Central Reserve Hardening

Central reservations have for decades been a tactical issue for contractors, long narrow trenches usually full of drainage and coms ducts has made them troublesome and time consuming. Central reservations have been a key field of revenue for Sidewinder® paving since the early 90’s and with the advent of VCB’s over the last 10-15 years is still an area that Sidewinders® can save you time and money.

The Sidewinders® ability to place and grade all layers from capping to wearing coarse from 300mm wide to 3.0 meters wide and from 1.0 meter below to 200mm above carriageway at virtually any grade or profile makes this job easier to program and faster to complete.

Material Cost Savings

An advantage inherent in the use of our Sidewinders® for central reserve paving is the opportunity to lighten the construction detail thus offering material cost savings. Since there is no need for any delivery trucks or plant other than the rollers providing compaction to sit in the central reserve there is a significantly reduced risk of damage to any underground services or utilities.

Vehicle Restraint System Schemes

With concrete barriers being adopted as the standard Vehicle Restraint System on UK motorway and trunk road networks, our Sidewinders® play a significant role in VRS schemes.

Sidewinder® involvement on VRS schemes has consistently proven to out-perform all other traditional or alternative methods of construction surfacing. Accurate and consistent level control through adopted laser levelling systems combined with the ease of material feed to the laying area provides a consistent, quality finish whilst yielding higher outputs.

Why use SidewinderUK.com?

There are a number of advantages to using our Sidewinders® for Central Reserve hardening over more traditional alternatives including:

All materials are delivered direct from “truck to trench” via our Sidewinders®, placed and graded in one continuous linear progression
No stockpiling of materials
No material loss or wastage
No tipping on the carriageway
No risk of road surface damage
Reduced plant requirement
Reduced labour (typically a 3 man crew is sufficient)
Increased productivity
Safer working environment
Less congested site

These advantages can result in greater efficiency, programme enhancement potential, improved site cleanliness and good housekeeping, plus an increase in site safety through the reduction of moving plant on site.

View Case Studies

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To find out more about our paving solutions or how Sidewinder UK can provide an efficient and viable method of working that can out-perform alternative, more traditional methods please contact us now. We will be happy to help and answer any questions you have.