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Cast in place concrete is used in very diverse applications for the construction of rigid pavements because of numerous advantages. Concrete pavements last long and require little maintenance, if they have been designed properly and executed professionally.

Slip-form paving is most widely used paving method in modern concrete paving construction. It is very efficient method and can provide smooth concrete pavement.

Slip-form paving is most appropriate for larger jobs that require high production rates. It uses low-slump PCC, provides higher productivity and smooth riding surface.

One of the big advantages of slip-form paving is economy. The reduction in personnel required and the speed at which the pavement can be laid often add up to considerable savings.

The name slip-form comes from operational function of the concrete paver known as Slip-form paver. The side form of the paver slides across the concrete slab edges to provide smooth surfaces that consolidate and harden. It does this with the help of an auger accessory.

The slip-form pavers are self-propelled equipment and mostly mounted on track. These machines provide a continuous and seamless concrete pavement surface and by nature give a smooth surface, without having joints. The main functions of typical track mounted, self-propelled slip-form paver are screeding, consolidation and initial finishing but some of the modern slip-form pavers are also designed to accommodate attachments for performing other slip-form paving operations like concrete placing, finishing, tinning, curing and texturing thus eliminating the need of other specialized machines in the paver train.

Slip-form pavers are less labour intensive as they involve fewer machines and there is no need to provide for the maintenance, setting and handling of large numbers of side forms.

Slip-form paver with stringless technology replaces the traditional stringlines with an electronic tracking process that controls the horizontal and vertical operation of the slip-form paver. Stringless control systems can accommodate radii or superelevations automatically according to design data.

Electronic controls and microprocessors have greatly improved the way slip-form pavers operate and perform. Advances in control systems feature self-diagnostics and intelligent electronic-over-hydraulic control.