The usage of unconventional materials in sustainable road design and construction practice

Croatia is a country with lots of natural resources which are extensively used in domestic road construction. On the other hand, Croatia is a tourist country and nature conservation is of national interest. Compared with other branches of civil engineering, road construction is the biggest consumer of natural resources and it has a huge influence on water, air and soil pollution as well as on plant, animal and human lives. Ways of environmental and energy savings, and most of all savings found by the usage of new materials and techniques, will be presented as a great opportunity for Croatian road construction and maintenance of the existing road network. Current research and applications of unconventional materials (steel slag, construction and demolition waste, fly ash, reclaimed asphalt and waste tires) in domestic road construction, which are in accordance with sustainable development, will be also presented.

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  • Abstract reprinted with permission of the World Road Association – PIARC.
• Corporate Authors:

  World Road Association (PIARC)

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• Authors:
  • Barisic, I
  • Dimter, S
• Conference:
  • 24th World Road Congress
  • Location: Mexico City , Mexico
  • Date: 2011-9-26 to 2011-9-30
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 10p
• Monograph Title: 24th World Road Congress Proceedings: Roads for a Better Life: Mobility, Sustainability and Development

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fly ash; Highway design; Recycled materials; Road construction; Slag; Sustainable development; Tires; Wastes
• Geographic Terms: Croatia
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Materials; Pavements; I33: Other Materials used in Pavement Layers; I52: Construction of Pavements and Surfacings;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01520289
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 2840602679
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 27 2014 3:35PM