{"id":3586,"date":"2013-07-18T12:50:16","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T00:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/360urban.co.nz\/lounge\/?p=3586"},"modified":"2013-08-28T11:21:15","modified_gmt":"2013-08-27T23:21:15","slug":"centre-place-pavement-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/360urban.co.nz\/lounge\/2013\/07\/centre-place-pavement-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"CENTRE PLACE &#8211; Pavement Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not all materials and pavement design deliver the results that are promised when taking advice from inexperienced suppliers reinventing the decades old failed hybrid systems. A recent example by others in Hamilton&#8217;s Bryce Street highlights the premature failure rate of modular paving in the public realm of which is a real matter of concern, despite significant improvements in engineering design during the last two decades.<\/p>\n<p>Maintenance 18 months following installation has been marketed by one manufacturer\/supplier as a showcase example of their expertise. True to form, time is the best performance judge of any modular pavement system.<\/p>\n<p>Suppliers claiming expert status &#8220;All paving backed up with over 30 years of knowledge and expert paving advice&#8221;. How should one define or claim &#8220;expert&#8221; status? An expert, more generally, is a person with extensive knowledge or ability\u00a0based on research, experience, or occupation and in a particular area of study. Not typically one who is non conforming with well known paving standards such as NZS3116 or BS7533.<\/p>\n<p>Examples below that accentuate this inadequate expert advice and knowledge based on the key performance criteria required for a successful modular pavement system.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3579\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3579\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3579      \" alt=\"Bryce Street - Hamilton Pavement Failure, Paving Mortar, Jointing Mortar\" src=\"http:\/\/360urban.co.nz\/lounge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/bryce-street-hamilton_1.gif\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Modular Pavement Failure at Centre Place &#8211; Bryce Street Hamilton<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3580 aligncenter\" alt=\"NZ Pavement Failure, Paving Mortar, Jointing Mortar\" src=\"http:\/\/360urban.co.nz\/lounge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/bryce-street-hamilton_3.gif\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3581 aligncenter\" alt=\"Bryce Street Hamilton Pavement Failure, NZ Pavement Failure, Paving Mortar, Jointing Mortar\" src=\"http:\/\/360urban.co.nz\/lounge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/bryce-street-hamilton_4.gif\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3582 aligncenter\" alt=\"NZ Pavement Failure, Paving Mortar, Jointing Mortar\" src=\"http:\/\/360urban.co.nz\/lounge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/bryce-street-hamilton_5.gif\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3583 aligncenter\" alt=\"Bryce Street Hamilton Pavement Failure, Paving Mortar, Jointing Mortar\" src=\"http:\/\/360urban.co.nz\/lounge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/bryce-street-hamilton_6.gif\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3584 aligncenter\" alt=\"Bryce Street Hamilton Pavement Failure, Paving Mortar, Jointing Mortar\" src=\"http:\/\/360urban.co.nz\/lounge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/bryce-street-hamilton_7.gif\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not all materials and pavement design deliver the results that are promised when taking advice from inexperienced suppliers reinventing the decades old failed hybrid systems. A recent example by others in Hamilton&#8217;s Bryce Street highlights the premature failure rate of modular paving in the public realm of which is a real matter of concern, despite [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,163],"tags":[147],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/360urban.co.nz\/lounge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3586"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/360urban.co.nz\/lounge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/360urban.co.nz\/lounge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/360urban.co.nz\/lounge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/360urban.co.nz\/lounge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3586"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"http:\/\/360urban.co.nz\/lounge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3694,"href":"http:\/\/360urban.co.nz\/lounge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3586\/revisions\/3694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/360urban.co.nz\/lounge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/360urban.co.nz\/lounge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/360urban.co.nz\/lounge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/360urban.co.nz\/lounge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}