Government to go for ‘value engineering’ to hurry up NH work and save prices too

Express News Service

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is on the verge of finalisation of ‘value engineering practices’ for nationwide freeway tasks to expedite development, scale back the associated fee and in addition to reinforce asset sturdiness.

The transfer is a part of the Central authorities’s formidable plan to undertake worldwide finest practices in engineering strategies in design and development for sustainable highways growth. Apart from optimization of the worth of the undertaking, introduction of worth engineering practices additionally goals to ramp up aesthetics, security and promote environmental sustainability.

The 24-point draft ready on worth engineering practices means that there could also be a discount of preliminary undertaking price to the tune of 20-30 per cent. There may even be time financial savings, much less consumption of highway constructing supplies and fewer emission of greenhouse fuel with out compromising efficiency sturdiness of the highways.

Usage of fibre bolstered micro-surfacing, micro-bituminous concrete, excessive damping rubber bearing, development & demolitionwaste and recycling of reclaimed bituminous layer materials are in focus within the tips.

Micro-surfacing is an eco-friendly therapy, which is used to revive the floor traits of the highway. If the pavement is structurally enough, micro-surfacing may be very appropriate to protect the pavement from ageing, oxidation, combination loss and sharpening no matter the visitors circulation.  Fibre bolstered Micro-surfacing is way superior to standard micro-surfacing,  reads the rules.