Achieving better efficiency in the transport of hot mix asphalt to site from a fixed plant in Gauteng

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dc.contributor.advisor De Beer, J.G. en
dc.contributor.postgraduate Pohl, Rupert en
dc.date.accessioned 2013-09-07T11:51:56Z
dc.date.available 2003-09-03 en
dc.date.available 2013-09-07T11:51:56Z
dc.date.created 2003-02-08 en
dc.date.issued 2004-09-03 en
dc.date.submitted 2003-08-29 en
dc.description Thesis (MSc (Project Management))--University of Pretoria, 2004. en
dc.description.abstract The primary goal of this research is aimed at investigating the current situation relating to transportation of asphalt and the inter-action between the paving crew and the asphalt producing plant, with the purpose of deducting practical steps that will improve the delivery and production process as a whole. A study is undertaken in the analysis of the delivery and round-trip cycle times of the cartage contractors transporting the asphalt from the fixed plant to the Old Barn Project. A daily summary is compiled for every day that asphalt is delivered to the project, and this data is sorted and analyzed to deduct trends and typical patterns for a specific type of work. The factors by which the performance is judged will be a relation between the type of work carried out as well as the production figure achieved for the specific day. Furthermore a basic model is composed that could be used as a vehicle and round trip calculator to guide the supplier as to the resources that are required on future projects. A list of practical steps is also drawn up, in the form of recommendations to conclude some of the findings of the project. The starting point of this research is to gain insight into the processes involved and to make recommendations on a very practical level. The role of good communication between the asphalt plant and the paving crew was also found to be of critical importance, as well as the establishment of an open honest relationship between the key role players. en
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dc.description.department Construction Economics en
dc.identifier.citation Pohl, R 2003, Achieving better efficiency in the transport of hot mix asphalt to site from a fixed plant in Gauteng, MSc thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27618 > en
dc.identifier.upetdurl http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08292003-092940/ en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27618
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher University of Pretoria en_ZA
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dc.subject Transportation of asphalt en
dc.subject Asphalt producing plant en
dc.subject UCTD en_US
dc.title Achieving better efficiency in the transport of hot mix asphalt to site from a fixed plant in Gauteng en
dc.type Thesis en


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