Evaluation of Surface Materials for Pavements and Footpaths

Abstract

IScientific studies, standards and regulations regardingthe requirements for design, construction, exploitation and maintenance of pavements and footpathswere analysed during the research.The main problems which appear during the construction and exploitation of these engineering structures were also studied. Estimating the most optimal surface material for pavements and footpaths, the most popular materials (asphalt, site-cast concrete, concrete slabs, concrete blocks, clinker blocks, stone blocks and gravel) were analysed. Evaluating different surface materials, the parameters were taken from a survey. In this survey the designers of pavements and footpaths as wellas constructors participated.The public opinion was also taken into account. For the estimation of optimal surface material multicriteria analysis software Visual Prometheewas used. The analysis shows that the most optimal surface material for pavements and footpaths is concrete blocks.