| Road
Users Endlessly Falling Into Potholes
Vol. 5, No. 3
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Just
like Alice didn’t expect the Rabbit
Hole to be so deep, and found the world underneath
the surface to be so puzzling, Road Users
and Road Owners wonder why, in this day and
age, everybody is still suffering from an
epidemic of potholes? WHY? That’s an
appropriate question to ask. Manifested first
as potholes and cracked pavements, most of
these failures are generated by saturation
of the base course layers with water. The
presence of water in the base course layer
unleashes destructive forces that make failing
pavements a nightmare for drivers and road
maintenance departments. The puzzle for Road
Users is why industry professionals seem to
accept base failure as inevitable and continue
to do the same old thing when building and
rebuilding roads, over and over, while expecting
a different result. That is the classical
definition of insanity, a Rabbit Hole that
would make even Alice’s head spin. |
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Pavement Research Engineers continue to research
and tell us we have a problem that needs to
be further researched. We beg to differ. The
evidence is otherwise. There is an engineering
basis behind the statement: THIS IS A SOLVABLE
PROBLEM. The failure mechanisms of the moisture
and frost susceptible, water-suctioning base
course materials can be economically addressed
with application of EMC SQUARED® Stabilizer
treatments. There is a solid engineering basis
behind this solution as confirmed by the results
of a testing series conducted in the materials
testing laboratory of one of the top transportation
research institutions in the world. But even
more impressive is the performance of these
unique stabilizer products stretching over
three decades in service environments magnitudes
more challenging than base course layers that
are protected from the impacts of traffic
and rainfall by asphalt and concrete pavements.
EMC SQUARED Stabilized Aggregate materials
have performed for years and even decades
as running surfaces for logging trucks, oilfield
service trucks, farm trucks, mine trucks,
and roads for Abrams Battle Tanks and other
military tactical equipment. These wear-resistant
and water-shedding stabilized aggregate running
surfaces were constructed with crushed aggregate
materials that were originally moisture and
frost susceptible, prior to treatment with
EMC SQUARED Stabilizer treatments. That same
water-shedding, water-resistant performance
can be incorporated as standard practice in
the design and construction of base courses
for conventional streets, roads and highways.
Take a moment to familiarize yourself with
EMC SQUARED System stabilizer products. Believe
there is a way to get out of this Rabbit Hole. |
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