Gatch Roadways
Gatch Roadways
(OP)
Does anyone have any experience with roadways constructed with gatch material? I am doing a project in the UAE in which we have an access road to a facility with 8-10 vehicles per day but does have daily heavy truck traffic as a large water truck will access the site. Gatch material is locally readily availble and noramlly used for unpaved raodways in the area. I dont have a lot of experience with the materail and am trying to develope a roadway section and specs. Anyone know if any information on the material is availble or can share their knowledge? I have worked a lot in the Middle East but never ran across this roadway construction.





RE: Gatch Roadways
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it is moisture sensative and not very suitable for road construction without stabilization. you would need to get samples of the actual material to a geotech to run tests to determine the amount of cement and the resulting strength before you could complete a design.