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Sadique, MM, Al-Nageim, H and Stopps, K (2015) To investigate the fundamental causes of utility air voids content failures in asphalt layers to achieve Specification for the Reinstatement of Openings in Highways (SROH) compliant performance. Construction and Building Materials, 93. pp. 595-607. ISSN 0950-0618
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Abstract
The linkage between air voids content and durability in footways reinstatements with the limits currently in SROH is non-proven and unsupported by evidential research or trial data. Compounding of errors, particularly in density measurement of core samples and subsequent variability, generate biased air void content results that make the compliance largely a matter of chance. This led to a very wide range of predicted outcomes, putting both the contractor and the client at unacceptable risk. The use of a measured in situ air voids content criteria in a specification for footway reinstatements, where the entire operation is in restricted areas with hand laying process using recipe mixed materials, cannot be sustained on technical grounds with respect to relevant British Standard and Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) guide. Taking account of the service loads, nature and scale of works in footways, an in-service guarantee by the undertaker for an agreed extended period, linked to an allowable intervention level, could be a simple, realistic and acceptable solution, ensuring a durable reinstatement that removes the financial risk of failure from the highway authority.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 0905 Civil Engineering, 1202 Building |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TE Highway engineering. Roads and pavements |
| Divisions: | Civil Engineering (merged with Built Env 10 Aug 20) |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
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| Date Deposited: | 27 Apr 2017 11:47 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2021 11:40 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.05.126 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/6307 |
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