Perpetual Pavement: Way Forward from Design to Quality Construction

Atasi Das, Assistant Vice President, G R Infraprojects, explains the concept of the Perpetual Pavement in India’s expressway constructions and its practical implementation with due consideration of layers, materials, and thicknesses that are unique and relevant to Indian conditions, and are according to the codes of the Indian Road Congress.

Expressway construction in India is broadly based on Smart Pavement technology with the design and construction of Perpetual Pavement (PP) on a large scale. Perpetual Pavement is being instituted in India for the first time in the construction of the 8-lane Delhi Vadodara Expressway and many more greenfield corridors which are in the awarding or bidding stage by NHAI. These include the Bangalore-Chennai 4-lane Expressway, and the Delhi-Amritsar-Katra 4-lane Expressway.

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