High Performance Pavement Preservation
Our pavement maintenance solution can help extend road life by 50 – 60% over traditional asphalt emulsion treatments.¹
1Based on GAF modeling. Details on assumptions and third-party data found within our Maintenance Impact Report linked below.
Roads are declining faster than budgets can maintain them
Two primary causes:
- Materials: Traditional pavement maintenance materials are asphalt-based, therefore asphalt is being used to protect asphalt limiting protective characteristics.1
- Application: Both the aggregate mix and application quality depend on the individual applicators, and may vary significantly.
1See our Maintenance Impact Report for details
GAF Roads improves material and application
Thoughtfully designed from formulation to application.
- Materials: DuraShield-SR is not asphalt. This Epoxy-Fortified Acrylic will not weather off, reflects heat, and keeps asphalt flexible longer.
- Application: Customized, automated "smart" EV sprayer designed to help ensure application of DuraShield-SR at a consistent application rate and thickness.
DuraShield-SR material is a breakthrough technology
- Epoxy-fortified acrylic creates flexible durability to prevent cracking1
- Impermeable membrane after curing means no water penetration
- Solar reflective pigment prevents asphalt binder damage in the underlying pavement2
- Gold-standard validation of weather and wear testing by National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT)
- Superior performance in field tests against asphalt emulsion competitors3
1 Based on GAF modeling. Details on assumptions and third-party data found within our Maintenance Impact Report linked below
2 These finding are based on:
- Reduction of heat leads to lower viscosity and therefore less cracking according to a CalDot study on temperature effects (2013)
- Asphalt resists rutting and scuffing when maintained cooler according to research𠊌onducted by UC Berkeley studies on temperature impacts (2016)
3 Findings from a peer-reviewed 12-month observational study conducted by Altostratus
Why choose GAF Roads over traditional pavement protection?
Cost effective
Estimated annualized savings of more than $2,500/lane mile (over projected 55-year life cycle of road)
Automated application
Precision “smart” application technology provides consistent film thickness, faster application, and less wasted material
Live data capture
AI-assisted EV applicator software ensures the right amount of material in the right place, helps optimize the recoat cadence, and drives more accurate budgeting
Tools and information
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I recently partnered with GAF Roads and had the opportunity to review multiple projects featuring their DuraShield SR. As a professional with 27 years in pavement management, I can confidently say that DuraShield SR stood out significantly from other pavement preservation treatments, outperforming traditional asphalt emulsion coatings in durability and substrate protection.James Golden Founder and CEO Pavement Management Group
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Frequently asked questions
GAF Roads brings you the quality, control, and consistency your community counts on. Just as your community counts on you, you can count on GAF Roads to help minimize interruptions, extend road life, and even deliver a more neighborhood-friendly maintenance program.
GAF Roads brings you the validation tools you’ve been asking for, including accurate maintenance data capture for planning and budget justification. Precision “smart” application technology removes human error and inconsistencies, giving you greater control over installation and maintenance planning. GAF Roads can help you increase confidence in your projections with demonstrable human error elimination and complete “per spec” application documentation. And finally, third-party lab and field data provide transparent performance findings.
Build to last. Ensure the pavement you engineer today fulfills its potential by including an Epoxy-Fortified Acrylic-based maintenance plan. GAF Roads can help extend the life of the pavement you design today by 50 - 60% over asphalt-emulsion treatments.
GAF Roads brings a lab-tested and field-proven high performance pavement coating you can specify with confidence. Our products and programs (from DuraShield-SR to the application vehicle) are fully documented, field tested, and evaluated in comparison to years of real-world data on traditional pavement solutions. And data from installation can be re-integrated into your pavement management program (along with warranty data), enabling improved traceability and planning.
One benchmark of road maintenance costs is service life before repave. With asphalt emulsion treatments, the average service life is 26 years at an annualized cost of about $9,700 per lane mile. DuraShield-SR can extend that service life to 41 years, and eliminate one required coating and 1 mill & repave, for an annualized cost of about $7,000 per lane mile.
With factory-premixed DuraShield-SR aggregate and smart applicator vehicle, GAF Roads optimizes the application process.