Roads are different, and, therefore, the techniques of their creation are also different. In the village areas, it is quite realistic to meet country roads, and in the city less dusty and hard options are laid – traditional asphalt coatings. This, of course, is not all types of roads and not all types of materials for their creation, but these are the main ones that are familiar to each of the residents of the country. Nevertheless, there are other materials and other techniques for laying roads, for example, sometimes for the construction of the road, organizations have to buy road slabs from reinforced concrete. Why? Today we will talk about the use of road plates for road construction and situations when it is required.
What is a road slab?
Road stove is a type of product from reinforced concrete and a good alternative to asphalt when laying roads. One road slab looks like a blanket made of reinforced concrete 14-18 centimeters thick.
Road slabs are used to create temporary and permanent road surfaces. The goods are different and is made for different types of loads and places of work. Each type of road plates has its own marking, for example, SDC is the best option for temporary roads on construction sites (under the passage of large construction equipment), and PAG is for permanent roads with a regular transport stream (such plates are also called road airfields).
Installation of road plates
The installation of plates on the one hand is simple, and on the other, it requires certain technical knowledge. It is more convenient and faster to lay the slabs than asphalt coatings, but this does not mean that they can simply be put on unprepared soil as a mosaic. Before laying the plates, work on the preparation of soil is required, well, compliance with the installation technique of road plates is also extremely important.
In what cases are road slabs laid?
1) Road slabs are used to lay the road in an alternative asphalt. For example, if it is required to lay the road in a place where it is extremely frosty and asphalt simply will not be able to do without constant repair, while reinforced concrete will perfectly serve without reconstruction.
2) if you need to build a temporary road, which can then be dismantled (for example, at a construction site)
3) if you need to draw a road that can immediately be used after laying.
4) if you need to quickly fix the damaged section of the road in order to instantly return it to work.
5) if extremely heavy equipment, including planes or working special equipment, will take place on the road.
These are those cases when they usually choose roadbreads from reinforced concrete in our country. Nevertheless, it is quite possible to just choose road slabs for the construction of roads, because they are high -quality and reliable as road material. The only question is in price, although there are nuances, about which further ..
Is it profitable to build a constant road from reinforced concrete?
Road slabs, the price of which will be 80% higher than on the road from asphalt, of course better and more powerful, but will cost as the original product more than asphalt. Nevertheless, if we talk about the operation of the road, then here a coating from reinforced concrete can reduce the budget for repair, maintenance and further work on updating. Here are direct numbers: asphalt must be repaired every 3-4 years (cracks, pits, etc. appear. p.), road slabs for about 10 years after installation can not be touched at all. Another thing is that after some time, the maintenance of two identical roads (one of the asphalt, and the second of the reinforced concrete) nevertheless equalizes in price, but many experts say that by this moment the total costs of the asphalt will exceed the costs of the road from concrete (for all amounts from installation to maintenance for all years of use).