MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTION METHODS:

• SOIL STABILISATION
• SUB SURFACE DRAINAGE
• USE OF MODIFIED BITUMEN
• USE OF WATER BASED EMULSION
• USE OF FLY ASH IN CONCRETE
• REINFORCED EARTH WALL
• QUALITY ASSURANCE CONCEPT
• ECONOMICAL DESIGN USING MODERN TECHNOLOGY

MODERN TECHNOLOGY FOR CONSTRUCTION METHODS:

• USE OF WATER BASED EMULSION

• Bitumen emulsion is a liquid product in which bitumen is
suspended in a finely divided condition in an aqueous
medium and stabilized by suitable material
• SOIL STABILISATION
• using lime, concrete or ash to convert poorer soils into
a strong impermeable medium.
• SUB SURFACE DRAINAGE
• Mapping subsurface drainage with infrared aerial
photographs
• USE OF MODIFIED BITUMEN
• Certain additives or blend of additives called as
bitumen modifiers can improve properties of Bitumen
and bituminous mixes. Bitumen treated with these
modifiers is known as modified bitumen
• USE OF FLY ASH IN CONCRETE
• Fly ash, a residue of burning coal / lignite at thermal
power stations, has generally been considered as a
waste material is becoming resource material.
Fly Ash based concrete

• Fly ash, a residue of burning coal / lignite at thermal power

stations, has generally been considered as a waste material
is becoming resource material.

• Following fly ash based innovative and commonly produced

building products are available in India

• Cellular Light Weight Concrete (CLC) blocks.

• Fly Ash Based Polymer Composites as Wood
substitute.
• Fly ash based Portland Pozzolana Cement.
• Ready mixed fly ash concrete.
• Fly ash Sand Lime Gypsum (Cement)
Bricks/Blocks.
• Clay Fly Ash Bricks

Advantages of Fly Ash based concrete

• Reduced heat of hydration.

• Improved workability & Ease of pumping.
• Superior microstructure leading to lower
permeability.
• Higher long term strength.
• Better performance in aggressive environment.
• Higher Electrical Resistivity leading to lesser
chances of reinforcement corrosion
Green Roads:

The rural roads constructed through the RCIW Programme use

Green Road principles that have evolved over the past twenty
years. The Green Roads approach is a road building technology
that is appropriate for Nepal's fragile mountain topography, that
aims to be low cost, and uses manual labour to generate off-farm
employment. "Green Roads could do so much throughout Nepal to
improve the standard of living of local people, and not damage the
environment," says Shankar Chaudari, a consultant Senior
Overseer. "A Green Road costs only Rs 10-12 lakh / km to build,
and the benefits go straight to the local people."

The Green Road concept aims to:

o Develop rural road and trail networks that reduce

transportation costs.

Use a participatory approach with local authorities and

stakeholder communities from the preparation phase onwards, to
promote a sense of local road ownership.

Concrete Roads:

• Concrete roads have a life of 40 years or more, compared to

10 years for bituminious ones. In addition, concrete roads
require almost no maintenance, whereas bituminious ones
need frequent repairs due to damage by traffic, weather,
etc.
• Concretising of existing roads in Mumbai, Nagpur, Calcutta
and other cities has shown that this leads to significant
gains in traffic speeds, making in turn for a notable
 reduction in congestion and jams on high traffic density
roads.
• Concrete roads are neither damaged by rain ,nor softened
and distorted by heat
• For the same traffic load conditions, concrete pavements
are thinner than bituminious ones