Pervious Concrete Technology for Urban Roads and Pavements
Pervious Concrete Technology for Urban Roads and Pavements In recent years, the rise in employment and higher standard of living, amongst numerous other factors, has led to a gradual shift of people from rural to urban
Durable and Economical Technology for Bituminous Surfacing of Rural Roads
The Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) has been one of the most successful flagship programmes launched by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2000 for constructing a wide network of rural roads
Precast Concrete - Smart Pavement - The future of road building
The term “information superhighway” was introduced in the 1990s. Back then, it was used to describe a worldwide communications network. Today, Kansas City, Mo.-based Integrated Roadways is putting a different
Faster & Better Road Construction is Possible
Road Transport & Highways minister Nitin Gadkari has time and again been urging to use more of innovative techniques and materials for faster and better-quality construction of roads and highways. While launching
Why do many roads constructed in India fail prematurely?
There is a fundamental engineering requirement with respect to the bituminous mix used in road construction. The mix should be dense so that water cannot penetrate it. In fact, water can destroy both rural
Influence of Surface Scaling on the Performance of Cement Concrete Roads
A well designed and properly constructed cement concrete road generally outperforms the structural and functional performance parameters set for it. On the other hand, premature distresses such as surface
Emerging Methodologies & Technologies for Construction of Flexible Pavement
While an efficient transport system is needed for growth of economy, roads play an important role as most sought mode of transport. India has an extensive road network of 4.6 million kms and number of vehicles
Watershed developments in the highway ecosystem during 2017
The year gone by witnessed several structural changes, in fact, watershed developments shedding off developers concerns, stress and strains retarding the progress and growth of the road and highway
Flexible Pavement versus Rigid Pavement
Two types of pavements are laid in India-rigid pavement and flexible pavement. In simple terms, a flexible pavement can be defined as a pavement layer comprising of a mixture of aggregates
Emerging Sustainable Practices in Highway Pavements Construction
Sustainability is a key issue facing today’s society. The goal of sustainability is to make the world suitable for future generations. There is increasing awareness that certain human activities and development
Roads Sector – An Outlook
The Government of India recognised the importance of roads,in the real sense, in early 2000 when the then Prime Minister Sh A. B. Vajpayee, office, took direct charge of the Ministry of Roads & Highways for regular
Unlocking the Development Potential of the National Highways and Roads Sector
On a global level, India boasts of the second-largest road networks in the world, with around 50 lakh kms of national highways, state highways and rural & urban roads connecting the villages and towns
The Consonance of Organizational Ergonomics in Indian Construction
Ergonomics, also known as human factor, is a deductive discipline perturbed with the correlation among human beings and other elements of workplace. It is a field that administers principles, methods
PMGSY– a success story!
Of all the government's sponsored flagship schemes to promote holistic rural development in terms of providing basic services to country's hinterlands, the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY)
Geosynthetic Applications in Pavement Construction
The pavement is a structural entity which takes up cyclic stresses from various types of vehicles that are deemed to ply along the selected route over its designated life. The pavement surface is required
Concrete Slipform Pavers- Latest Technologies and Paving Techniques
Good quality concrete pavement requires quality material, suitable road design, high quality equipment, and quality control at all stages of construction. Although, concrete roads are supposed to last long
Durable and Cost Effective Concrete Overlay on City Bituminous Roads: Whitetopping
Concrete is a very durable material for the construction of roads and highways. Several highways, expressway, and city roads have been constructed with cement concrete in the recent past in India
Stone Matrix Asphalt Indian Experiences
Over the years India has seen a tremendous rise not only in the traffic volume, but heavy loading as well. Vehicles carrying heavy loads, have special designed tyres, which are inflated to high pressure, causing high stress on pavement
Cold Asphalt Mixes for Indian Highways Environment Friendly Technology
Cold asphalt mix is produced by mixing unheated mineral aggregate with either emulsified bitumen or foamed bitumen. Unlike hot mix asphalt (HMA), cold asphalt mix does not require any heating of
Full Depth Reclamation – A Technique for Improving Roads with Poor Underlying layers
Roads are a necessity for the modern life – and more specifically, good roads are essential for an efficient transportation system. Quite often roads deteriorate not because of the poor quality of the surface
Some Suggestions for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Road Transport Sector
Greenhouse gas emissions from the operation of road vehicles are a matter of serious concern in the world and India. As the number of vehicles is growing rapidly in India, India's contribution to the global
Little Known Facts About Concrete Roads
In recent years, due to the increasing use of cement concrete as a road building material, a number of articles on 'concrete roads' have been published in NBM&CW, as well as other technical journals
Achieving Good Riding Quality for Flexible Pavements
For many years, researchers have been working on development of latest equipment for pavement construction to obtain better and sustainable surface. Significant advancements have been made
Highway Sector- Riding the Waves of New Change
Developments taken place in the highway sector during the last few months have proved wrong the French saying that more it is changed, the more it remains the same. Riding the waves of new
Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM): A Game Changer in Road sector
Road sector continues to be a formidable force to revive the capital expenditure cycle in the badly battered Infrastructure sector. While much has been talked about the evolution of the sector the Model
Sustainable Road Construction Technology
ACC Set up the first commercial Ready Mix concrete plant in Mumbai in 1994. It Concrete is one of the largest Ready Mix Concrete manufacturers with a network of
Flexible Pavements with Bituminous Construction and New Technologies
The heavy wheel loads and fast traffic on modern highways require adequate cover called the pavement on the natural soil to provide a hard wearing surface and to distribute the loads within the bearing capacity
Opportunities and Challenges of Highway Projects in India
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) is responsible for the formulation of policies relating to regulation of road transport in the country, besides making/monitoring arrangements for vehicular
Utilization of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement in the United States
Recycling of asphalt pavements started around 1915 in the United States, but it did not become a common practice until later (1970s) when asphalt binder prices skyrocketed as a result of
Climate Change – It’s High Time to Consider the Impacts on Roadway Pavements
Research has clearly shown (and continues to do so) that as a result of changing global climatic patterns countries are becoming increasingly vulnerable to devastating damage to the infrastructure – for example
