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Description / Abstract:
General
Airport authorities and road agencies face major challenges from
increasing traffic volumes on existing airports, roadways, and
urban streets. Owners must repair or replace deteriorated pavements
while maintaining traffic on these structures. Traditional pavement
construction, repair, or replacement solutions may no longer be
universally acceptable due to increasing public impatience with
traffic interruption. Traditional solutions are especially
inappropriate in urban areas where congestion is severe.
Accelerated construction techniques for portland cement concrete
pavement resolve these problems by providing quick public access to
a highquality, long-lasting pavement. Accelerated construction
techniques are suitable for new construction, reconstruction, or
resurfacing projects. Accelerated construction for concrete paving
is often referred to as "fast-track" concrete paving. Accelerated
paving encompasses two classes of activities: technological methods
to accelerate the rate of strength gain and contractual methods to
minimize the construction time.
Many methods exist to accelerate pavement construction. Two
traditional acceleration methods are time incentives and penalties
for project completion. Agencies have been using these
time-of-completion incentives for many years, and often contractors
will meet these requirements by lengthening the work day or
increasing the size of construction crews. Using accelerated paving
techniques, a contractor often can complete a project without
increasing crew size or changing normal labor schedules.