An alternative to full-depth repairs and drilling for new dowels is a process called dowel bar replacement (DBR). Because concrete pavements often fail at the joints, DBR has been used successfully to restore the stability of joints. The process is simple: cut a slot across the deteriorated joint, place an epoxy-coated steel dowel bar, fill the slot with a nonshrink concrete grout, and diamond-grind the pavement surface to restore smoothness.
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