Benefits
ASPHALT offers high precision positioning for road construction and fleet management and
logistics in the construction just-in-time process chain. Satellite navigation receivers (EGNOS, EDAS, Galileo, GPS)
will be the core element of a system providing benefits for construction companies and the community.
Benefits for the construction company
The benefits for the construction company due to an optimized road construction site organisation are:
- reduced time and material buffers
- reduced waiting times
- minimized unused potentials
- reduced unnecessary transports
- increased quality
- lowered personnel and machinery costs
The benefits of an optimisation of the quantity of build-in materials without falling below the limit of minimum thickness defined by the authority are:
- reduced risk of penalty fines due to errors, delays
- minimize costs for material
- lowered personnel and machinery costs
The benefits for the construction company due to a continuous documentation of processes are:
- proof of good job and time management which can be awarded through bonuses by awarding authorities
- proof of build-in material
- identification of further optimization potentials
Benefits for the community
Constant monitoring and control of parameters during road construction
is significant for the quality and durability of the
road. If all of the control and measurement parameters are within certain limits
the road lifetime can be extended by more than 50%, and the maintenance costs can be significantly
cut.
Primary cost saving factors for the community
The optimized road construction site organisation will decrease the costs for
road maintenance operations. Furthermore the quality of the road will be increased,
which increases the life-cylce of the road. Assuming an increased quality of 10% will
result in an average road repair cycle of about 11 years instead of 10 years. The costs
for 1km road maintenance are estimated to be in the range of EUR 100.000 to 200.000.
Extending the life-cycle by one year, so assuming 11 instead of 10 years, will result
in a cost saving of EUR 4.5 billion per year within Europe.
Secondary cost saving factors for the community
Construction site on German highways cause 30% of the traffic congestion,
resulting into an economic loss of EUR 40 billion, additional fuel consumption
of EUR 3.7 billion and CO2 emission of 8.7 million tons.
Decreasing the construction time due to an optimized construction site
organisation and increasing the life-cycle of the road will result in major
cost saving factors for the community due to this secondary effect.
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