THE USE OF SLIP FORM PAVERS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CONCRETE RUNWAY AT THE ZURICH-KLOTEN AIRPORT

GLEITSCHALUNGSFERTIGER-EINSATZ BEIM BAU EINER BETONPISTE, FLUGHAFEN ZUERICH-KLOTEN

The Federal Republic of Germany uses slip form pavers for all cases of carriageway construction involving working widths of up to 3.25 M. This is due to the large investments necessitated by both the pavers themselves and the mixing plants, despite their other technical advantages. This paper describes the construction of a 3.3 km long concrete runway laid in 8/7.5 M wide strips. Deviations from west German specifications and other factors are investigated, e.g. The use of rounded gravel in place of chippings, the type, spacing and installation of joints, the omission of dowels. Depending on the subsoil, the subgrade and roadbase are laid in 2 or 3 layers with 55 cm, 65 cm or 75 cm thicknesses. The 30 cm thick concrete runway in the middle working strip (30 M) is reduced to 20 cm towards the edge. With an output of approximately 90 cubic M per hour per mixer and a speed of approximately 1.5 m/min, daily outputs of 650 to 750 M are achieved. In all, about 55000 cubic M of concrete were laid (300 kg cement/cubic M concrete, 0.5% concrete plasticizers, and 0.42% of cement weight of air entraining agents).

• Corporate Authors:

  BetonVerlag GmbH

  Duesseldorfer Strasse 8, Postfach 450
  4 Duesseldorf,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • WEBER, R
• Publication Date: 1975-11

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 377-381
• Serial:
  • Beton
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: BetonVerlag GmbH

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport runways; Airports; Concrete pavements; Construction sites; Economic efficiency; Mix design; Mixing plants; Paving; Rigid pavements; Slip form pavers; Specifications; Width
• Identifier Terms: Zurich Airport
• Geographic Terms: Zurich (Switzerland)
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Construction; Economics; Materials; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities; I32: Concrete; I52: Construction of Pavements and Surfacings; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00172462
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 26 1978 12:00AM