New Blog: High Oil prices forces more Pavement Management Planning
It is difficult times for those responsible for our pavements and roads. The sky-high price increases on oil does not just affect the cost of driving vehicles, it also has a very high impact on the price of asphalt, since asphalt is a byproduct of oil.
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New blog: Do you evaluate the Boeing Bump Index (BBI)
The Boeing Bump Index (BBI) is a parameter introduced by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the 2009 for the airport pavement roughness evaluation, specifically for runway.
But why should you even bother about the roughness of the runway, when passengers are only there for a few minutes, compared to the time passengers spend in their vehicles on roads?
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Why do you need to measure both PCN and PCI at your airport?
Airport pavements play a key role in the safety of passengers and aircraft during ground maneuvers, such as taxi, take off and landing, it must provide the required support, the necessary friction and stay in a proper maintenance condition not to generate any possible foreign object debris (FOD) potentially danger for the airplane and dangerous situations for the people it carries . Even a small inconvenient can generate a considerable operative issue to the flight and the airport, generating a consistent money loss or safety risk. For this reason, it is important to maintain the pavement in good condition and carry out a constant monitoring of all pavement characteristics, such as bearing capacity, friction, roughness, visual survey, etc.
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Is the deflectometer becoming obsolete?
Dynatest developed the first Falling Weight Deflectometer in 1980, more than 40 years ago, and the falling weight method has remained the same during this time. Does this mean that the measurement method is becoming extinct? On the contrary. There has never been a greater need for this non-destructive method than now.
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