Research Report 73 Pavement strengthening at minimum cost

Publication Year

1986

Document Status

Current

Abstract

A method has been developed for estimating the Cost Of Pavement Strengthening (COPS). The method is based on analysis of measurements obtained from a deflectograph survey on a multi-lane carriageway. The use of COPS is illustrated by application to a deflectograph survey from a three lane motorway. Calculated treatment costs show that financial savings could be achieved in comparison with current strengthening practice. COPS is a simplified analysis of strengthening costs and does not take into account all the factors that influence the normal process of formulating a treatment plan. To overcome this limitation COPS shows the cost of a range of alternative treatment plans from which the best may be selected.

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