User cost savings in eliminating pavement excavations through employing trenchless technologies

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 751-761

  Tighe, S ^a   Knight, M ^a   Papoutsis, D ^a   Rodriguez, V ^a   Walker, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Open excavation; Pavement performance; Trenchless technologies; User delay costs

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; COMPACTION; CONSTRUCTION; COSTS; DETERIORATION; EXCAVATION; INSTALLATION; PIPELINES; RESTORATION; ROADS AND STREETS; SOILS;

TRENCH SITE;

PAVEMENTS;

EXCITATION; PAVEMENT; TRENCHLESS METHOD;

EID: 0036027032     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l02-071     Document Type: Article

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