CONCRETE STREETS AHEAD

Seventy- five per cent of new roads and streets constructed in Australia are built by local government bodies. Historically the majority of these roads have been constructed as flexible pavements with designs based on either state road authority practice or 'standard' pavement thicknesses determined by local experience. The increasing pressure to spend decreasing road budgets most effectively requires engineers to evaluate all alternative pavement types. Concrete pavements can be constructed economically and have low maintenance costs. The paper provides technical information on concrete pavement applications, advantages, costs, design, construction annd specification. (Author/TRRL)

• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • First National Local Government Engineering Conference 1981, Adelaide.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institution of Engineers

  11 National Circuit
  Barton, A.C.T.,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • Simmons, M J
  • ELLIOTT, R J
• Conference:
  • First National Local Government Engineering Conference 1981, Adelaide.
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 265-271

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete pavements; Conferences; Construction; Construction management; Costs; Maintenance; Maintenance management; Pavement design; Pavements; Rigid pavements; Specifications; Streets
• Uncontrolled Terms: Construction costs; Maintenance costs
• Old TRIS Terms: Highway pavement
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 3666: Construction method; 224: Cost; 3847: Maintenance; 3055: Pavement design; 2964: Rigid pavement; 177: Specifications
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Materials; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I32: Concrete; I52: Construction of Pavements and Surfacings; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00348873
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 0 85825 153 1
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. 81/7
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 30 1982 12:00AM