CONCRETE CONNECTION FOR BIRMINGHAM AND EXETER

This article briefly describes the paving of the 18.72 km Chelston-Willard section of the M5 motorway. The full width of the 11.2M wide carriageway is being concreted in one pass using a conventional rail-mounted paving train which basically consists of German abg equipment, substantially modified by the contractor. The article describes this equipment which consists of a spreader unit, a modified vogele compactor for placing bars used in the transverse joints, two compactor units, an ABG FVS 460 vibrating blade cutter making grooves for the joints, and finally an abg nv diagonal finisher. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Building and Contract Journals Limited

  32 Southwark Bridge Road
  London SE1 9EX,   England 
• Authors:
  • Atkinson, I
• Publication Date: 1975-10-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 29 p.
• Serial:
  • CONTRACT JOURNAL
  • Volume: 267
  • Issue Number: 5014
  • Publisher: Reed Business Information, Limited
  • ISSN: 0010-7859

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Compaction; Compactors; Equipment; Finishes; Freeways; Joints; Metal bars; Pavement grooving; Pavers; Railroad trains; Road construction; Spreading; Vibratory equipment
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Finisher; Grooves; Joint; Paving plant /continuous type/; Vibrating equipment
• ITRD Terms: 3461: Bar; 3686: Compaction; 3674: Equipment; 3020: Grooving; 2998: Joint (structural); 2752: Motorway; 3663: Paver; 3665: Road construction; 3602: Spreading; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment; I52: Construction of Pavements and Surfacings;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00133649
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 23 1976 12:00AM