Asphalt as King of Paving

Asphalt as King of Paving

More than 90% of all roads nowadays have been asphalted according to the recent reviews by Axis Capital Group in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Asphalt is known as Bitumen and is a sticky, black and vicious liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum. In addition to being smooth, durable, safe, and quiet, asphalt is the most versatile pavement material.

Pavement structures can be designed to handle any load, from passenger cars to heavy trucks. Surface mixes can be customized to absorb noise, to reduce splash and spray during rainstorms, and even to help treat rain water. 

What it is 

Perpetual pavement main concept is for it to last, last and last in a very very very very long time, hence, the name.

Perpetual Pavement

Perpetual Pavement combines the well-documented smoothness and safety advantages of asphalt with an advanced, multi-layer paving design process that with routine maintenance extends the useful life of a roadway.

Perpetual pavement ranges from the thinnest and thickest asphalt. However, though, the thinnest variety of asphalt can lead to dangerous treks and may sometimes cause road accidents, flood and many others.

Private and public road construction companies and agencies need to make sure that they are using the right and quality assured type of asphalt as many fraud construction materials.

Perpetual pavements should use multiple layers of durable asphalt to produce smooth, sage, long lasting road which most of the time reduces noise.

How it works

The pavement design begins with a strong, yet flexible bottom layer that resists tensile strain caused by traffic, and thus stops cracks from forming in the bottom of the pavement.

A Perpetual Pavement provides a durable, safe, smooth, long-lasting roadway without expensive, time-consuming, traffic-disrupting reconstruction or major repair.

When scheduled surface restoration is performed, Perpetual Pavements can be maintained easily and cost-effectively without removing the road structure for reconstruction, saving time and money while keeping motorists happy.

Major advantages

Asphalt is even recyclable, providing further cost savings and environmental benefits. United States of America saves $1.6 billion in recycling asphalt every year.

Asphalt has a proven safety record as a driving surface, offering stronger visual contrast with center stripes and other markings. Additional advantages can include reduced noise, reduced splash and spray, and greater skid resistance.

Many motorists have complaints on the traditional road construction that is why many construction companies and agencies in many countries prefer to put asphalt in road construction.

With the use of Perpetual Pavement, workers would even have to waste time maintaining cracked roads and could focus more on building new ones.  

The use of perpetual pavement doesn’t stop engineers in concocting another method in improving road construction through the use of asphalt.