Posted by: niggerzdid911
Posting time: 3.7 years ago on 3/15/2017 4:20:40 PM
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Archived on: 6/14/2017 10:00:00 AM
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Archived Why don't we pave our roads with tarmac? (whatever)
submitted 3.7 years ago by niggerzdid911
Asphalt fucking sucks. It gets potholes in it very easily. Then the city spends two weeks digging up four square feet and repours the road, just for it to come back in less than a year. From my understanding tarmac is much more durable, but I can't find anything about it being used on roads in America. Only runways at airports, which has me thinking. If it can with stand Years of abuse by Boeing 747s landing and taking off everyday, surely they use it instead of asphalt for a reason. Is there any chance asphalt is actually a better material and I'm a dumbass? Or is tarmac really the better material but then companies would lose billions not fixing potholes every summer?
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[–] heygeorge 0 points 0 points 0 points (+0|-0) 3.7 years ago
Asphalt prices ebb and flow.
Contractors are allowed to bid 'current market price' with a hedge on fluctuation.
Concrete prices are relatively stable. There is no provision for the contractor to hedge the price based on concrete cost.
Thereby: Asphalt wins the bid, despite little difference in cost after the fact, and often increased cost after the fact.
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[–] heygeorge ago
Asphalt prices ebb and flow.
Contractors are allowed to bid 'current market price' with a hedge on fluctuation.
Concrete prices are relatively stable. There is no provision for the contractor to hedge the price based on concrete cost.
Thereby: Asphalt wins the bid, despite little difference in cost after the fact, and often increased cost after the fact.