Analysis of asphalt pavement construction quality parameters automated registration systems

Abstract

Nowadays all newly paved asphalt layers are assessed and controlled by conventional destructive methodology, which does not provide data on real-time for contractors and customers. The purpose is to evaluate the methodologies used for the automated registration of quality parameters of asphalt layer installation and the possibilities for their usage. An experimental study of asphalt pavement compaction was performed, and the data obtained show the limited reliability of automated methods. A survey of specialists showed that 3 out of 8 contractors use automated registration technologies in their daily construction work. The implementation of a bonus system or lower costs of these technologies would ensure a significantly higher involvement of contractors, and automated registration technologies would significantly improve the quality of road construction but are currently too expensive to use without additional incentives. The lack of competence of technical operators of mechanisms and an unpreprared legal basis framework are the main disadvantages.