Life Cycle Costing and Assessment for ‘Innovative’ Transportation Pavement in Cyprus

This paper describes how EcoLanes is an FP6 STREP and it aims to integrate simplicity and innovation to ensure the timely and cost-effective implementation of its findings into the construction and maintenance of surface transport. In order to assess the ‘EcoLanes approach’ of steel fiber reinforcement in pavement construction, three alternative pavement constructions were evaluated: the asphalt (flexible) pavement construction, the wet (rigid) pavement construction and dry (rigid) pavement construction with steel fiber reinforcement (from recycled tires). Energy consumed for the whole life cycle for each pavement, construction and maintenance cost and environmental emissions have been considered. It has been found that the dry pavement construction process with SFR-RCC incorporating steel fibers from recycled tires is more cost effective and environmentally friendly with low emissions.

• Corporate Authors:

  Politecnico di Torino

  Turin,   Italy 
• Authors:
  • Hadjimitsis, D G
  • Themistocleous, K
  • Achilleos, C
  • Kallis, S
  • Neofytou, P
  • Neocleous, K
  • Pilakoutas, K
• Conference:
  • Sixth International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements and Technological Control (MAIREPAV6)
  • Location: Turin , Italy
  • Date: 2009-7-8 to 2009-7-10
• Publication Date: 2009

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 9p
• Monograph Title: International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements and Technological Control (MAIREPAV6), Sixth Proceedings

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction and maintenance; Innovation; Life cycle costing; Material reinforcement; Recycled materials; Rigid pavements; Road construction; Steel fibers; Tires
• Geographic Terms: Cyprus
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; I52: Construction of Pavements and Surfacings;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01139193
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 2009 9:25AM