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Tag: International Roughness Index
Technology
RoadBump app cost-effectively provides IRI for road maintenance professionals
Road maintenance and engineering professionals can now get objective data cost effectively with RoadBump, an Android application from Grimmer Software that measures the roughness of a road using a smartphone. RoadBump allows road maintenance and engineering professionals to get estimated International Roughness Index (IRI) previously available only through inertial profilers. Using the Android device’s GPS and […]
September 14, 2015
Roadbuilding
Louisiana Transportation Research Center develops pavement smoothness best practices focused on IRI
The Louisiana Transportation Research Center (LTRC) teamed up with The Transtec Group to develop a best practices document for achieving optimal pavement smoothness that uses the International Roughness Index (IRI) as a guide. This is significant, as the LTRC says states “are moving away from profilograph-based smoothness specifications” and opting for IRI. The group says the report, […]
August 21, 2015
Roadbuilding
Highway Contractor
Achieving the high production/quality double on I-10; County Road F gets an “A”; taking out the cracks.
August 5, 2012
Roadbuilding
Highway Contractor
Achieving the high production/quality double on I-10; County Road F gets an “A”; taking out the cracks.
August 5, 2012
Roadbuilding
Asphalt Today
Thin overlays offers a cost-effective way to extend the life of a good pavement. Meanwhile, new research shows that asphalt pavement sections can be designed thinner
October 1, 2010
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