Roadway Pavement Design
Can your roadway survive the test of time? Can it handle the intense weather we see every year in the Gulf Coast? Will your roadway crumble during construction as heavy machinery brings important materials to and from your construction site? GeoCon Engineering will help you ensure that your roadway pavement design is durable and cost effective.
Basics of Roadway Pavement Design
There is a reason that the Federal Highway Administration has specific geotechnical engineering standards for roadway pavement design. That is because our roadways are the arteries of our nation, and any failure is catastrophic. If your Gulf Coast construction project requires roads or parking lots on site, or going to and from your site, make sure they last. We like to think of roads as solid, but even small things like modest flooding or soil type can lead to catastrophic failures. If you don’t want your roadway to shift, buckle, degrade, form potholes, or collapse, then it’s time to invest in quality roadway pavement design.
Many factors determine whether or not your roadway pavement design will survive. First factor to consider is the makeup of the pavement and roadway. The design parameters of your roadway, including the mix of the pavement as well as the structural design, will shape its strength. This means figuring out what mix of materials to use, how many layers you need, the thickness, and flexibility of the road. Second, it is necessary to consider all of the features in and around the roadway, such as drainage, as well as the geotechnical makeup. This also includes factoring in the natural environment, such as moisture and temperature. Finally, the purpose of each road needs to be taken into account. Roadway pavement design must take into account how much traffic the road will receive and by what types of vehicles.
Quality and Sustainability in Roadway Pavement Design with GeoCon
The importance of proper roadway pavement design should be self-evident. Damaged roads ruin construction projects, time projections, budgets, and put lives at risk. Roadway pavement design is a unique engineering field. Roadway engineering straddles the lines between civil engineering, geotechnical engineering, and materials engineering. GeoCon Engineering specializes in roadway design from inception, to installation, to inspection.
So, how can GeoCon Engineering make sure that your roadway pavement design can stand up to the elements? Our Gulf Coast engineers will start out with subsurface investigations and geotechnical reporting. What is going on beneath the roadway will play a big role in the roadway pavement design. Once the specifications of the roadway pavement design are made for the exact needs of your road, we can do materials testing. Our construction materials testing technicians will ensure that the mix you use for your pavement can withstand weather, traffic, and subsurface conditions. From there our geotechnical engineers and construction materials testing technicians can provide installation monitoring. We can have our technicians carefully watch over the installation of the roadway to ensure it’s done right the first time.
Trust your roadway pavement design with us because we are construction materials testing and inspection experts. With GeoCon Engineering, you can be confident that all of your material testing needs are met by working with our experienced team. If you want to be confident that your roadway will hold up long after construction is completed, contact us. GeoCon Engineering is here to help pave the way for your Gulf Coast construction project.
