WHY YOU MUST IMPLEMENT ASPHALT EXPERT SYSTEM ®© NOW!!!

>>> A Case of Asphalt Company

• Your QCQA department is not effective; You often pay non-conformity penalties
• Your production fluctuates >> You are not in habit of modifying JMF despite the other influential parameters change
• You have a hard time analyzing the theoretical and actual production costs which also affects bidding success
• You have trouble with your lab results
• You lack qualified asphalt specialists and are forced to retain the outside consulting services, in fact, with no benefits
• Your old mix-design program needs upgrading and customization
• You are reluctant to diversify input material supply lines and introduce new asphalt products
• You would have trouble justifying the cost of an advance technology such as ASPHALT EXPERT SYSTEM ®© optimization software >> You have no problem buying ANY HARDWARE

>>> A Case of Road Directorate / City Road Engineering Department

• Your QCQA department is not effective
• Your specifications are experienced based and inconclusive performance based and sometimes misleading
• Your contractors cannot deliver uniform product
• You cannot figure out WHY some pavements perform well and why some fail
• You are forced to retain the outside 'expert' services, in fact, with no benefits
• You have disputes with contractors over Work Estimates and Quality Assurance Criteria
• You would have trouble justifying the cost of an advance technology such as ASPHALT EXPERT SYSTEM ®© optimization software >> You have no problem buying office hardware and spare material items
• You lack truly competent asphalt personnel
• You have problems to shape/revise and meet effective rehabilitation program with permanent 'short' budget deficit

>>> A Case of Highway Research Institute / TU- Road Material Engineering Department;

• Your 'recycle old conference subjects' the new way
• Your asphalt industry expects more support from you especially in the area of diagnostics, status verification, and troubleshooting
• You are not in habit of modifying JMF despite of the other influential / critical parameters change
• You have a hard time figuring out why some asphalts fail even more why some perform well >> You do not now how to spatially optimize and select aggregate grading and consequently determine EXACT binder content in each and every specific case
• You have trouble with your lab result reliability and interpretations
• Your 'old' mix-design programs (PRADO, SUPERPAVE, etc.) need upgrading and customization
• You hesitate to diversify research activities into new asphalt composite material modifications and procedures development
• You would have trouble justifying the cost of an advance technology such as ASPHALT EXPERT SYSTEM ®© optimization software >> You have no problem buying ANY LAB HARDWARE
• You are unable to transfer ANY VALID KNOWLEDGE ON ASPHALT MATERIAL BEHAVIOUR to your students / seminar attendees >> You have no problem traveling to numerous international asphalt pavement conferences

CONSTRAINTS, LIMITATIONS & LOSSES Versus GAINS & POSSIBILITIES...

THE LIST OF YOUR USUAL LOSSES (Based on Comprehensive Survey & Worldwide Experience)

>>> A Case of Asphalt Company / Consulting Lab

• INCOMPETENCE IN SELECTION OF CONSTITUENTS - Instead of SAVINGS Huge LOSS that can amount up to 11-14 % or a $/EUR million.
  With ASPHALT EXPERT SYSTEM ®© is possible to exercise various rational design options, carry out valid simulation analyses and develop line of workable alternatives SUCCESSFULY PLAYING ON constituent material properties (porosities, densities, grading, moisture susceptibility, chemical & physical interactivity, etc. of aggregates, MFs, AC, and modifiers) and prices for OWN BENEFITS.
  -Sometimes is better to pay more in order to save at the end.
  - Sometimes is better to buy a constituent nobody wants.
• STOCKPILE MISMANAGAMENT - Significant Loss Occurs that could amount up to 7 - 8 % or hundreds of thousands $/EUR per year
• NO CHANGE IN JOB MIX FORMULA (JMF) despite the CHANGE OF ONE / MORE INFLUENTIAL PARAMETERS such as: air humidity, temperature gradients, aggregate fraction grading, density of AC, bag house fines, etc - Substantial Loss occurs up to 4-6 %
• UNRELIALE LAB OPERATIONS - Misleading lab results gives you a hard time analyzing the theoretical and actual production costs. In addition, a manufacturing and QCQA are in disarray...You pay non-conformity penalties, your bidding success is affected. SUB-STANDARD LAB PERFORMANCE / Lab Operations CAN COST YOU MILLIONS in Direct/Indirect Terms ASPHALT EXPERT SYSTEM ®© Leads you Safely Through Sensitive Testing Converting Your Lab Into Reliable Data Support Center.
  IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have humble lab facility and have no qualified personnel you can transfer responsibility on ASPHALT EXPERT SYSTEM ®©
• Massive losses occur due to INABILITY TO FIND OPTIMUM SOLUTION IN INTEGRATION OF METERIALS, DESIGNS, CONSTRUCTIVE PROCEDURES can amount up to 8-12% depending on assortment of HMA. On Mix Design Optimization alone Could Be saved 3-7% annually
• Without ASPHALT EXPERT SYSTEM ®© you are not able to optimally protect your own business interest when in disputes from whatever reasons (work payment estimates, failures)

Instead, rely on vast resources of ASPHALT EXPERT SYSTEM ®©. Be Smart - Chose LOGIC and Success.

>>> A Case of DoT / Road Directorate / City Road Engineering Department

• Ineffective, incompetant QCQA department adversely affects the state / city budget
• Non-rational / inadequate / poor / misleading specifications have the tremendous impact on the status of state / city road economy. Too 'wide' or too in physical terms restrictive specs could be a burden for asphalt contractors. The goal should be to discard redundant or ineffective requirements in favor of those that significantly influence HMA performance. Moving beyond quality assurance specifications (QAS) that specify end product quality to performance-related specifications (PRS) that specify quality in terms of desired performance over the long term is in many instances the counterproductive transition. All specifications SHOULD BE REVISED, REORGANIZED, AND REDESIGNED according to strict and precise guidance found in the RATIONAL ASPHALT TECHNOLOGY ®©, including the latest asphalt concrete EN 13108 (mandatory in EU in 2007) which are with examption of several misses well thought out norms
• Your contractors cannot consistently deliver uniform product having difficulties in achieving, density and VMA, then segregation problem, etc. CONSTRUCTABILITY ISSUE IS CLOSELY RELATED TO THE STRUCTURE OF MATERIAL. Disputes are frequent and losses are enormous even if specifications seem to be 'all right' but contractors are miseducated or under educated and have no clue about RATIONAL ASPHALT TECHNOLOGY ®©
• If agency CANNOT FIGURE OUT WHY some pavements perform well and why some fail and therefore CANNOT PROVIDE VARIOUS VALID TECHNICAL GUIDANCE for HMA MIX DESIGN, LAB TESTING, RELATED CONSTRUCTIVE PROCEDURES, QCQA. ANY ROAD CONSTRUCTION & REHABILITATION SYSTEM BECOMES TOO EXPENSIVE AND GRAVELY INEFFICIENT OPEN FOR NON-TRANSPARENT ACTIVITIES ESPECIALLY IN CORRUPT SOCIETIES.