BENEFITS OF CONSTRUCTING SMOOTHER PAVEMENTS

Good Quality Control/Quality Assurance (QC/QA) practices are essential to obtain satisfactory pavements. QC/QA testing is a continuous process. One important round of QC/QA testing is smoothness testing. Most agencies require smoothness testing for each finished course of base, binder and surface. A 3-m straight edge is commonly used for this purpose. In this paper, a case study of a $120-million project is presented. The lack of smoothness testing and inadequacy of the project smoothness specifications led to an increase of $30 million in the project life-cycle costs.

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  Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (AAPT)

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• Authors:
  • Zaghloul, S M
• Conference:
  • Asphalt Paving Technology 1996
  • Location: Baltimore, Maryland
  • Date: 1996-3-18 to 1996-3-20
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 747-770
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists
  • Volume: 65
  • Publisher: Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (AAPT)
  • ISSN: 0270-2932
  • Serial URL: https://www.asphalttechnology.org/site_page.cfm?pk_association_webpage_menu=9169&pk_association_webpage=19109

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Binder course; Pavement surface course; Pavements; Quality assurance; Quality control; Smoothness; Texture
• Old TRIS Terms: Pavement smoothness; Quality control testing
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pavements; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00751446
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 13 1998 12:00AM