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Connecticut PCP Bus Pad Replacement Project
Steve Norton
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Presentation Overview• Need for Rapid Pavement Repair Solutions• Project Selection • Project Details and Fabrication• Construction Sequence• Panel Installation• Lessons Learned / Future Plans
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Need for Precast Concrete Pavement
• Numerous high volume roads with composite pavement in Connecticut
• Many JRCP roads built in the 50s and 60s falling into a major rehab category
• Need a rapid joint repair strategy for high volume areas with limited work hours
• Need long lasting repairs (get in, get out, stay out)
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Project SelectionCTfastrak Bituminous Bus Pad
▫ High profile project – first bus rapid transit system in CT
▫ Busway opened in Spring 2015
▫ Directly connects Hartford to New Britain
▫ Operates almost around the clock
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Project Selection (cont.)
• Severe rutting at New Britain East Main Street station within 6 months
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Project Selection (cont.)
• Rutting caused bus doors to become inoperable
• Discussions began for temporary and permanent repair strategies
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Project Selection (cont.)
• Emergency bituminous paving performed as temporary fix
• CT applied for and received $75,000 in SHRP2 user incentive funds
• CT also received $150,000 as lead adopter
• Funds used to develop permanent PCP repair and advance the technology
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Project Details• Typical Panel Dimensions: 9’ long, 15’ wide, 10” thick • Total length of each bus pad: 106’• Included use of Gracie Level Lifts - 4 per panel • 14” long dowel bars, 1.25” diameter, spaced at 1’ apart• Bottom dowel slots • Undersealing grout distribution channels• Foam gasket lining for grout containment• Epoxy Coated Steel Reinforcement
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Project Details• Dowel slot grout: ▫ 4,000 psi at 28 days (2,500 psi before opening to traffic),
rapid non-shrink
• Bedding grout: ▫ 4,000 psi at 28 days (500 psi before opening to traffic),
rapid set and free flowing, capable of 1,400 psi at 25 minutes
• Concrete:▫ 5,000 psi at 28 days
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Panel Layout
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Project Cross Sections
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Precast Pavement Fabrication
Fort Miller Co. Schuylerville, NY
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Proposed Construction Sequence
• Construction during 48 hour weekend closure• Ship panels from Fort Miller and store panels
nearby prior to construction• Sawcut existing asphalt into sections prior to
weekend closure• Friday night set up traffic MPT, and remove rub-
rails• Remove asphalt, grade and compact base
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Proposed Construction Sequence (cont.)
• Set Precast Concrete Panels • Drill and grout rub-rail and anchor bolts• Set panels to final elevation using leveling lifts, and
install dowel grout• Install bedding grout, and reinstall rub-rails• Saw and seal joints, and mill and pave approaches • Open busway to traffic for Monday morning, or
sooner
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Installation – Bedding Layer• Incorrect material used for bedding layer
• Material was open graded and could only be loosely compacted
• Material should have been well graded processed aggregate
• Material was intended only for very minor base correction
• It was determined that the contractor over excavated and used material not meeting specifications
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Installation – Bedding Layer
▫ Replaced 6’ either end with processed on North bus pad due to time schedule
▫ South bus pad replaced entire bedding layer with processed
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Installation – Bedding Layer
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Installation – Panel Placement
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Installation – Panel Placement
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Installation – Panel Placement
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Installation – Panel Placement
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Installation – Leveling Lifts
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Installation – Grout
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Installation – Paving/ Sealing
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Finished Product
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Lessons Learned
• Need generic PCP system for competition• Need to identify standard sizes for joint repairs• Use simplified approach placed with minor
grading and no leveling lifts• Possibly incorporate shims • More preconstruction training• Incorporate critical item checklist • Need to refine grouting process
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Future Plans for PCP Use
• Develop details and specifications for generic PCP system
• Identify projects with exposed concrete to implement a generic system
• Identify projects with composite pavement to implement a generic system
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Thank You
Questions?