AN ANALYSIS OF FACTORS INFLUENCING CONCRETE PAVEMENT COST
THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF CONCRETE PAVEMENT CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED AND EVALUATED. A COST ANALYSIS FOR AN ASSUMED PROJECT IN A MIDWESTERN LOCATION IS GIVEN TO ILLUSTRATE THE EFFECTS OF VARIATIONS IN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES ON CONSTRUCTION COSTS. SOME OF THE COST FACTORS DISCUSSED ARE (1) DISTRIBUTED STEEL AND PLAIN CONCRETE PAVEMENT DESIGNS, (2) PAVING EQUIPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION PROCEDURES, (3) DIFFERENCES IN MODULI OF SUBGRADE REACTIONS, AND (4) SINGLE-LANE AND DUAL-LANE CONSTRUCTION. A PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE IS TO SHOW THAT DETAILED ANALYSIS OF INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS USING LOCAL MATERIAL AND LABOR PRICES WILL REVEAL THE MOST ECONOMICAL DESIGN FOR THE ANTICIPATED TRAFFIC, SUBGRADE, AND CLIMATIC CONDITIONS OF THE PAVEMENT. SUCH AN ANALYSIS WILL RESULT IN REDUCED PAVEMENT COSTS AT NO SACRIFICE IN PAVEMENT QUALITY. /AUTHOR/
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Authors:
- Halm, H J
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Conference:
- 41st Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 1962-1-8 to 1962-1-12
- Publication Date: 1962
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 40-63
- Monograph Title: Construction of concrete pavement: methods, economics and tests
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Serial:
- Highway Research Board Bulletin
- Issue Number: 340
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Building materials; Climate; Coefficient of subgrade reaction; Concrete pavements; Construction; Costs; Pavement design; Pavers; Paving; Personnel; Single lane traffic; Steel; Traffic; Two lane highways
- Uncontrolled Terms: Construction costs
- Subject Areas: Construction; Economics; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pavements; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00214841
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Jul 29 1994 12:00AM