Workshop 09 - Optimised and sustainable concrete pavement concepts for the future
Wednesday, October 4
14:30
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16:00
Chair: Luc RENS, Managing Director, EUPAVE, Brussels, Belgium
Room: Club A, 1st floor
Major global trends and challenges, in particular climate change, energy issues and demographic trends, have also an effect on the mobility of goods and people. The way transport infrastructure is designed, built and operated will also adapt accordingly.
This workshop showed examples of innovative concepts in concrete road construction related to these changes.
In a first presentation, a new type of concrete containing recycled magnetic particles, was presented by “Magment”. It is a magnetizable concrete, which is amongst others used for inductive charging of electric vehicles.
A second case was about the “Optipave” system, a special concept of thin concrete slabs, providing a cost-effective and sustainable design, reducing construction and maintenance costs while maximizing performance and service life. This design boasts 20+ years of proven performance in the South American market where it was first developed. The success story of the development in Ecuador was presented.
Finally, the contribution of pervious pavements to a sustainable water management system was highlighted. They can be a solution for flooding but also prevent water shortage in long periods of drought. Various solutions are available for pervious concrete pavements, both with in-situ cast concrete and with precast concrete products.
- Welcome and session introduction
- Presentations
- Questions and Answers
- Conclusion
- Final conclusions
- Organization
Welcome and session introduction
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Introduction
Presentations
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Inductive charging – Adding new functions to concrete pavements
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Optipave System, the optimized rigid pavement - a successful story of Holcim Ecuador
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The contribution of water pervious pavements to a sustainable water management
Questions and Answers
• Moderator: Luc RENS, Managing Director, EUPAVE, Brussels, Belgium
Conclusion
• Anne-Séverine POUPELEER, Head of Division of Roads and Traffic of Flemish-Brabant, Belgium - PIARC Executive Committee member and member of PIARC TC 1.1
Final conclusions
Organization
Session Organiser: EUPAVE
Session Secretary: Luc RENS