RECLAMATION PROCESS CUTS STREET CONSTRUCTION COSTS BY 35%

RECLAMATION OF EXISTING PAVING MATERIALS IS PROVING TO BE A SATISFACTORY METHOD OF REBUILDING BITUMINOUS STREETS. THE OPERATION INVOLVES BREAKING UP THE OLD PAVEMENT, GATHERING THE MATERIAL IN WINDOWS, PULVERIZING AND MIXING THE BROKEN PIECES WITH A PORTABLE HAMMER MILL, THEN BLADING THE MIXTURE TO GRADE AND COMPACTING IT WITH A PNEUMATIC ROLLER. THE ONLY NEW MATERIAL ADDED IS THE WEARING SURFACE OF PLANT-MIX ASPHALT. AT NO TIME DURING THE WORK CITED WERE RESIDENTS OF THE STREET UNABLE TO REACH THEIR HOMES BY CAR.

• Authors:
  • PHILLIPS, D L
• Publication Date: 1973-3

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 67-8
• Serial:
  • American City
  • Volume: 88
  • Issue Number: 3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bituminous construction; Building materials; Construction management; Recycling; Streets
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00215629
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 25 1973 12:00AM