effects of road construction cost in determining whether a block should be harvested in the summer or winter on the romeo malette forest
abstract
permanent and temporary forest roads are key infrastructures for the removal of raw
forest products. ensuring an efficient road network is laid out and proper construction
methods are chosen will aid in reducing the total cost. winter roads tend to be found
on lower elevated blocks where there tends to be lower volumes. summer roads are
constructed on higher terrain or higher volume blocks. green first and debastos and
sons provided data and maps to undergo a cost comparison on three blocks. three
scenarios were used to determine the most optimal road network that will ensure the
transportation costs will be economical. summer roads were determined to be the
more suitable construction method for blocks 417 and 449. gravel aids in increasing
the bearing capacity of the roads but can become costly if the haul is too far. block 532
is located in lower terrain where a winter road network was recommended as the
block contains low volume. we concluded that lower elevated blocks with summer
road networks would cost too much. the low volume and wetlands increase the costs
significantly as the construction process will require more work. this study determines
an optimal road network for each block and provides cost comparison of each scenario.
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