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PRESENTED FOR THE 1999 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CONFERENCE April 1999

In 1996 WS Atkins began the design process for pavements at the new Chek Lap Kok (CLK) airport in Hong Kong.

The multi million-dollar airport was built on 100 acres of reclaimed land to the south east of the city of Hong Kong. Within the design process it was determined that Heavy Weight Deflection (HWD) testing would be carried out with two primary objectives:

  • Confirm the design parameters
  • Obtain baseline information to monitor the performance of the pavement.

Dynatest UK was hired to perform the HWD testing on the brand new untrafficked pavements.
After reviewing existing Airport pavement management systems, WS Atkins decided that Dynatest could effectively model the structural performance of the pavements into the future.
They opened discussion to see what might be done to develop a Pavement Management System (PMS) to utilize the HWD data as well as integrate other data the Hong Kong Airport Authority was collecting prior to the opening of the airport.

Hence, Dynatest began the development of AIRPORTS � Airport Information Retrieval for Pavement Optimization of Rehabilitation Treatments System�. The system needed to integrate PAVER PCI data and analysis, roughness data, and friction data with the HWD structural analysis.

Company Information - Dynatest International

Dynatest International

Dynatest was founded in 1976 in Denmark by a group of engineers and technicians who combined science, technology and business into the development and manufacturing of highly specialised equipment and methodology for pavement engineering.

The first product, the Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) was introduced the same year and has since then become a product acknowledged as the market leader in quality and reliability.

From modest beginnings, Dynatest has developed into a small yet multinational group with a parent company, Dynatest International A/S.

This parent company has wholly-owned subsidiaries in Denmark, USA and the United Kingdom, with joint-venture companies and having formed numerous strategic alliances as well as an established global network of agents and distributors.

Company Address:

Naverland 32
DK 2600 Glostrup
Denmark
Phone: +45 7025 3355
Fax: +45 7025 3356