When flexible asphalt pavements are exposed to loads over time, rutting, pothole formation and fatigue cracking can occur. With increasing vehicle use and axle loads, this problem may also get worse. Simply resurfacing a problem pavement will only temporarily improve the situation as cracks from the underlying layers soon propagate into the new overlay, causing premature aging.

Help is at hand! By reinforcing the bound layers of the pavement construction, the road is strengthened, extending the fatigue life and reducing rutting and shoving. Overall this saves the client money by reducing the “whole life cost” of the road including maintenance commitments.

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Product	Benefits	Location
Road Mesh	Woven steel mesh with transverse reinforcing bars, placed within the upper bound layers of the road construction. Absorbs stresses within the pavement and proven to extend the fatigue life of the road.	Upper bound layers
Enkagrid MAX Geogrids	Cost effective, polypropylene biaxial geogrid delivering strength at low strain.	Granular unbound layers
Enkagrid TRC Geocomposite	High modulus multifunction geogrid to separate, filter and reinforce in one product. Strains only 1.5% under working loads.	Sub-grade / soil interface
MacTex H/N/P Geotextiles	Versatile, non-woven needle punched polypropylene geotextiles for separation and filtration of soils.	Sub-grade / soil interface

 

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