摘要: |
ollowing polling of senior managers and decision-makers in the highways sector, the latest Highways Asks survey found that 'due to budget constraints' almost two out of five (38.6%) clients and contractors still work 'mainly on price' rather than whole-life cost when it comes to choosing materials and techniques for maintenance and repairs. The result is that many repairs made on the network do not appear to be the most durable and will need to be revisited again and again within a five-year period, potentially costing more cash in the long run and increasing carbon emissions. Of the scores of respondents to the survey, 10% said spray injection patching could have to be revisited more than three times in five years and 40.9% said cold applied repairs could have to be repatched as many times in the same period. |