Spray Seal Construction and Failure Review
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Date
18 February 2025
Duration
1 day
Location
Online
CPD Hours
7
Price
Member Price
$850 + GST
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Non Member Price
$1050 + GST
Reduce the risk of failures, maximise your value for money and minimise liability by constructing and designing a sprayed seal which will suit the traffic, pavement and environmental conditions using a rational, reliable, proven approach.
This course focuses on when and where sprayed treatments can be used by introducing participants to the strengths and weaknesses of the various types of sprayed treatments commonly used including the types of surface defects that may be corrected. It will also cover how to bitumen sprayer works and limitations and also covers a number of different failures and their causes
Content
Instruction is provided on the use of the current bitumen binders for priming, primersealing and sealing, using real world examples and interactive workshop sessions.
Who should attend?
Engineers
supervisors
consultants and technical officers who are responsible for:
specifying
selecting
reviewing
supervising sprayed treatment constructions
Learning Outcomes
Level of difficulty: Advanced
At the conclusion of this course participants should be able to:
describe the types of sprayed treatments used on new works and for retreatments
explain the functions of the various types of sprayed treatments
Understand the risks in constructing seals
Project planning for sealing works
Bitumen safety considerations
How a bitumen sprayer works
Spreading aggregate
Rolling a seal
Monitoring and after care
Facilitator
John Patane
John Patane is a chartered and registered professional engineer with 39 years’ experience ranging from quarrying (shotfiring, laboratory testing, various plant operator (grader, excavator, end loader, HC licence) quarry manager), geotechnical engineering, project management for both road asset owner and contractor roles, specification development, training and failure reviews for buildings and roads.
