989. Details are given of the plant used with particular reference to the use of an asphalt paving machine for laying sub-base. Using a blaw knox bk95 900-1000 t per day of sub-base are laid to a depth of 180-190 mm with a smooth finish and less wastage. The project has been well organised and is ahead of schedule and has also been helped by efficient earth moving and supply of granular fill and rock through the narrow country lanes. Residents have accepted this congestion so far, but it is expected to get worse. Details are given of all the plant involved including motorscrapers, loaders, dumper trucks and backhoes. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Institution of Civil Engineers

  One Great George Street, Westminster
  London,   United Kingdom  SW1P 3AA
• Authors:
  • BYLES, R
• Publication Date: 1987-8-27

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 24-26
• Serial:
  • NEW CIVIL ENGINEER
  • Issue Number: 754
  • Publisher: EMAP CONSTRUCT LIMITED
  • ISSN: 0307-7683

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asphalt pavements; Construction equipment; Dump trucks; Flexible pavements; Glacial soils; Grasslands; Pavement subbase; Pavers; Paving
• Uncontrolled Terms: Subbase
• ITRD Terms: 4967: Bituminous mixture; 3655: Construction; 3666: Construction method; 3674: Equipment; 3623: Laying; 2748: Main road; 2752: Motorway; 2961: Roadbase; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00478814
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1989 12:00AM