Page 38 - UNIT 4 - CONSTRUCTION OF RIGID PAVEMENT

Civil Engineering Department | DCC3113 : Highway & Traffic Engineering
Let’s do this activity

Now, let’s take five and do this activity. Compare the methods of paving rigid CHECK
pavement between manual and mechanical

Manual Mechanical

Set up side form in certain distance of the Set up side form a long distance of the
pavement before paving. pavement before paving.

Cast the concrete by hand (human Cast the concrete by machine as slip paver

labor) and fix pave.

Construction takes a long time Reduce the time of construction period

High labour costs Reduce labour cost

Compacted concrete slab surface use Compaction & forming operations long-run
'Vibrating tamping beam by hand within the term limits of paving machine

Requires the use wooden or metal side
forms that are set up along the perimeter Does not require any steel or wooden forms

of the pavement before paving

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