Machinery used in road construction
Equipment used in road construction is an important economic and design
factor in road location and subsequent design. Road Construction equipment has
gone through incredible advancements in recent decades and all of them have been
directed towards improving speed, quality, ensure safe work sites and benefit of
every worker. The main advantage is that today’s machines pave a lot more road in
less time, and they do a better job of it. This turn has also helped to cut costs down
when the costs are of course factored for inflation.
Type of road construction equipment is used to construct not only highways
but bridges, airports and even multi-story buildings. In project different machinery
is required for different types of jobs. The sequence of job operations is:
1. Clearing the site.
2. Formation of sub grade (embankment or cutting).
3. Spreading of material.
4. Rolling or compaction.
5. Surfacing.
Machinery used for clearing the site. For site clearance the following
machinery can be used: dozer – bull dozer, angle dozer; ripper; tractor; scraper.
Answer the following questions.
1. What are the main directions of using road construction equipment?
2. What are the main advantages of road construction machinery?
3. What is machinery used to construct besides a road?
4. What is the sequence of job operations?
5. What machinery is used for clearing the site?
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