HOW TO REDUCE TO A MINIMUM THE COST OF EARTHWORKS WITH A GIVEN PROFILE

COMMENT RENDRE MINIMAL LE COUT D'UN TERRASSEMENT A PROFIL IMPOSE

The optlon computer program plans earthworks at a minimum cost by selecting the optimum combination of earthwork balance and types of earthmoving equipment. The data required are the location and volumes of cuttings and fills, the location and capacity of borrow sites, and the costs of the various earthmoving operations with the different types of earth moving machinery available. The results obtained give the volume, origin and destination of all earthworks movements, type of machine to use and total earthworks costs. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Association Permanente des Congres Belges de Route

  49 avenue d'Auderghem
  Brussels 4,   Belgium 
• Authors:
  • Meulemans, G
• Publication Date: 1975-6

Language

• French

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Serial:
  • Technique Routiere
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Association Permanente des Congres Belges de Route
  • ISSN: 0040-1277

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer programs; Costs; Earthwork; Equipment; Fills; Information processing; Location; Optimization; Planning; Volume
• Uncontrolled Terms: Capacity; Optimum; Profiles
• ITRD Terms: 8655: Data processing; 3653: Earthworks; 143: Planning; 8645: Software
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Finance; Geotechnology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment; I10: Economics and Administration; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I51: Earthworks and Soil Drainage;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00157451
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Research Centre, Belgium
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1977 12:00AM