Cedar Capital Group
Asphalt as Perpetual Pavement
Have you ever
been to developed countries like Tokyo, Japan and Singapore and noticed how
smooth their roads are? Yes, I might seem to be a lunatic but in this industry,
you can’t help but notice little things that makes this industry what it is,
even the pavement. What good pavement there is when it is not asphalt?
In Cedar Capital
Group’s estimate, more than 90% of all roads nowadays have been asphalted.
According to a
good friend of ours, Merriam Dictionary, asphalt is known as Bitumen and is a
sticky, black and vicious liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum. In addition
to being smooth, durable, safe, and quiet, asphalt is the most versatile
pavement material. Pavement structures can be designed to handle any load, from
passenger cars to heavy trucks. Surface mixes can be customized to absorb
noise, to reduce splash and spray during rainstorms, and even to help treat
rain water.
Most pavements
nowadays are perpetual pavement.
Perpetual
pavement main concept is for it to last, last and last in a very very very very
long time, hence, the name. Perpetual Pavement combines the well-documented
smoothness and safety advantages of asphalt with an advanced, multi-layer
paving design process that with routine maintenance extends the useful life of
a roadway.
Perpetual
pavement ranges from the thinnest and thickest asphalt. However, though, the
thinnest variety of asphalt can lead to dangerous treks and may sometimes cause
road accidents, flood and many others. Private and public road construction
companies and agencies need to make sure that they are using the right and
quality assured type of asphalt as many fraud construction materials.
The pavement
design begins with a strong, yet flexible bottom layer that resists tensile
strain caused by traffic, and thus stops cracks from forming in the bottom of
the pavement.
A Perpetual
Pavement provides a durable, safe, smooth, long-lasting roadway without
expensive, time-consuming, traffic-disrupting reconstruction or major repair.
When scheduled
surface restoration is performed, Perpetual Pavements can be maintained easily
and cost-effectively without removing the road structure for reconstruction,
saving time and money while keeping motorists happy.
Asphalt is even recyclable,
providing further cost savings and environmental benefits. United States of
America saves $1.6 billion in recycling asphalt every year.
Asphalt has a
proven safety record as a driving surface, offering stronger visual contrast
with center stripes and other markings. Additional advantages can include
reduced noise, reduced splash and spray, and greater skid resistance.
Many motorists
have complaints on the traditional road construction that is why many
construction companies and agencies in many countries prefer to put asphalt in
road construction. With the use of Perpetual Pavement, workers would even have
to waste time maintaining cracked roads and could focus more on building new
ones.
The use of perpetual
pavement doesn’t stop engineers in concocting another method in improving road
construction through the use of asphalt.
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