Intermediate Equipment Handbook
Intech Associates
NEW ROAD BASECHART 2 - CONSTRUCTION OF
LAYER FROM EXISTING BASE AND BITUMINOUS SURFACING*
PAVED ROAD RECONSTRUCTION - TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS FOR EACH OPERATION - TRACTOR OPTIONS SHOWN EMBOLDENED
COLD PROCESS EMULSION TECHNOLOGY: Options shown generally in increasing complexity of technology down each column
1. BREAK UP
EXISTING
PAVEMENT
2. BREAK DOWN
PAVEMENT
MATERIAL TO
ACCEPTABLE
SIZE
3. APPLY
BITUMEN
EMULSION
4. MIX EMULSION
AND RECYCLED
PAVEMENT
MATERIALS
5. SHAPE MIXED
MATERIAL TO
FORM NEW
ROAD BASE
LAYER
6. ROLL
ROAD BASE
LAYER
7. TEST
ROAD BASE
LAYER
Labour with picks,
mattocks,
sledgehammers,
crowbars, shovels
Labour with
compressor and
breaker tools
Wheeled tractor with
ripper attachment
Wheeled tractor with
pulveriser/milling
attachment
Tracked tractor with
ripper attachment
Labour with
sledgehammers,
stone hammers and
steel mesh
Wheeled tractor
with adapted towed
roller
Wheeled tractor
with
pulveriser/milling
attachment
Self propelled
pulveriser/milling
equipment
Labour using fixed
volume containers
per unit area
Labour with one
barrel hand lance
Wheeled tractor
with
towed/attached
bitumen
distributor
Truck mounted
distributor
Labour with rakes and
shovels
Wheeled tractor with
heavy duty disc
harrow
Wheeled tractor with
reciprocating harrow
Wheeled tractor with
heavy towed grader
Motor grader
Labour with rakes and
shovels
Wheeled tractor with
heavy towed grader
Motor grader
Labour with twin
drum pedestrian
vibrating roller
Wheeled tractor
with towed
deadweight roller**
Level and
thickness control
Grading - sieve
analysis
Voids
Wheeled tractor
Bitumen content
with towed vibrating
roller
Benkelman Beam
Self propelled
deadweight roller**
Falling weight
Deflectometer
Self propelled
vibrating roller
Self propelled milling
equipment
* The process can also be applied to the upgrading of an existing gravel surface of suitable material characteristics.
** Depending on deadweight per unit width of roll and layer thickness
*** Assumes that subgrade and/or sub base are of acceptable characteristics and any necessary repairs to the drainage system are carried out.
October 2012
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