Conf. Paper (EUPAVE)

The Ecoparc des Cettons is a sustainable business park. Designed to favour regional economic development and to boost employment in a loop of the Seine River 25 kilometres from Paris, authorities deliberately opted for an innovative approach complying with the environment including mainly: - the use of alternative techniques for...

During intensive investigation programme carried out on 90 km of newly constructed motorway with sections of jointed plain concrete pavements (JPCP) with dowels and continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP) a number of different non-destructive tests were carried out before and within first year of their operation. Among others the deflection...

Setting pavement requirements for a not well-defined and not expressly foreseen use, implies the need of anticipating the different options of utilization that they will have to resist along their useful life. In this paper, it deals with paving an area of more than 11,000 m2 with a polyvalent use:...

In this study, properties of concrete used in a pavement construction in a tunneling project in Istanbul, are investigated. The properties of materials and mixture designs of the concrete are investigated by trial mixtures in the laboratory and ready mixed concrete plant. Fresh concrete properties such as workability, mechanical and...

The Brazilian Army looked the Associação Brasileira de Cimento Portland (ABCP) for a strategic partnership, aiming to transfer technology and train the troops for such works. The result of this partnership was a full concrete pavement construction and control technology course, lasting two weeks, covering all stages, also including practical...

Traffic noise, which is in fact the sum of tyre/road and engine noise, is one of the major disturbances for inhabitants. This has resulted in strict legislation with respect to maximum allowable noise levels at the facades of houses. Reducing traffic noise at the source by minimizing tyre/road noise can...

Photocatalytic cementitious road materials represent a new frontier in air quality improvement research, thanks to photocatalysts ability to accelerate natural reaction of oxidation, favouring the pollutants decay. This paper presents some findings that contribute to a better understanding of the effectiveness of photocatalytic road materials, evaluating the synergetic effect of...

Mexico City, one of the largest in the world, supports the traffic of more than 8 million cars. One of the main roads is the Interior Loop, with 42 km length in a 35 meter section. 110,000 cars transit daily on this loop. The maintenance of this road is under...

A number of tunnel fires in Europe have demonstrated the need for appropriate choice of materials for tunnel construction to ensure high safety and reliable availability to traffic. In case of fire, an incombustible and non-toxic road pavement, as it is a concrete one, contributes to the safety of people...

The pavement of the so-called “recycling centers” in the cities requires special attention because of their special conditions. On the one hand, the pavement has to have adequate impermeability against different residues that could have potential contaminants that could leach into the subsoil. On the other hand, they should fulfill...

Argentina has a rich history in concrete pavement construction. However, in the late 70s this type of pavement begins to lose protagonism in national road activity. In order to reinstate this solution for paving and rehabilitation projects, the Instituto del Cemento Portland Argentino, in the mid-90s, carried out a series...

Two-lift concrete pavement construction is not new, especially in Europe. In the United States it was used in the mid-1900’s but fell out of favor. This technology is one being considered by the Federal Highway Administration’s “Every Day Counts” initiative to implement innovations to the public. This paper discusses the...