Traditional road designs that have been the accepted standard for years place a significant part of the structural credit (and consequently cost) for the components needed to build the road on the surface, i.e., the asphalt or concrete top layer that you drive on. These traditional designs also limit the consideration for the structural credit for the road base and give no credit for the permeability of the foundation or account for the effects of water re-entering the road base and it becoming dispersive. From a cost standpoint, asphalt and concrete are the most expensive components compared to the base course and soil-cement materials under them, and as such, most of the budget for the total road expense has typically been allocated to the cost of the asphalt or concrete surface in traditional designs.

Using LithTec's™ unique combination of strength, elasticity, and non-dispersive properties in your road's foundation, roads can now be value-engineered so that more of the structural credit goes to the road base. This reduces the amount of asphalt or concrete necessary in the surface for structural integrity, and because LithTec™ is carrying the structural load and it is a fraction of the price of asphalt and concrete, you get a lower overall cost while producing a better, longer-lasting road.

Further, when safety is a concern or when faced with a significant number of miles of failing asphalt or failing gravel roads on a limited budget, you can now make an affordable road by reclaiming the materials you've already paid for and adding LithTec™ into the foundation of the road. With a strong structural base, a low-cost chip seal surface can be added to the LithTec™ treated, reclaimed materials in the base, and the result is a safe, all-weather asphalt quality ride road for a fraction of the cost of asphalt.