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HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE is a challenge to the engineering ______
HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE is a challenge to the engineering ______
competence
Efficient highway maintenance is an extremely challenging ______ problem
Efficient highway maintenance is an extremely challenging ______ problem
management
There are two types of maintenance: PREVENTIVE and ______
There are two types of maintenance: PREVENTIVE and ______
BREAKDOWN
Roads are exposed to tremendous ______ that will leave their marks on them
Roads are exposed to tremendous ______ that will leave their marks on them
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Precast Pavement Sections provide prompt replacement of localized sections of deteriorated pavement with minimum interference with flow of ______
Precast Pavement Sections provide prompt replacement of localized sections of deteriorated pavement with minimum interference with flow of ______
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Reactive Maintenance includes responding to inspections, complaints or emergencies eg filling ______, clearing and making safe damage resulting from traffic accidents
Reactive Maintenance includes responding to inspections, complaints or emergencies eg filling ______, clearing and making safe damage resulting from traffic accidents
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Routine Maintenance includes surface patching work, cyclic activities such as grass cutting, weed spraying, gulley cleaning, road sweeping and maintenance of planted areas and trees within the ______
Routine Maintenance includes surface patching work, cyclic activities such as grass cutting, weed spraying, gulley cleaning, road sweeping and maintenance of planted areas and trees within the ______
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Programmed Maintenance is normally carried out to a planned schedule and includes surface dressing, resurfacing, strengthening or reconstruction of roads or ______
Programmed Maintenance is normally carried out to a planned schedule and includes surface dressing, resurfacing, strengthening or reconstruction of roads or ______
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Failures in Flexible Pavement are defined by the localized depressions or settlements. The depressions are normally followed with heaving in the vicinity and the sequence ultimately leads to the formation of a wavy pavement ______
Failures in Flexible Pavement are defined by the localized depressions or settlements. The depressions are normally followed with heaving in the vicinity and the sequence ultimately leads to the formation of a wavy pavement ______
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Scaling of rigid pavement simply means, peeling off or flaking off of the top layer or skin of the concrete surface. Shrinkage cracks develop on concrete surface during the setting & curing operation. These cracks may form in longitudinal as well as in ______ direction
Scaling of rigid pavement simply means, peeling off or flaking off of the top layer or skin of the concrete surface. Shrinkage cracks develop on concrete surface during the setting & curing operation. These cracks may form in longitudinal as well as in ______ direction
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