{"id":29401,"date":"2014-11-17T10:47:25","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T20:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=29401"},"modified":"2021-10-20T14:53:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T00:53:04","slug":"uh-engineer-works-with-the-city-to-extend-the-life-of-oahus-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/11\/17\/uh-engineer-works-with-the-city-to-extend-the-life-of-oahus-roads\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> engineer works with the city to extend the life of O\u02bbahu’s roads"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Mayor Kirk Caldwell, left, at a press conference with University of Hawaii at Manoa Associate Professor Adri\u00e1n Ricardo Archilla, center, and Director of the Department of Facility Maintenance Ross Sasamura, right, announcing a new pilot project to protect city streets with seal coating. (photo courtesy of the Office of Mayor Kirk Caldwell)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Friday, November 14, Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell led a demonstration of seal coat (emulsified asphalt) to show innovative strategies to extend the life of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>’s roadways, to keep them in good condition longer and save costs on repaving in the long run.<\/p>\n

Mayor Caldwell was joined by Associate Professor Adrián Ricardo Archilla<\/strong> from the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/a>, Jon Young from the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Asphalt Paving Industry<\/a> (HAPI<\/abbr>) and HAPI<\/abbr> members—Alakona Corp<\/a>., GP<\/abbr> Roadway Solutions<\/a>, Group HI, Oʻahu<\/span> Sealcoating and Paving LLC.<\/a> and SealMaster Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Professor Archilla received a research grant from the National Center for Pavement Preservation<\/a> at Michigan State University<\/a> to evaluate the effectiveness of various pavement preservation treatments including slurry seal, seal coat, fog seal and crack sealing in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>’s tropical climate. Test patches of various products will be applied by different vendors and the test patches will be monitored and observed over a two year period by the university to determine if these products are successful in extending pavement life. The city will use the results to determine the cost effectiveness of the treatments.<\/p>\n

Alakona Corp., GP Roadway Solutions, Group HI, Oʻahu<\/span> Sealcoating and Paving LLC and SealMaster Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> will be participating in the project that partners the UH<\/abbr>, HAPI<\/abbr> and the City and County of Honolulu.<\/p>\n

The contractors will apply their road treatments through December in the Pearl City area as part of the project.<\/p>\n

—A news release from Mayor Kirk Caldwell<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mayor Caldwell teams with UH<\/abbr> engineers and Hawaii Asphalt Paving Industry extend the life of Oʻahu<\/span>’s roads\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[179,182,9,365],"class_list":["post-29401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-college-of-engineering","tag-engineering","tag-uh-manoa","tag-urban-and-regional-planning","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t