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Civil Engineering Department | DCC3113 : Highway & Traffic Engineering

Recycling

 Involves the following:
~ Remove existing pavement fully or partially

~ Reduce reclaimed material to suitable size

~ Blending reclaimed materials with virgin
aggregate & liquid asphalt.

~ Relaying the material as base or surface
course

 Advantages of Hot Mix Recycling
- Economy

- Conservation of national resources

- Improvement o f the structural strength of

the pavement with little or no change in

thickness
- Correction of existing deficiencies in the

pavement mix.

Prepared by : SITI ZURAIFA BINTI MD SAH, zuraifa@pmu.edu.my